High Speed Aircraft and Engine Design
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Aeronautics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 2683
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supersonic aerodynamic design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
High-speed travel is attracting a large amount of attention globally and necessitates great efforts to improve the design technology. From the resurgence of commercial supersonic airliners to the rise of novel propulsion systems like pulse detonation and scramjet engines, this field is experiencing an unprecedented wave of innovation. This Special Issue entitled “High Speed Aircraft and Engine Design” aims to serve as a platform for these cutting-edge developments and the most advanced research. It will focus on critical scientific and technological challenges in high-speed flight vehicles and their propulsion systems, covering, but not limited to, the following key directions:
- High-Speed Aerodynamics and Thermal Management: Shockwave control, high-temperature materials, active cooling technologies, and waverider optimization.
- Next-Generation Propulsion Systems: Variable-cycle engines, detonation engines, and combined-cycle propulsion systems.
- Smart Aviation and Digital Engineering: AI-driven aerodynamic optimization, digital twins, autonomous flight control, and multidisciplinary co-design.
- Green High-Speed Flight: Sustainable aviation fuels, low-emission combustion technologies, and noise suppression.
- Extreme Environmental Adaptability: Long-duration high-temperature structures, dynamic load prediction, and reliability and safety at high Mach numbers.
The Special Issue will integrate groundbreaking advances in fluid dynamics, materials science, energy propulsion, and control engineering to promote interdisciplinary research. We welcome original research articles, reviews, technical briefs, and reports on high-speed aircraft and engine design. Internationally renowned scholars will be engaged in the peer review process to ensure academic rigour and impact, as well as rapid publication.
Prof. Dr. Chengxiang Zhu
Dr. Jun Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-speed aerodynamics
- propulsion systems
- high-speed flight
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