DEP TO UAM VEHICLES
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1. DEP to UAM vehicle transmission:
Distributed Electric Propulsion that commonly stands for DEP refers to a particular
type of powered flight and the relative system that is specifically used within the fixed-wing
aircraft within which the engines that are used are distributed around a particulate vessel. The
primary objective of DEP is to explicitly increase the performance in regards to the fuel
efficiency, noise landing, performance handling as well as the emissions1. This Distributed
Electric Propulsion has been established typically by having a proper span wise distribution
in partial or full manner upon the small-sized engines that are present in multiple or along the
fans present on the wings of the aircraft. This technique of propulsion makes proper usage of
the system engineering methods and the relative techniques for a better as well as an efficient
understanding of the same.
The DEP creates and spreads a particular thrust around the entire aircraft by making
use of three or multiple units of propulsion. These specific units have been arranged in
configurations.
Urban Air Mobility that is often abbreviated as UAM refer to the technology that
specifically makes use of vehicles or any kind of transportation to make people move through
the air to avoid the congestion of traffic or any other kind of vehicle running on the same
path. In regards to the rising population of the megacities, there has been increase in
urbanization as well as situation of traffic compelling the transport systems to reach their
limits2. Hence, introducing the concept of Urban Air Mobility to that of the third dimension
1 Kadhiresan, Akshay R., and Michael J. Duffy. "Conceptual Design and Mission Analysis for eVTOL Urban
Air Mobility Flight Vehicle Configurations." AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum. 2019.
2 Silva, Christopher, et al. "VTOL urban air mobility concept vehicles for technology development." 2018
Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference. 2018.

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