Design and Development of Personal Air Vehicles: A Review

Purvika Mittal; Mohammad Irfan Alam

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-7709-1_80

Design and Development of Personal Air Vehicles: A Review

Purvika Mittal
, Mohammad Irfan Alam^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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8 Scopus citations

Abstract

The world is currently facing two significant problems associated with urban travel. The first problem is to reduce carbon footprints because of the high volume of vehicles running on conventional fuels. The next issue is the rise in traffic congestion, especially in mega-cities of the world. Clean and green energy is a way of the future. Therefore, interest in electric cars’ design and development has increased significantly in the last few years. However, they are much more practical in solving the first problem. There is an urgent need to reduce travel time by avoiding traffic congestion. Therefore, the world needs a clean, fast, and reliable method of urban transpiration. Personal air vehicles, with vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capability and batteries as an energy source, can address both concerns. It can also play a vital role in connecting the people living in remote and inaccessible areas to its nearest cities. Several startups and aerospace giants are under the exploration of feasible solutions. Ehang 184, Lilium, Kitty Hawk Cora, Joby S4, Vahana, and Volocpter-2X are potential personal air vehicles in advanced design and testing phases. This paper presents a crisp review of the design and development of personal air vehicles worldwide. There are some critical challenges in getting a feasible design of these systems. Moreover, necessary infrastructure development to support the required ground handling of these systems that are an integral part of urban travel mode needs to be well optimized. Therefore, the paper also focuses on the system’s design, development, and implementation challenges.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering - Select Proceedings of PRIME 2021
Editors	Ambrish Maurya, Anmesh Kumar Srivastava, Shailesh Mani Pandey, Pradeep Kumar Jha
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	791-798
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9789811977084
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7709-1_80
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	1st International Conference on Progressive Research in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, PRIME 2021 - Patna, India Duration: 5 Aug 2021 → 7 Aug 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4364

Conference

Conference	1st International Conference on Progressive Research in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, PRIME 2021
Country/Territory	India
City	Patna
Period	5/08/21 → 7/08/21

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Electric aircraft
Flying taxi
Urban air mobility

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Automotive Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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Mittal, P., & Alam, M. I. (2023). Design and Development of Personal Air Vehicles: A Review. In A. Maurya, A. K. Srivastava, S. M. Pandey, & P. K. Jha (Eds.), Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering - Select Proceedings of PRIME 2021 (pp. 791-798). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7709-1_80

Mittal, Purvika ; Alam, Mohammad Irfan. / Design and Development of Personal Air Vehicles : A Review. Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering - Select Proceedings of PRIME 2021. editor / Ambrish Maurya ; Anmesh Kumar Srivastava ; Shailesh Mani Pandey ; Pradeep Kumar Jha. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 791-798 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Mittal, P & Alam, MI 2023, Design and Development of Personal Air Vehicles: A Review. in A Maurya, AK Srivastava, SM Pandey & PK Jha (eds), Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering - Select Proceedings of PRIME 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 791-798, 1st International Conference on Progressive Research in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, PRIME 2021, Patna, India, 5/08/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7709-1_80

Design and Development of Personal Air Vehicles: A Review. / Mittal, Purvika; Alam, Mohammad Irfan.
Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering - Select Proceedings of PRIME 2021. ed. / Ambrish Maurya; Anmesh Kumar Srivastava; Shailesh Mani Pandey; Pradeep Kumar Jha. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 791-798 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Design and Development of Personal Air Vehicles: A Review

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