Aeronautics
A section of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310).
Section Information
Aeronautics is a core section of the journal. It includes a wide range of topics covering scientific, engineering and applied aspects of interest for research and educational institutions, industry and corresponding agencies. The Aeronautics section publishes original papers, review articles and short notes related to fundamental and applied results, linked to potential applications that are related to research, design, manufacture, test facilities, instrumentation, operations, control and maintenance of aircraft. While a major focus is on completed studies and works-in-progress, researchers are encouraged to share their ideas and emerging approaches with the aeronautic community through the communications format. More specifically, subject areas suitable for publication in the Aeronautics section include, but are not strictly limited to, the following fields:
- Aero Acoustics
- Aerodynamics, including Subsonic, Transonic, Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows
- Aeroelasticity
- Aero Optics
- Aero Propulsion and Aero Engine, including Airbreathing, Electric and Hybrid Propulsion concepts
- Aircraft, including Avionics, Operation, Atmospheric Flight Control and Maintenance
- Boundary Layers and Flow-Surface Interaction
- Combustion and Chemical Kinetics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Fluid Dynamics, including Electro- and Magneto- Hydrodynamics
- Material Science and Structural Analysis, with applications in Aerospace Engineering
- Measurements and Diagnostics related to Atmospheric Flight and Ground Testing
- Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
- Plasmas and Lasers for Flow and Combustion Control
- Sense and Avoid Technology
- Shock Waves, including Shock-Shock and Shock-Boundary Layer Interaction
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Drones
- Wind Tunnels, Ground Testing Facilities and Instrumentation
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Environmental Influences on Aircraft Aerodynamics (Deadline: 15 September 2026)
- Advanced Modeling of Aero-Engine Complex Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Aerodynamic Optimization of Flight Wing (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Multidisciplinary Intelligent Design and Optimization of Flight Vehicle Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Instability and Transition of Compressible Flows (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Low-Altitude Technology and Engineering (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Multidisciplinary Design Optimization for Climate-Neutral Transport Aviation (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Sensitivity Analysis and Design Optimization for Aerospace Systems (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Machine Learning for Aerodynamic Analysis and Optimization (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Aeroelasticity, Volume V (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Challenges and Innovations in Aircraft Flight Control (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 November 2026)
- Overall Aircraft Design for New Airframe Technologies, New Energy Systems, and New Operations—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Advanced Aircraft Composite Structure Design (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Control of Hypersonic Morphing Flight Vehicles (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Methods for Conceptual Design and Diagnosis of Aeronautic Propulsion Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Advances in Aero-Engine Aerodynamics and Flow Physics (Deadline: 30 December 2026)
- Aircraft Structural Dynamics (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Aircraft Design (SI-8/2026) (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Aircraft Thermal Management Technologies (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Wind Tunnel Testing: New Contributions (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Resilient and Intelligent Autonomous Flight: Dynamics, Guidance, and Control Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Advances in Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity of Aerospace Vehicles (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Next-Generation Drones for Urban Air Mobility: Advances and Innovations (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- On-Board Systems Design for Aerospace Vehicles (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Power Management for Hybrid Electric Aircraft (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Hypersonic Aerodynamics and Propulsion (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Flight Dynamics, Control & Simulation (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Vortex Flow Phenomena and Physics of Aerospace Engineering Applications (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- High Speed Aircraft and Engine Design (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Advanced Fluid Flow Modeling and Next-Generation Engineering Simulations and Optimization in Aerospace Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Advances in Aero Gas Turbines and Propulsion Systems for Sustainable Aviation (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Advanced Heat Exchanger Technologies for Next-Generation Aerospace Propulsion Systems (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Innovations in Rotorcraft Flight Dynamics and Control (Deadline: 25 February 2027)
- Structural Health Monitoring and Prognostics for Aeronautical Structures (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Advances in UAV Technology: Dynamics, Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Transformative Aerial Vehicles (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Advances in Complex Structural Dynamics (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Multi-UAV Target Tracking and Control (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Structural Strength, Life Reliability and Design Optimization of Aircraft Engines (Deadline: 10 March 2027)
- Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics and Flow Physics (Deadline: 31 March 2027)
- High-Speed Flow, Aerodynamics, Aerothermal Prediction and Thermal Protection: Measurement, Modeling and Ground Test Technologies (Deadline: 31 March 2027)
- Advances in Thermal Fluid, Dynamics and Control (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 March 2027)
- Aircraft Structural Design Materials, Modeling, and Optimization (Deadline: 31 March 2027)
- The Study of Unidentified Aerial/Aerospace Phenomena Towards Disruptive Propulsion Concepts (Deadline: 30 April 2027)
- Conceptual Design and Multidisciplinary Optimization of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) Aircraft (Deadline: 30 April 2027)
- Thermal Management of Aircraft (Deadline: 20 May 2027)
- Nonlinear Problems of Aircraft Flight Dynamics (Deadline: 31 May 2027)
- Aircraft Performance Evaluation (Deadline: 31 May 2027)
- Digital Intelligence for Advanced Aircraft Engine Performance, Health, and Control (Deadline: 31 May 2027)
- Advanced Control Methods for Aero-Engine and Propeller Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2027)
- Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics for Aircraft (Deadline: 31 July 2027)
- Application of Multidisciplinary Optimization and Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Aerospace Engineering (Volume III) (Deadline: 31 August 2027)
- Reliability and Health Management for Aerospace Utility Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2027)
- Advanced Sealing Technology for Aero-Engine (Deadline: 30 December 2027)
- Damage Detection and Health Monitoring of Aircraft Structures (Deadline: 31 December 2027)