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VTOL Cabin Thermal Comfort CFD

eVTOL (Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) & UAM (Urban Air Mobility): FEA & CFD Based Simulation for Ground Vibration Testing (GVT), Airworthiness Certification, Aerodynamics, Aeroacoustics and Crashworthiness

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VTOL Cabin Thermal Comfort CFD — Finite Element VTOL, eVTOL & UAM

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 OLTRION, 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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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. OLTRION 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.

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