Kürsat Yurt

Kürsat Yurt, M.Sc., serves as a Research Associate at the Institute for Rotorcraft and Vertical Flight, Technical University of Munich (TUM), based at Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching, Germany. His role encompasses advanced computational research in vertical flight systems, thesis supervision, and participation in multiple national and international projects targeting next-generation rotorcraft technologies and urban air mobility solutions.

Yurt's research spans High Performance Computing, Performance Portable Programming, Rotor and Wake Aerodynamics, and Aeroelasticity. He develops GPU-accelerated meshless methods for large eddy simulations, creates real-time guidance algorithms for urban obstacle avoidance, and investigates morphing airfoil dynamics through fluid-structure interaction frameworks. His work bridges computational mechanics with practical rotorcraft design challenges, emphasizing energy efficiency and flight safety in complex environments.

His 2022-2025 publications reveal a cohesive trajectory in computational rotorcraft aerodynamics, featuring innovations in meshless GPU simulations, partitioned coupling techniques, and urban air mobility guidance systems. These works integrate computational fluid dynamics, high-performance computing, and aerospace engineering to address vertical flight challenges including wake modeling, morphing rotor blades, and rotor-airframe interactions.

Yurt actively supervises Master's and Bachelor's theses on vortex particle methods, rotorcraft simulation frameworks, and morphing rotor technologies. His research is funded through key projects:

• ENGEL - Energy Efficient Flight Guidance
• VARI-SPEED II
• ARCTIS
• LaBouR

complemented by completed initiatives like InteReSt II and TEMA-UAV.

The Institute provides critical infrastructure for his work through specialized facilities:

• Whirl Tower for rotor dynamics testing
• Flight Simulator Facilities for pilot-in-loop studies
• Unmanned Rotorcraft Testbed (AREA)
• High-performance GPU/CPU clusters for computational workloads

These resources enable experimental validation of his computational models and support the institute's mission in vertical flight innovation.