Research

	Project,,i-LUM'' Innovative Airborne Urban Mobility   ,,i-LUM'' is a project as part of the Hamburg X initiative. The aim of this project is to develop, develop and evaluate the feasibility of concepts for innovative air-supported urban mobility for the Hamburg metropolitan region. Future scenarios (2040/2050) should be considered. In addition to the Institute for Aircraft Production Technology at the Technical University of Hamburg, the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, the HafenCity University Hamburg, the Helmut Schmidt University and the German Aerospace Center are also involved in this project. At the Institute for Aircraft Production Technology, on-board and ground-side command and information systems as well as operational infrastructures are to be developed. For this purpose, the IFPT is developing concepts for an automatic and ground-based MRO. This should, for example, be able to detect and repair damage to the aircraft or be able to load the aircraft with regard to the type of propulsion and logistics. The challenges in the development of an automatic ground-based MRO lie in the flexibility of the MRO processes and systems, as the components and damage can be very diverse.

• Development of concrete overall concepts for airborne mobility in Hamburg, taking into account various scenarios and deriving requirements for vehicles, infrastructure and operations,
• Detailed scientific study of the necessary "enabler" technologies for the vehicle as well as the infrastructural and operational aspects,
• Evaluation of the utility of selected concepts for the city, its residents and visitors.

The results of acceptance studies and evaluations of user behavior play a special role within this new urban mobility in Hamburg. Design features can be derived from these results. In this way, a concept can be developed that can relieve the city of Hamburg's logistical burden.

The infrastructure to be developed includes all elements necessary on the ground to maintain, repair and supply the vehicles with loads in terms of propulsion, logistics and people from landing to the next take-off. The main focus is on compliance with the relevant security requirements.

The infrastructure is to be placed on so-called vertiports. Vertiports serve as traffic sources and sinks and must be modeled in terms of their mobility capacity. The infrastructure should enable rapid response and flexibility, with constant technological development required. The MRO processes should have short lead times and be documented over the life cycle of the vehicle.

The project addresses, among other things, the following questions:

• How should the ground-based MRO infrastructure be conceptualized?
• What should systems - stationary or mobile - look like for inspecting damage and wear?
• How can discovered damage be repaired?
• What level of automation and software intelligence is required for the desired highly automated MRO?
• Is condition monitoring of the fleet useful and how can it be implemented?

The focus of the “i-LUM” project is on airborne urban mobility, mobile sensor technology, measurement technology and energy technology.

Project ,,KlioWaLH2''

Climate-optimal maintenance processes for LH2 systems

Research area:	LH2, maintenance processes
In collaboration with:	Lufthansa Technik AG Institute for Aircraft Systems Technology of the Technical University of Hamburg DLR Institute for Maintenance and Modification DLR Institute for System Architectures in Aviation
Start of the project:	June 2023
End of project:	May 2026
Contact person at the institute:	Jil Eltgen, M.Sc.

Teaching

• MSR laboratory (measurement, control and regulation technology)
• Innovation Management: Development of new courses and innovative concepts.
• Tenders for collaboration: student/research assistant in the Hydrogen area PDF
• If you are interested in final theses in the subject area of the research project i-LUM , please contact us via Email to Jil Eltgen:
• Grade overview
• Short CV
• Statement of your own interests
• Current tenders:
• All other final theses and job advertisements advertised by IFPT can be found here. Not all ideas always make it onto this page, so unsolicited applications are welcome.

Completed student work:

Vorträge

2023

J. Eltgen (2023). Steigerung der Modellierungsqualität und Verbesserung der Infrastrukturentwicklung innerhalb der innovativen luftgestützten Mobilität. 30.11.2023. i-LUM Doktorandenkolloquium 2023. Hamburg, Deutschland. 2023.

J. Eltgen (2023). Methodik zur ganzheitlichen Analyse bodengebundener Infrastruktur für Urban Air Mobility. 20.09.2023. DLRK Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2023. Stuttgart, Deutschland. 2023.

J. Eltgen (2023). Beitrag zur Infrastrutkurentwicklung innerhalb der innovativen urbanen luftgestützten Mobilität. 28.06.2023. i-LUM Doktorandenkolloquium 2023. Hamburg, Deutschland. 2023.

J. Eltgen (2023). MROPort for Airworthiness Checks in a Future-Proof Environment. 13.06.2023. AIAA Aviation 2023. San Diego, USA. 2023.

2022

J. Eltgen (2022). Technical Concepts for Inspecting UAVs for Damage. 05.09.2022. 33rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Stockholm, Schweden.

J. Eltgen (2022). Wie Telepräsenz Skyports der AAM erweitern kann. Podiumsvortrag und -diskussion. Autonome Systeme - Support durch Telepresence, nextReality.Hamburg e.V., Hamburg. 05.10.2022.

J. Eltgen (2022). Urbane Mobilität neu denken. Vortrag. Hamburg. 06.12.2022.

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