Urban Air Mobility Use Cases, Missions and Technology Scenarios for the HorizonUAM Project

Asmer, Lukas; Pak, Henry; Prakasha, Prajwal S.; Schuchardt, Bianca Isabella; Weiand, Peter; Meller, Frank; Torens, Christoph; Becker, Dennis; Zhu, Chen; Schweiger, Karolin; Volkert, Andreas; Jaksche, Roman

doi:10.2514/6.2021-3198

Cited by 16 publications

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“…To evaluate the costs for an AAM flight, this study investigates different applications. For this purpose, this analysis takes three different use cases into account that have already been drafted by Asmer [44]. Based on these mission designs, this study applies the predefined use cases to the metropolitan area of Hamburg.…”

Section: Pre-defined Use Casementioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to the pre-defined use case Intra City, the travel distance goes up to 50 km while a vehicle can carry two up to four passengers. Since vertiports are located in urban areas where constructions around limit take-off and landing procedures, a multirotor configuration for vertical take-off and landing is recommended [44]. For the city of Hamburg, with a population of 1.8 million located within an area of 20 km radius, the EHang 216 fits to the requirements, which is an autonomous two-seater with a maximum range of 35 km [4,45].…”

Section: Intra Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The second exemplary use case describes the Airport Shuttle, in which a passenger wants to travel to or go from the airport. While the travel distance does not exceed 30 km, a vehicle configuration with enough room for additional luggage is needed [44]. A lift and cruise configuration, representative of the Archer Midnight at this point, serves this application.…”

Section: Airport Shuttlementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The inter-city use case represents a regional application in which the travel distance exceeds 100 km while carrying six to ten passengers. On longer routes, a multicopter does not fit well due to the energy consumption and cruise speed [44]. This is why this study takes a Lilium Jet having wings for the lift as a vehicle to fulfill the regional mission.…”

Section: Regional Air Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Estimating the Economic Viability of Advanced Air Mobility Use Cases: Towards the Slope of Enlightenment

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While different vehicle configurations enter the AAM market, airlines declare different ticket fares for their operations. This research investigates the operating cost of an airline and the economic viability with the announced fare per km rates. For this purpose, three use cases in the metropolitan area of Hamburg showcase representative applications of an AAM system, whereby a flight trajectory model calculates a flight time in each case. The direct operating cost are investigated for each use case individually and are sub-classified in five categories: fee, crew, maintenance, fuel and capital costs. Here, each use case has its own cost characteristics, in which different cost elements dominate. Additionally, a sensitivity analysis shows the effect of a variation of the flight cycles and load factor, that influences the costs as well as the airline business itself. Based on the occurring cost, a profit margin per available seat kilometer lead to a necessary fare per km, that an airline has to charge.

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Section: Pre-defined Use Casementioning

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Section: Intra Citymentioning

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Section: Airport Shuttlementioning

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Section: Regional Air Mobilitymentioning

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“…The aim of this study is to validate the proposed concept of UAM-CAS and to analyse the efficacy of its design. For this purpose, a sample flight plan of a shuttle service from an airport to a city centre, representing an UAM use-case [16] and simulated with various conditions in the BlueSky Open Air Traffic Simulator [17]. The simulations included the intrusion of predictable as well as unpredictable Non-co-operating airspace member (NCOAM) at different locations along the flight planned route.…”

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Validation of Collision Detection and Avoidance Methods for Urban Air Mobility through Simulation

Panchal,

Armanini,

Metz

2024

Preprint

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Urban Air Mobility is a new concept of regional aviation that has been growing in popularity as a solution to the issue of ever-increasing ground traffic. Electric vehicles with vertical take-off and landing capabilities are being developed by numerous market companies as a result of the push toward environmentally sustainable aviation. The next stage in this development process would be to define the concept of operation of these conceptual aircraft and then to integrate them with the existing airspace once they are airborne. In addition to coordinating with conventional air traffic and other Urban Air Mobility vehicles, collision avoidance with uncooperative airspace users has to be addressed. Birds and drones of all sizes pose a serious risk to these low-flying aircraft. Innovative collision detection and avoidance techniques need to be employed due to the uncooperative nature of these airspace users and different performance characteristics of Urban Air Mobility vehicles compared to classical fixed-wing aircraft. The aim of this study is to validate the concept of one such system by means of fast-time simulations. This system builds, similarly to the Airborne Collision Avoidance System, on safety envelopes and rule-based collision-avoidance to prevent collisions with non-cooperative airspace members. The system is designed to work with all aircraft configurations used for Urban Air Mobility operations. To assess its influence on safety and capacity, different scenarios are modelled by varying parameters such as intruder type, location, flight path. The parameters assessed are differences in flight time and closest point of approach with and without the collision avoidance system in place. Moreover, the influence of different configurations of Urban Air Mobility aircraft on these parameters is analysed. The results show that the separation between the ownship and intruder is increased substantially which leads to safe operations at bearable delay costs.

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Sensitivity analysis of urban air mobility aircraft design and operations including battery charging and swapping

Ratei,

Naeem,

Prakasha

et al. 2024

CEAS Aeronaut J

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Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an evolving concept of passenger transportation providing on-demand flights within metropolitan environments, wherefore typically fully electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft are designed. Due to the underlying battery energy constraints, the design of UAM aircraft is very sensitive. Apart from the design considerations, the impact of aircraft operations on the entire UAM transport network must be examined. As there is no data from real-world operations available, this research article utilizes a system of systems simulation framework combining aircraft design with an agent-based simulation. The underlying approach offers the possibility of studying several parameters concerning UAM aircraft design and operations. In a case study focused on intra-city transport, aircraft design aspects regarding the payload capacity, the mission profile, and the reserve requirement are studied for a multirotor configuration. Furthermore, the aircraft operations aspects are focused on the turnaround procedures, the passenger demand, and the cruise speed. The multi-level sensitivity analysis ranging from the subsystem over the system of interest to the system of systems level allows us to trace the most sensitive aspects. Especially, the sensitivity analysis of battery fast-charging and swapping shows the importance of the holistic system of systems investigations for the successful development of UAM aircraft and services.

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Urban Air Mobility Use Cases, Missions and Technology Scenarios for the HorizonUAM Project

Cited by 16 publications

References 9 publications

Estimating the Economic Viability of Advanced Air Mobility Use Cases: Towards the Slope of Enlightenment

Estimating the Economic Viability of Advanced Air Mobility Use Cases: Towards the Slope of Enlightenment

Validation of Collision Detection and Avoidance Methods for Urban Air Mobility through Simulation

Sensitivity analysis of urban air mobility aircraft design and operations including battery charging and swapping

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