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The VTOL, eVTOL and UAM market is constantly changing and evolving, so maintaining a competitive edge both within the industry and supporting mission effectiveness requires significant research and development activities. Simulation Dynamics offers the industry’s most complete simulation solution for vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft. Our research and development procedure has required a blend of qualities such as ambition, drive and commitment as well as more tangible assets such as specialist engineering skills, rapid development through simulation techniques, supreme electronics expertise and a ruthless quest for performance and reliability.

The level of partnership and support for Developing a leading edge VTOL, eVTOL and UAM system FEA and CFD simulations that our customers get is just as important to us. We are investing time and resources to ensure customers receive support and service that is of the same, highest possible standards as the reliability and performance.

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Aeroacoustics Wind Tunnel Testing

The airframe noise generated by landing gear, flaps, slats, and other high-lift devices is a major contributor to aircraft acoustic emissions during approach and landing :

To minimize noise pollution around airports, engineers must evaluate and optimize acoustic performance as early as possible. Wind-tunnel tests validate prediction models before flight but incur high cost and lengthy preparation.

Simulation Dynamics uses advanced computational aeroacoustic (CAA) solvers integrated with efficient wind-tunnel procedures, delivering rapid, high-fidelity noise data without sacrificing accuracy :

  • Reduced test setup time
  • Validated prediction-model accuracy
  • Cost-effective tunnel campaigns
  • Early-stage noise optimization

AI Transforms Multiphysics Simulation.

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Aeroacoustics Wind Tunnel Testing, Ansys, Simulia, Siemens, Integrated FEA|CFD with Artificial Intelligence
eVTOL & UAM: Aeroacoustics Wind Tunnel Testing

Defense Technical Information

Crash Survival Design Guide (DTIC)

This five-volume guide presents criteria and data for crash-resistant Army aircraft, including design principles for landing gear and fuselage under various impact modes, rollover dynamics, and occupant protection.

Current structural design requirements cover longitudinal, vertical, lateral, and rollover impact conditions. Analytical methods describe energy-absorption limits, deformation criteria, and occupant safety measures.

  • Longitudinal, vertical & lateral impact analysis
  • Complex rollover dynamic modeling
  • Crash-resistant structural element design
  • Energy-absorbing subfloor & landing gear guidelines

Generative Design + CFD: Topology-Optimized Fluid Dynamics

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Defense Technical Information, Ansys, Simulia, Siemens, Integrated FEA|CFD with Artificial Intelligence
eVTOL & UAM: Defense Technical Information

Cognitive FEA: Machine Learning-Predictive Structural Integrity

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European Union Aviation Safety Agency, Ansys, Simulia, Siemens, Integrated FEA|CFD with Artificial Intelligence
eVTOL & UAM: European Union Aviation Safety Agency

Finite Element Analysis of Vibration Fatigue

Structural vibration can induce fatigue, durability issues, and undesirable user reactions. Uncontrolled vibrations may impair functionality and pose safety risks.

Vibration-fatigue simulations in the frequency domain predict material life more efficiently than time-domain methods under random loads such as wind and waves.

  • Simulate shaker tests: random PSD, swept-sine, sine-dwell, sine-on-random
  • FE models solved for frequency response & modal analyses
  • Define vibration loads including temperature, static offsets, combined duty cycles
  • Use fatigue loads for SN and EN lifetime predictions

These FEA-based vibration-fatigue workflows deliver accurate durability forecasts, optimize designs for longevity, and ensure safety under real-world loading conditions.

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Finite Element Analysis of Vibration Fatigue, Ansys, Simulia, Siemens, Integrated FEA|CFD with Artificial Intelligence
eVTOL & UAM: Finite Element Analysis of Vibration Fatigue

Ground Vibration Testing (GVT)

Airworthiness & GVT Certification

Ground Vibration Testing (GVT) is a critical FAA & EASA milestone, yielding experimental vibration data to validate and refine structural dynamic models for flutter prediction and safety-critical flight tests.

Performed late in development under tight schedules, GVT must be swift yet thorough. Modern lightweight structures and VTOL architectures introduce dynamic uncertainties, demanding precise modal testing to ensure compliance and safety for new UAM concepts.

  • Calibrate FE models for flutter predictions
  • Extract modal frequencies, damping, mode shapes
  • Perform structural coupling with control systems
  • Reduce risk of flight-test flutter

Aeroservoelasticity (ASE) integrates flexible structures, aerodynamic loads, and control laws. ASE models calibrated during GVT underpin accurate flutter analysis across the flight envelope.

