The thesis assesses the environmental impact of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. It develops a methodology for the integrated conceptual design and life cycle assessment of eVTOL that facilitates evaluating different configurations, electrochemical energy carriers, and scenarios. It is shown that eVTOLs can provide a sustainable transportation mode under appropriate circumstances. Sensitivity analyses, case studies, and a novel regression-based conceptual design approach analyze those circumstances and discuss implications of uncertainties.
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The thesis assesses the environmental impact of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. It develops a methodology for the integrated conceptual design and life cycle assessment of eVTOL that facilitates evaluating different configurations, electrochemical energy carriers, and scenarios. It is shown that eVTOLs can provide a sustainable transportation mode under appropriate circumstances. Sensitivity analyses, case studies, and a novel regression-based conceptual design approach...
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