Advancing Fluid Dynamics in Aerospace Applications

A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Aeronautics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 December 2025 | Viewed by 718

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to showcase recent advancements in fluid dynamics as applied to aerospace engineering. We welcome original research and comprehensive review papers that contribute to the understanding, modeling, and application of fluid dynamics in aerospace systems. The Special Issue will cover both fundamental studies and applied research that enhance aerodynamic performance, flow control strategies, and computational and experimental methodologies. We invite contributions on (but not limited to) the topics of aerodynamic performance and flow physics, aero-propulsive interactions, computational and experimental methods, artificial intelligence and machine learning in fluid dynamics, flow control and optimization, aerospace propulsion and high-speed flows and bio-inspired and novel configurations.

We welcome both technical research papers and review articles that provide critical insights into recent advancements. Submissions should present novel methodologies, significant experimental findings, or comprehensive reviews of emerging topics in aerospace fluid dynamics.

Dr. Mehdi Ghoreyshi
Dr. Hector Ortiz-Melendez
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Keywords

  • aerospace fluid dynamics
  • applied aerodynamics
  • computational and experimental aerodynamics
  • flow control and optimization
  • aero-propulsive interaction
  • high-speed flows
  • reduced-order modeling

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Computational Analysis of a Towed Jumper During Static Line Airborne Operations: A Parametric Study Using Various Airdrop Configurations
by Usbaldo Fraire, Jr., Mehdi Ghoreyshi, Adam Jirasek, Keith Bergeron and Jürgen Seidel
Aerospace 2025, 12(10), 897; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace12100897 - 3 Oct 2025
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This study uses the CREATETM-AV/Kestrel simulation software to model a towed jumper scenario using standard aircraft settings to quantify paratrooper stability and risk of contact during static line airborne operations. The focus areas of this study include a review of the [...] Read more.
This study uses the CREATETM-AV/Kestrel simulation software to model a towed jumper scenario using standard aircraft settings to quantify paratrooper stability and risk of contact during static line airborne operations. The focus areas of this study include a review of the technical build-up, which includes aircraft, paratrooper and static line modeling, plus preliminary functional checkouts executed to verify simulation performance. This research and simulation development effort is driven by the need to meet the analysis demands required to support the US Army Personnel Airdrop with static line length studies and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Joint Airdrop Capability Syndicate (JACS) with airdrop interoperability assessments. Each project requires the use of various aircraft types, static line lengths and exit procedures. To help meet this need and establish a baseline proof of concept (POC) simulation, simulation setups were developed for a towed jumper from both the C-130J and C-17 using a 20-ft static line to support US Army Personnel Airdrop efforts. Concurrently, the JACS is requesting analysis to support interoperability testing to help qualify the T-11 parachute from an Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft, operated by NATO nations. Due to the lack of an available A400M geometry, the C-17 was used to demonstrate the POC, and plans to substitute the geometry are in order when it becomes available. The results of a nominal Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation run using a C-17 and C-130J will be reviewed with a sample of the output to help characterize performance differences for the aircraft settings selected. The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center (DEVCOM-SC) Aerial Delivery Division (ADD) has partnered with the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) High Performance Computing Research Center (HPCRC) to enable Modeling and Simulation (M&S) capabilities that support the Warfighter and NATO airdrop interoperability efforts. Full article
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