This work was motivated by the vision of the NASA’s Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) Project and project goals to support the Urban Air Mobility mission. A RVLT concept vehicle, namely the side-by-side helicopter with hybrid electric propulsion, was selected to conduct a powertrain study. The specific objectives of this work were to explore powertrain designs for the RVLT side by side hybrid electric concept vehicle to assess powertrain configurations, and in the process identify general trends for design tradeoffs, technology barriers, and research needs. A notional powertrain for the vehicle was created, and this led to identifying some mechanical components for development and testing. Three powertrain component concepts designs were created, namely a pericyclic drive mast gearbox, a control clutch, and an overrunning cutch. The design approach and evolution are documented. A universal combining gearbox was conceived and designed that would extend the capability of a NASA test facility for testing and demonstration of technologies for urban air mobility vehicle powertrains. Candidate powertrain test arrangements as enabled by the proposed universal combining gearbox are explained and depicted.


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    Title :

    RVLT Concept Vehicle Powertrain Arrangement Study and Candidate Powertrain System Test Arrangements


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    Publication date :

    2022-08-01


    Type of media :

    Report


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    Language :

    English






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