The main reference of the webinar will be the Urban Air Mobility and Sustainable Development White Paper published last week (Jan 2023) by ASD Europe, of which I am the main author. In this study, a seminal framework towards transitioning to sustainability-driven business model(s) has been developed for addressing the sustainable development of the emerging UAM.

Learning Objectives:

The webinar will aim to meet two main goals:

• Raise awareness about both challenges and benefits related to UAM;
• Investigate the UAM Sustainability Framework proposed by the ASD Urban Air Mobility and Sustainable Development White Paper.

Therefore, embedded in a holistic approach, the webinar will touch aspects such as i) the main spheres of impacts of UAM, ii) their wider desirability by citizens (not just users), and iii) UAM total emissions released based upon an entire life cycle analysis approach.

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This course will concern the following learning objectives:

• Multidisciplinary optimization considering aerodynamics and structures.
• Algorithmic Differentiation (AD) to support an efficient evaluation of the sensitivities needed by gradient-base optimization techniques.
• Effects of flight dynamics and aeroelasticity coupling.
• Formulation of coupled problems.

Syllabus

• Introduction: new efficient wings, aerostructural coupling, and optimization
• Optimization: definitions, classifications, numerical optimization methods (gradient-based optimization)
• Gradient evaluation: the adjoint method. Algorithmic differentiation.
• Using AD library on a simple problem: forward vs reverse modes
• MDO and MDO architectures. Coupled gradient evaluation.
• Application of high-fidelity Aero-structural optimization with AD
• Introduction on non-conventional aircraft and coupled flight dynamic and aeroelastic effects.
• Formulation of the coupled problem, unsteady aerodynamic forces integration.
• Applications on non-wing&tube aircraft

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As a matter of fact, the increased complexity and autonomy of aeronautical systems call for newly conceived Human Machine Interfaces that allow a safe and efficient interaction and/or control, involving both physical and cognitive interfaces.

HMI design is an iterative process performed adopting a user centred approach where human performances are generally measured by means of objective and subjective metrics derived by human factors discipline.

The webinar will introduce the basic methodologies for HMI design and validation at different maturity steps, providing examples and case studies derived from aeronautical applications. It will also describe a few emerging technologies that are expected to disrupt traditional aeronautical HMI design in the next future, with a specific focus on eXtended Reality.

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