3DEXPERIENCE Driven Design of Safe and Quiet eVTOL Vehicles
If electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOL vehicles) are a success, they will represent one of the most incredible leaps in the history of transportation. eVTOLs offer potential for airport shuttles, air taxis, and air ambulances. Unlike noisy, inefficient helicopters, eVTOLs use electric propulsion to enhance performance and reduce costs. Major aerospace companies and startups are competing to develop these vehicles, termed the Third Aerospace Revolution. has listed 155 different eVTOL vehicles are under development. In addition, the market for airport shuttles and air taxis is roughly $500 billion, with secure investments totaling more than $1 billion.
To achieve widespread adoption of eVTOL vehicles, several challenges must be addressed. Including noise, operating efficiency, performance, reliability, safety, infrastructure development, affordability, and convincing the public that they are safe. Overcoming these issues is crucial for making urban air transportation viable.
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- Overcome adoption challenges
- Get your vehicle faster to market
- Overcome societal and legal barriers
- Use the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform approach as an end-to-end solution
3DEXPERIENCE Platform Approach to Reinvent The Sky
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform, integrating CATIA CAD and SIMULIA simulation technologies, shifts the design approach from merely meeting requirements to optimizing designs for efficiency and lightweight structures—crucial for eVTOLs. Furthermore, the platform’s functional generative design, powered by the Tosca solver, employs topology optimization to remove non-essential areas and enhance part stiffness. Additionally, its one-click feature converts optimization results into CAD, thereby simplifying the design process with additional CAD reconstruction tools.
Functional Generative Design Workflow
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Advances in additive manufacturing and topology optimization, supported by Dassault Systèmes’ tools, enable the creation of highly efficient and lightweight parts.
In conclusion, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and SIMULIA portfolio offer the ability to model, analyze, simulate, visualize and experience the eVTOL vehicle in a virtual environment. Additional benefits include enhanced collaboration and communication across all disciplines. Moreover, the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform is easily accessible to everyone, everywhere, which in turn strengthens collaborative innovation. Consequently, this accessibility truly levels the playing field for companies of all sizes.
