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The electrification of aviation

The ELAPSED - "Electric Aircraft Propulsion" project
Wednesday, 07.02.2024
© ELAPSED / Canva
© ELAPSED / Canva

What challenges arise in the electrification of aircraft? In which application scenarios can electric drives be sensibly used in aviation? And how can digitalisation help to accelerate development steps?
Look forward to a lecture on novel methods of energy provision through multilevel battery technology or fuel cells and on drive technology up to the propulsor. In addition, we will show you how you can also travel very fast with electric drives.

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German Museum, Munich

Special note:

Venue: Deutsches Museum Munich

Programme of the event:

Everyone is talking about electric flying. But why is that? Electric propulsion systems not only promise a reduction in CO2 emissions, but also have the potential to reduce operating costs and open up new possibilities in aircraft design and operation. They could also help to reduce aircraft noise. What challenges arise in the electrification of aircraft? In which application scenarios can electric drives be used sensibly in aviation? And how can digitalisation help to accelerate development steps? The "dtec.bw project" ELAPSED - an interdisciplinary research project of the Universities of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich and Hamburg - aims to provide answers and solutions to all these questions. You can look forward to a presentation that will familiarise you with the relevant aspects of this research project: from new methods of energy supply using multilevel battery technology or fuel cells to drive technology and the propulsor. In addition, we will show you how you can also travel very fast with electric drives. Prof Dr Stephan Myschik is Professor of Flight Mechanics and Flight Control at the Institute of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich. His research focuses on the areas of non-linear control of unmanned aerial vehicles and model-based software development for flying systems. As part of the ELAPSED project, his professorship is responsible for the implementation of overall system simulation and software development in accordance with aviation standards.

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