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Ground Vibration Testing (GVT), Ansys, Simulia, Siemens, Integrated FEA|CFD with Artificial Intelligence
eVTOL & UAM: Ground Vibration Testing (GVT)

NVH Analysis for eVTOL & Electro-Motors

FEA-based simulation in electromagnetic multiphysics environments delivers critical insights for Noise, Vibration & Harshness (NVH) analysis of electrical machines and transformers.

NVH is vital for hybrid/electric-vehicle motors, appliances, transformers and any application demanding quiet operation. Two-way transient magnetostriction coupling integrates magnetostrictive forces into mechanical models to predict acoustic noise.

Results from transient electromagnetic solvers generate force distributions that are mesh-element-accurate. Specialized co-simulation algorithms map these forces directly into mechanical solvers for harmonic and vibro-acoustic analysis.

  • Transient EM simulation → force vector extraction
  • Element-based force mapping to structural mesh
  • Harmonic stress & modal coupling
  • Optional acoustic analysis for noise prediction

To optimize NVH, our engineers use these force mappings to drive advanced vibro-acoustic simulations. Modal and harmonic stress responses reveal vibration magnitudes and generate waterfall plots for a full acoustic profile.

  • Accurate NVH prediction in eVTOL propulsion systems
  • Design of high-quieting transformers and motors
  • Optimized magnetostrictive coupling models
  • Full-spectrum vibro-acoustic performance maps

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NVH Analysis for eVTOL & Electro-Motors, Ansys, Simulia, Siemens, Integrated FEA|CFD with Artificial Intelligence
eVTOL & UAM: NVH Analysis for eVTOL & Electro-Motors

VTOL Cabin Thermal Comfort CFD

Passenger thermal comfort is a critical design criterion for VTOL/eVTOL cabins. Traditional mock-up tests are costly and time-intensive, yet provide only limited insight early in development.

At Simulation Dynamics, we harness CFD tools—MSC Cradle, OpenFOAM, STAR-CCM+, and ANSYS Fluent—to predict cabin comfort and support interactive layout optimization.

  • Model 3D cabin geometry and occupant zones
  • Simulate airflow and thermal fields
  • Optimize air-outlet placement & ducting
  • Iterate layout for uniform comfort

This workflow yields design-spec compliance for cabin airflow, temperature uniformity, and occupant sensation—delivering validated, high-fidelity comfort maps ahead of physical prototyping.

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VTOL Cabin Thermal Comfort CFD, Ansys, Simulia, Siemens, Integrated FEA|CFD with Artificial Intelligence
eVTOL & UAM: VTOL Cabin Thermal Comfort CFD

Vibroacoustics Performance Assessment

A true VTOL system design has complex challenges, particularly designing for a high thrust for hover while also reducing drag for cruise. In simple terms, you are designing a helicopter and forward-flying aircraft in the same product.

Vibroacoustic (VA) characteristics, namely sound transmission loss, overall sound pressure levels of aircraft panels made up of different materials such as aluminum, composites and fiber metal laminates can be analyzed with optimization approach for aircraft panels.

The investigation involves modeling of aircraft panels using finite element method (FEM) for low frequency, Boundary Element Method (BEM) for mid-frequency and statistical energy analysis (SEA) in high-frequency bands. To obtain the VA characteristics of the panels, twin chambers, namely source and receiver are numerically modeled, and the panels are placed in between them. This numerical study helps in understanding the VA behavior of aircraft materials and also minimizes the cost and time involved in conducting experiments.

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Vibroacoustics Performance Assessment, Ansys, Simulia, Siemens, Integrated FEA|CFD with Artificial Intelligence
eVTOL & UAM: Vibroacoustics Performance Assessment

eVTOLs and UAM Crashworthiness Certification

Occupant safety is integral to the design, development, and operation of urban air mobility (UAM) systems. Emergency landing requirements in CFR & Certification Standards may not yet meet the stringent safety levels eVTOLs demand.

Successful UAM rollout requires emergency-landing concepts that match real-world expectations. An integrated safety process helps you:

  • Maintain survivable volume
  • Minimize deceleration loads
  • Preserve clear egress paths
  • Evaluate retention of mass items

Simulation Dynamics engineers optimize eVTOL crashworthiness from the conceptual stage using cutting-edge computational tools. We leverage multibody models and optimization to define integrated safety concepts for:

  • Landing gear & airframe crashworthiness
  • High-energy-absorbing seats & advanced restraints
  • Cabin subfloor structural design
  • Energy-absorbing take-off & landing sites

Engineering Reliability, One Simulation at a Time.

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eVTOLs and UAM Crashworthiness Certification, Ansys, Simulia, Siemens, Integrated FEA|CFD with Artificial Intelligence
eVTOL & UAM: eVTOLs and UAM Crashworthiness Certification