PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

2023

Liquid Cooling Systems for Batteries of Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Chunrong Zhao, Matthew Clarke, Hagen Kellermann, and Dries Verstraete Journal of Aircraft 2024 61:3, 667-683

2022

Clarke, M., and Alonso, J.J., 2022. “Forecasting the Operational Lifetime of Battery-Powered Electric Aircraft”. Journal of Aircraft, pp.1-9.

2021

Clarke, M., and Alonso. J. J., "Lithium–Ion Battery Modeling for Aerospace Applications" Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 58, No. 6 (2021), pp. 1323-1335        

Conference Papers 

2024

Shekar, Sai Sankalp, and Matthew Clarke. "Physics-Based Approaches for Sizing Thermal Management Systems for Battery-Electric Regional Aircraft." Manuscript in Preparation for 2024 AIAA Aviation Forum.

2024

Shekar, Sai Sankalp, and Matthew Clarke. "Design and In-Flight Analysis of an Electric Aircraft's Battery Thermal Management System." Manuscript in Preparation for 2024 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC).

2023

Clarke, M., "An Open-Source Framework For Modeling Aircraft Noise In Urban Environments",  AIAA Aviation Forum. San Diego, CA, Jun. 2023 

2023

Clarke, M., Botero E., Alonso J.J., “Aeroacoustic Optimization of VTOL Rotor Blades” submitted to AIAA SciTech Forum, Washington, DC Jan. 2023        

2022

Botero E., Clarke, M., Erhard R., Smart J., Alonso J.J., Blaufox A., “Aerodynamic Verification and Validation of SUAVE” AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2022. AIAA 2022-1929        

2022

Clarke, M. and Alonso J.J., “Forecasting the Operational Lifetime of Electric Aircraft Through Battery Degradation Modeling” AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2022. AIAA 2022-1996    

2021

Clarke, M. and Alonso J.J., “Evaluating the Performance and Acoustic Footprint of Aircraft for Regional and Urban Air Mobility” AIAA Aviation Forum, Washington, DC, Jun. 2021 AIAA 2021-3205    

2021

Clarke, M., Erhard, R., Smart, J. and Alonso J.J., “Aerodynamic Optimization of Wing-Mounted Propeller Configurations for Distributed Electric Propulsion Architectures” AIAA Aviation Forum, Washington, DC, Jun. 2021 AIAA 2021-2471    

2021

Erhard R., Clarke, M. and Alonso J.J., “A Low-Cost Aero-Propulsive Analysis of Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft” AIAA SciTech Forum, Jan. 2021. AIAA 2021-1200

2019

Vegh J. M., Botero E., Clarke M., Smart J., and Alonso J.J., “Current Capabilities and Challenges of NDARC and SUAVE for eVTOL Aircraft Design and Analysis” AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, Indianapolis, IN, August 2019. AIAA 2019-4505 

2018

Clarke, M., Smart, J., Botero, E., Maier, W. and Alonso, J. J., “Strategies for Posing a Well-Defined Problem for Urban Air Mobility Vehicles” AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, CA, Jan 2018. AIAA 2019-0818

2017

MacDonald, T., Clarke, M., Botero, E., Vegh, J. M. and Alonso, J. J., “SUAVE: An Open-Source Environment for Multi-Fidelity Vehicle Optimization” AIAA Aviation Forum, Denver, CO, June 2017. AIAA 2017-4437 

2015

Clarke, M., Norman N., Smith S. “Hybrid-MCX-1, BWB and 777 Aircraft Comparison”, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, TX, November  Nov. 2015, Vol.1: Advances in Aerospace Technology, Paper No. IMECE2015-52526