TY  - CHAP
A1  - Thoma, Andreas
A1  - Fisher, Alex
A1  - Bertrand, Olivier
A1  - Braun, Carsten
ED  - Vouloutsi, Vasiliki
ED  - Mura, Anna
ED  - Tauber, Falk
ED  - Speck, Thomas
ED  - Prescott, Tony J.
ED  - Verschure, Paul F. M. J.
T1  - Evaluation of possible flight strategies for close object evasion from bumblebee experiments
T2  - Living Machines 2020: Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems
KW  - Obstacle avoidance
KW  - Bumblebees
KW  - Flight control
KW  - UAV
KW  - MAV
Y1  - 2020
SN  - 978-3-030-64312-6
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64313-3_34
N1  - 9th International Conference, Living Machines 2020, Freiburg, Germany, July 28–30, 2020, Proceedings
SP  - 354
EP  - 365
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - RPRT
A1  - Thoma, Andreas
A1  - Laarmann, Lukas
A1  - Merkens, Torsten
A1  - Franzke, Till
A1  - Möhren, Felix
A1  - Buttermann, Lilly
A1  - van der Weem, Dirk
A1  - Fischer, Maximilian
A1  - Misch, Philipp
A1  - Böhme, Mirijam
A1  - Röth, Thilo
A1  - Hebel, Christoph
A1  - Ritz, Thomas
A1  - Franke, Marina
A1  - Braun, Carsten
T1  - Entwicklung eines intermodalen Mobilitätskonzeptes für die Pilotregion NRW/Rhein-Maas Euregio und Schaffung voller Kundenakzeptanz durch Transfer von Standards aus dem PKW-Bereich auf ein Flugtaxi : Schlussbericht : Projektakronym: SkyCab (Kategorie B) : Laufzeit in Monaten: 6 : Hauptthema: Kategorie B: Innovative Ideen mit Bezug zu UAS/Flugtaxis
Y1  - 2020
N1  - Förderkennzeichen BMVI 45UAS1027A-F
PB  - FH Aachen
CY  - Aachen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Götten, Falk
A1  - Havermann, Marc
A1  - Braun, Carsten
A1  - Marino, Matthew
A1  - Bil, Cees
T1  - Improved Form Factor for Drag Estimation of Fuselages with Various Cross Sections
JF  - Journal of Aircraft
N2  - The paper presents an aerodynamic investigation of 70 different streamlined bodies with fineness ratios ranging from 2 to 10. The bodies are chosen to idealize both unmanned and small manned aircraft fuselages and feature cross-sectional shapes that vary from circular to quadratic. The study focuses on friction and pressure drag in dependency of the individual body’s fineness ratio and cross section. The drag forces are normalized with the respective body’s wetted area to comply with an empirical drag estimation procedure. Although the friction drag coefficient then stays rather constant for all bodies, their pressure drag coefficients decrease with an increase in fineness ratio. Referring the pressure drag coefficient to the bodies’ cross-sectional areas shows a distinct pressure drag minimum at a fineness ratio of about three. The pressure drag of bodies with a quadratic cross section is generally higher than for bodies of revolution. The results are used to derive an improved form factor that can be employed in a classic empirical drag estimation method. The improved formulation takes both the fineness ratio and cross-sectional shape into account. It shows superior accuracy in estimating streamlined body drag when compared with experimental data and other form factor formulations of the literature.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C036032
SN  - 1533-3868
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
PB  - AIAA
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Thoma, Andreas
A1  - Fisher, Alex
A1  - Braun, Carsten
T1  - Improving the px4 avoid algorithm by bio-inspired flight strategies
T2  - DLRK2020 - „Luft- und Raumfahrt – Verantwortung in allen Dimensionen“
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.25967/530183
N1  - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2020, 1. bis 3. September 2020 – Online, „Luft- und Raumfahrt – Verantwortung in allen Dimensionen“
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Finger, Felix
A1  - de Vries, Reynard
A1  - Vos, Roelof
A1  - Braun, Carsten
A1  - Bil, Cees
T1  - A comparison of hybrid-electric aircraft sizing methods
T2  - AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
N2  - The number of case studies focusing on hybrid-electric aircraft is steadily increasing, since these configurations are thought to lead to lower operating costs and environmental impact than traditional aircraft. However, due to the lack of reference data of actual hybrid-electric aircraft, in most cases, the design tools and results are difficult to validate. In this paper, two independently developed approaches for hybrid-electric conceptual aircraft design are compared. An existing 19-seat commuter aircraft is selected as the conventional baseline, and both design tools are used to size that aircraft. The aircraft is then re-sized under consideration of hybrid-electric propulsion technology. This is performed for parallel, serial, and fully-electric powertrain architectures. Finally, sensitivity studies are conducted to assess the validity of the basic assumptions and approaches regarding the design of hybrid-electric aircraft. Both methods are found to predict the maximum take-off mass (MTOM) of the reference aircraft with less than 4% error. The MTOM and payload-range energy efficiency of various (hybrid-) electric configurations are predicted with a maximum difference of approximately 2% and 5%, respectively. The results of this study confirm a correct formulation and implementation of the two design methods, and the data obtained can be used by researchers to benchmark and validate their design tools.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-1006
N1  - AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, Driving aerospace solutions for global challenges, Orlando, 06. - 10. January 2020
ER  -