Electric Aircraft Simulation
GT-SUITE offers a unique and comprehensive solution for modeling electrified aircraft, subsystems, and components
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E-POWERTRAIN DEVELOPMENT
GT-SUITE offers a comprehensive workflow for developing electric powertrains. GT Solutions for electric powertrain development includes,
•Electric motor design
•Battery design
•Converter design
•Thermal management
•Integration of battery, inverter and electric motor
•System optimization and more
E-POWERTRAIN DEVELOPMENT
GT-SUITE offers a comprehensive workflow for developing electric powertrains. GT Solutions for electric powertrain development includes,
•Electric motor design
•Battery design
•Converter design
•Thermal management
•Integration of battery, inverter and electric motor
•System optimization and more
VAPOR COMPRESSION SYSTEM
•Superior two-phase flow solution for vapor compression system
•Handles zero flow
•Fully transient capable
•Uses include:
o Component selection
o Thermal system layout
o Controls development
FLIGHT DYNAMICS MODELING
Gamma Technologies collaborates with FLIGHTLAB, a state-of-the-art, finite element, component-based, selective fidelity modeling and analysis software package. It supports modeling and simulation of,
•Rotorcraft
•Fixed-wing aircraft
•Compound aircraft
•Helicopters
•Multi-copters
•Drones
•Flying cars
•Experimental aircraft configurations.
DEVELOP BATTERY PACKS AND MORE
GT-SUITE can serve as a single platform to develop multiple components and integrate them as a system. Engineers can use this tool for,
Detailed battery modeling:
•Electrochemistry
•Predictive State of Charge
•Predictive State of Health
•Thermal runaway
Explore different electrified concepts including:
•Battery and motor layouts
•Fuel cells
•Hybrid approaches
•Electric components
Thermal Management of Electrical Components
LANDING GEAR DEVELOPMENT
Landing gears, hydraulics and braking can be completely developed within GT-SUITE. Engineers can model,
•Hydraulic actuation of landing gear extension and retraction events
•Hydraulics coupling to 1D, 2D, or 3D rigid or flexible body mechanics for complete landing gear dynamics
•Design landing gear oleo struts for optimal design
•Actuators
•Detailed pump dynamics
•FPMU
•Water hammer effects
LANDING GEAR DEVELOPMENT
Landing gears, hydraulics and braking can be completely developed within GT-SUITE. Engineers can model,
•Hydraulic actuation of landing gear extension and retraction events
•Hydraulics coupling to 1D, 2D, or 3D rigid or flexible body mechanics for complete landing gear dynamics
•Design landing gear oleo struts for optimal design
•Actuators
•Detailed pump dynamics
•FPMU
•Water hammer effects
Battery Modeling ENERGY STORAGE
- Predict range, state-of-health, and aging of electrified propulsion systems
- Electrically discretize battery systems to account for losses in battery wiring or cell-balancing circuits
- Ensure optimized vehicle energy management
3-DoF or 6-DoF FLIGHT DYNAMICS
- 3-DOF and 6-DOF dynamic models for any flight mission
- Ensure optimized vehicle energy management
Learn more Electric AircraftAPPLICATION HIGHLIGHTS
- Predict range, state-of-health, and aging of electrified propulsion systems
- Ensure optimized vehicle energy management
- Verify thermal management designs and control strategies for components all the way to complete systems
- Complete electrical and thermal system simulation, including motors, power electronics, batteries, fuel cells, piston engines, gas turbines
- 3-DOF and 6-DOF dynamic models for any flight mission
- Proven and validated battery and thermal system modeling
- Build controls using a comprehensive controls library, including finite state machines in GTSUITE, or co-simulate with Simulink to develop and optimize control algorithms
- Easy results viewing and optimization
Advanced Features
- Lithium-Ion battery model with calibration data available
- Electrically discretize battery systems to account for losses in battery wiring or cell-balancing circuits
- Integration of battery thermal management systems with electrical solution for module-to-module, cell-to-cell, or intracellular temperature and current distribution
- Integration of thermal management system to ensure proper temperature control of components, while ensuring pleasant cabin comfort
- Characterization of battery models using test data (i.e discharge curves or HPPC test data)
Run Integrated Simulations With:
- Various power systems, including: batteries, fuel cells, piston engines, gas turbines
- Battery, fuel cell, gas turbine systems
- Power electronics and motors
- Thermal Management systems
- 3-DOF and 6-DOF dynamic models
- Controls systems
Learn more about Electric AircraftsOPTIMIZE BATTERY SYSTEMS
Learn more about Electric AircraftsINTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE SYSTEMS
Learn more about Electric AircraftsTFAWS2020 SHORT COURSE BATTERY
Learn more about Electric AircraftsBATTERY PERFORMANCE & SAFETY SIMULATION
Learn more about Electric AircraftsFUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE MODELING
Learn more about Electric AircraftsRELEVANT TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
- Integrated Multi-Physics Simulation for eVTOL In-flight Energy Regeneration using Piezoaeroelastic Power Harvesters and 6DOF Control
- Airbus eVTOL battery thermal and aging
- NASA battery thermal runaway
- eVTOL Dynamics and Energy Management
- Reduced-order Thermal Modeling of Liquid-cooled Lithium-ion Battery Pack for EVs and HEVs
Learn more about Electric AircraftsRELATED GT PRODUCTS & APPLICATIONS
Simulating tomorrow’s vehicles today HOW GT SOLUTIONS AID IN DEVELOPING eVTOLs
Gamma Technologies offers a solution for detailed electric powertrain design and simulation. Combined with Advanced Rotorcraft Technologies’ (ART) FLIGHTLAB for comprehensive rotorcraft analysis, a coupling between FLIGHTLAB and GT-SUITE provides an easy-to-use, holistic solution for simulation-supported system design during the early design stages of eVTOLs.
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