Here is a teaser of the latest developments of our tools for the design of nextgeneration #eVTOL #aircraft. As I approach graduation, I'm pleased to see my PhD research coming to fruition:

• Development of a novel vortexstretching SGS model for meshless large eddy simulations.
• Reformulation of the governing equations for the vortex particle method (VPM) achieving a numerically stable scheme.
• Development of a mixedfidelity interactional aerodynamics framework: https://github.com/byuflowlab/FLOWUns...
• Coupling with PSUWOPWOP and BPM to predict eVTOL aeroacoustics.

Shown below are some preliminary results with our vortex particle method as we move on to get things ready for publication.

This research is part of a larger effort to bring highfidelity modeling into the multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) of eVTOL aircraft using vortex methods, funded by NASA, NSF, AFWERX, and CUAS. PI: Prof. Andrew Ning.


• Research Summary: http://bit.ly/EAlvarezPhDSummary2021