Flight Dynamics, Control & Simulation (3rd Edition)
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Aeronautics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 28
Special Issue Editor
Interests: aircraft design; green aviation; aerodynamics; flight mechanics; innovation; multidisciplinary optimization; flight dynamics; new aircraft concepts; hybrid-electric aircraft
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Dear Colleagues,
Research in the field of transport aviation constantly faces new, complex, and ambitious challenges. Increasingly, new aircraft concepts, novel types of propulsion, innovative techniques for aircraft control, and overall disruptive innovations are being studied, investigated, and developed. The study of flight dynamics has always been of particular relevance when investigating the behavior of innovative transport aircraft, assessing their stability and controllability characteristics, and evaluating their performance. Depending on the level of fidelity used, flight simulation models, methods, and tools enable the characterization of the aeromechanical behavior of aircraft at any stage of the design process, from initial conceptual stages to the most advanced detailed analysis. Such models are relevant to the advancements in different fields of transport aeronautics, such as enhancing flight safety, optimizing mission performance, developing new concepts for aircraft operations (e.g., urban air mobility), and establishing virtual certification methods. This Special Issue aims to collect as broadly as possible the most up-to-date contributions regarding the application of flight dynamics models for the characterization of transport aircraft aeromechanic features. In particular, great emphasis is placed on the development and application of simulation models to analyze the performance of aircraft with a high degree of innovation, whether in terms of architecture, systems, or propulsion. In addition, the development and validation of new methodologies for aeromechanical analysis and optimization, advanced simulation, novel flight control techniques, and flight dynamics analysis tools for multidisciplinary design workflows represent significant contributions to increasing knowledge in the field.
Dr. Karim Abu Salem
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- flight dynamics
- performance analysis
- flight simulation
- advanced controls
- new aircraft concepts
- innovation
- multidisciplinary optimization
- flight mechanics
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