Back to search results

PhD Studentship: Development of Handling Quality Criteria and Assessment Techniques for eVTOL Aircraft

University of Nottingham - Engineering

Qualification Type: PhD
Location: Nottingham
Funding for: UK Students, EU Students, International Students
Funding amount: Stipend approximately £18,110 for home students and £13,503 for international students per annum tax free for 2023/24
Hours: Full Time
Placed On: 20th January 2023
Closes: 17th February 2023
Reference: ENG1620

Supervisor: Vilius Portapas

Project description:

Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft form the backbone of the future mobility system. There are currently 750+ eVTOL designs under development. They will be used for short to medium range air travel, especially within congested urban areas. Hence, they must be simply controlled and safe to fly. As such, their flying characteristics must be investigated and defined before entry into service. Flying and controlling an eVTOL aircraft is challenging as an eVTOL flight includes three flight regimes: vertical flight (take-off and landing), horizontal flight (cruise), and transition between the two. Vertical and horizontal flight regimes have been well defined and understood within aviation domain. The transition regime is rather new for civil aviation (used only in military aircraft designs, e.g. V-22 Osprey, Harrier, F-35B) and challenging to control.

Flying and handling qualities define aircraft’s controllability and potential for mission success, their criteria and assessment techniques need to be developed for eVTOL aircraft to ensure their safe and successful operations. The aims of the doctoral project are to set and analyse handling qualities’ criteria and assessment techniques for eVTOL aircraft, and a postgraduate researcher is expected to: 1) develop flight dynamics model of a generic eVTOL aircraft; 2) implement control laws for vertical, horizontal and transition flight regimes for a generic eVTOL aircraft; and 3) define handling quality criteria, develop assessment techniques, and verify them by piloted simulation trials using the flight simulator.

The ideal candidate must have a good (1st or 2:1 degree) background in engineering, mathematics, and/or physics with an interest in modelling and simulation, flight mechanics and/or flight testing.

The PhD position is available from 1st October 2023. Deadline for applying is 17 February 2023. Informal enquiries can be made via email to Dr Vilius Portapas, vilius.portapas@nottingham.ac.uk.

This is a competitive application and, if successful, will provide fees for home and international students, as well as a stipend (approximately £18,110 for home students and £13,503 for international students per annum tax free for 2023/24) awarded to the suitable candidate.

Please apply here https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/how-to-apply/apply-online.aspx.

When applying for this studentship, please include the reference number (beginning ENG) within the personal statement section of the application. This will help in ensuring your application is sent directly to the academic advertising the studentship.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

We value your feedback on the quality of our adverts. If you have a comment to make about the overall quality of this advert, or its categorisation then please send us your feedback
Advert information

Type / Role:

Subject Area(s):

Location(s):

PhD tools
 

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Ok Ok

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Account Verification Missing

In order to create multiple job alerts, you must first verify your email address to complete your account creation

Request verification email Request verification email

jobs.ac.uk Account Required

In order to create multiple alerts, you must create a jobs.ac.uk jobseeker account

Create Account Create Account

Alert Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your account is currently blocked. Please login to unblock your account.

Email Address Blocked

We received a delivery failure message when attempting to send you an email and therefore your email address has been blocked. You will not receive job alerts until your email address is unblocked. To do so, please choose from one of the two options below.

Max Alerts Reached

A maximum of 5 Job Alerts can be created against your account. Please remove an existing alert in order to create this new Job Alert

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your alert was not created at this time. Please try again.

Ok Ok

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

 
 
 
More PhDs from University of Nottingham

Show all PhDs for this organisation …

More PhDs like this
Join in and follow us

Browser Upgrade Recommended

jobs.ac.uk has been optimised for the latest browsers.

For the best user experience, we recommend viewing jobs.ac.uk on one of the following:

Google Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge