Various configurations of electric aerial vehicles (e.g. electric vertical takeoff and landing systems - eVTOLs) for use cases like transportation of people and goods are currently being developed. These systems are based on distributed electric propulsion and thus have multiple rotors across the aircraft. However, these create loud and annoying noise, which is mainly caused by the rotors. This leads to problems regarding acceptance and obstructs market success. A framework for systematic acoustic optimization of electric aerial vehicles at early development stages is proposed in this paper. A classification of system levels of electric propulsion systems is developed. It focuses on rotor configurations and is detailed with characteristics of emerging electric aerial vehicles. Four system levels are identified. Based on that, a survey on noise reduction approaches for each system level is done. The survey is complemented with approaches from other domains like general aviation, helicopters and cars. Merging classification with survey, enables to rate characteristics of the identified system levels regarding acoustics and uncovers open research topics.


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    Title :

    Potentials for Acoustic Optimization of Electric Aerial Vehicles


    Contributors:
    Koenig, R. (author) / Foell, M. (author) / Stumpf, E. (author)

    Publication date :

    2020


    Size :

    13 pages



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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