Multi-disciplinary integrated city aviation
Mobility Core Technology Development Center

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This center consists of three groups which are in the fields of shape design, flight control, aerodynamics, noise, structure, and vibration, and intends to conduct research and development in two stages.

In the first stage, the first prototype production and element technology verification are carried out through the development and update of element technologies in each field.

Establishing urban operating standards and requirements, developing machine learning-based design techniques considering composite, noise, electric propulsion, and battery characteristics for optimized shape design of urban aviation mobility (Group 1)

Development of robust autonomous flight to cope with unexpected situations during urban flight and establishment of dynamic characteristics of various shapes (Group 2)

A study on the development of computational analysis techniques for aerodynamics, noise, structure, and vibration with high-order accuracy and the fall/collision (Group 3)

Based on the UAM shape derived from Group 1, Groups 2 and 3 jointly intend to produce aerial and ground systems of the first scaled prototype and verify the element technology developed in each group.

In the second stage, digital twin simulations are built based on rapid integration in multiple fields. Also, the validity and accuracy of digital twin simulations are verified through prototype production.

Development of DB-based multi-field performance estimation technique using high-efficiency battery and electric propulsion internal layout design, high-precision optimal shape design with AI based energy management technique, etc. (Group 1)

Development of a verification system using mixed reality simulation to supplement the robust autonomous system developed in the first stage (Group 2)

Development of an integrated simulator for aerodynamic/structure/noise linkage analysis (Group 3)

Based on the final UAM shape derived from Group 1, we intend to build a high-precision, rapid digital twin simulation by integrating the element technologies of each group.

In addition, it is intended to compare and verify the reliability of digital twin simulations through test evaluation of secondary scaled the prototype.