Moerland-Masic, Ivana and Reimer, Fabian and Bock, Thomas-Mathias and Meller, Frank and Stolz, Maria (2021) Urban Mobility: Airtaxi Cabin from a Passengers Point of View. International Comfort Congress 2021, 2021-09-02 - 2021-09-03, Virtuel.
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Abstract
Within German Aerospace Center (DLR), a project called HorizonUAM was launched in July 2020. Its main goal is to develop and design an aerial vehicle which would support the infrastructure of the ever-growing cities. The vehicle will be designed for the four different scenarios: airport shuttle, intracity transport, intercity transport and suburban connection. This paper shows the research concerning the potential users of the vehicle including their requirements and shows a possible design solution for an airtaxi cabin. The process has followed the Design Thinking Method, ensuring a central role for the users. To determine whether there are potential passengers willing to use such a vehicle, in-depth research has been done. Data found in previously done research has been compared with results of the in-house research, consisting of a number of workshops with representatives of German population as well as results form questionnaires sent out to a different group of German population. Based on this data, different fictive personas are created, to aid in understanding of the user’s needs. In addition, trend analysis on how the urban mobility is developing, has also been executed. The state-of-the-art solutions available are analyzed and their strengths and weaknesses determined. The entire research has resulted in an extensive list of requirements for the design of the cabin. To address such a complex design challenge, a morphological chart has been created, systematically deconstructing the main function into subfunctions. This has been done by multiple workshops with a constant team. This paper will show how the different scenarios influence the cabin design and will establish whether it is possible to serve multiple scenarios with a single cabin, from a passenger’s point of view. In addition, it will demonstrate the level of acceptance among alleged passengers and their vision on how a cabin of such a vehicle should look like and what it should focus on. Furthermore, it will display how the results of previously committed research are translated into first ideas, sketched as well as 2D as 3D.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/143801/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Urban Mobility: Airtaxi Cabin from a Passengers Point of View | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 2 September 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | UAM, Airtaxi, cabin design, design thinking, user centered approach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Title: | International Comfort Congress 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Location: | Virtuel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Type: | international Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Start Date: | 2 September 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event End Date: | 3 September 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Efficient Vehicle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | L EV - Efficient Vehicle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Virtual Rotorcraft and Validation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics > Cabin and Payload Systems Institute of Flight Guidance > Systemergonomy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Moerland-Masic, Ivana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 01 Nov 2021 07:51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2024 20:43 |
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