Instability and Transition of Compressible Flows
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Aeronautics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 59
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flow stability, transition, turbulence modes, and aerodynamic issues in aviation engineering; turbulence mode theory; turbulence numerical simulation and application
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Interests: high-speed flow stability and transition; nonlinear instability and mode–mode interaction; stability of shock wave/boundary layer interaction; transition control; direct numerical simulation
Interests: hypersonic aerodynamics; high temperature gasdynamics; heat transfer; computational fluid dynamics; experimental fluid dynamics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, the stability and transition of compressible flows receives extensive attention due to its significance in understanding the aerodynamics of aircrafts. State-of-the-art approaches have been increasingly developing in theoretical, computational, and experimental aspects. New physics and insights have been identified in recent years regarding the regime of compressible flows. For this Special Issue of Aerospace, we invite review and research articles on the following topics:
- Stability and/or laminar–turbulent transition of the compressible boundary layer;
- Stability and/or laminar–turbulent transition of shock wave/boundary layer interaction;
- Stability and/or laminar–turbulent transition of shear layer and interfacial flow;
- Stability and/or laminar–turbulent transition of non-ideal flow;
- Stability and/or laminar–turbulent transition of the rarefied gas;
- Theoretical, computational, or experimental methods regarding compressible flow stability and/or transition;
- Aerodynamic performance considering flow stability and/or transition around vehicles;
- Transition modeling;
- All other research related to stability and/or transition of compressible flows.
We look forward to your submissions.
Prof. Dr. Song Fu
Dr. Peixu Guo
Dr. Guilai Han
Dr. Jie Ren
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- boundary layer stability and transition
- stability of shock wave/boundary layer interaction
- stability of compressible shear layer
- stability of compressible interfacial flow
- stability of non-ideal flow
- stability of rarefied gas
- methods for stability and transition
- transition modeling
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