Vehicle cybersecurity vulnerabilities could impact a vehicle's safe operation. Therefore, engineers should ensure that systems are designed free of unreasonable risks to motor vehicle safety, including those that may result due to existence of potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The automotive industry is making vehicle cybersecurity an organizational priority.
In the near future, faster air-transportation of passengers demands green technologies in aero-space domain. Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (EVTOL) aircraft which can meet the design challenges using electric propulsion is one of the promising solutions to bring in the change. EVTOL aircraft can have the capability to take-off from a roof top, which can revolu-tionize Urban-Air-Mobility and overcome the deficiencies in conventional transport. This pa-per presents a conceptual design of a EVTOL aircraft using electric propulsion to meet the re-quirements of inter-city travel. The novelty of the work lies in the use of Fan-in-Wing configu-ration with twin-boom design, providing certain advantages associated with EVTOL aircraft. The Inter-City EVTOL aircraft is designed to carry 4 passengers along with one crew member, has a range of 500km. The maximum cruise speed is 250 kmph.
Aviation industry is striving to leverage the technological advancements in connectivity, computation and data analytics. Scalable and robust connectivity enables futuristic applications like smart cabins, prognostic health management (PHM) and AI/ML based analytics for effective decision making leading to flight operational efficiency, optimized maintenance planning and aircraft downtime reduction. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are gaining prominence on the aircraft for providing large scale connectivity solution that are essential for implementing various health monitoring applications like Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Prognostic Health Management (PHM), etc. and control applications like smart lighting, smart seats, smart lavatory, etc. These applications help in improving passenger experience, flight operational efficiency, optimized maintenance planning and aircraft downtime reduction.
In the architecture of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), a crucial component responsible for the propulsion system is the electric motor. Over the years, different types of electric motors, including Brushless Direct Current (BLDC), have supported the UAV’s propulsion system in diverse configurations. However, in the context of flux flow, the Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Motor (RFPMM) has been given more priority than the Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Motor (AFPMM) due to its sustainability in design and construction. Nevertheless, the AFPMM boasts higher speed, power density, lower weight, and greater efficiency than the RFPMM, because of its shorter flux path and the absence of end-turn winding. Therefore, this paper focuses on conducting a suitability analysis of an AFPMM as a shaft-connected propeller-mounted motor, with the intention of replacing the RFPMM in UAV applications.