Advances in Experimental and Computational Combustion
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2025) | Viewed by 670
Special Issue Editor
Interests: turbulence modeling; large-eddy simulations; direct numerical simulations; hybrid RANS/LES; analytical and computational combustion; high-speed combustion; gas, liquid and solid combustion; multi-phase flows; propulsion systems; turbomachinery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Combustion processes are integral to various aerospace engineering applications, such as aircraft engines, rocket engines, and high-speed propulsion systems (ramjets/scramjets). All these propulsion systems depend on chemically reacting flows. It is also anticipated that combustion will remain, at least in aerospace applications, the main source of energy for several decades until renewable energy sources become more economically viable. However, due to concerns regarding climate change and environmental impacts, the combustion of fossil fuels is a challenging issue that requires further research. Thus, furthering our understanding of the combustion phenomenon/process will contribute to enhancing combustion efficiency, reducing pollutant emissions, and the development of efficient combustion systems.
This Special Issue of Aerospace will cover recent developments and advances in experimental, analytical, and computational combustion in relation to aerospace propulsion systems, such as aircraft engines, rocket engines, supersonic/hypersonic combustion, ramjets, and scramjets. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, liquid and solid rocket engine combustion, supersonic/hypersonic combustion, thermos-acoustic instabilities, swirl combustion, turbulence phenomena, laminar and turbulent combustion, flame–acoustics coupling, the development of chemical kinetics models, analytical, numerical, and computational methods for laminar and turbulent combustion, combustion uncertainty, machine learning in combustion, increased combustion efficiency, and reduced emissions.
The Guest Editor of this Special Issue invites authors to submit papers addressing current challenges in experimental, analytical, and computational combustion encountered in aerospace applications to advance the current status of combustion research while addressing climate change and environmental challenges.
Dr. Marcel Ilie
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aircraft engine
- air-breathing propulsion
- turbojet engine
- turbofan engine
- supersonic/hypersonic combustion
- turbulence modeling
- turbulent reacting flows
- premixed combustion
- non-premixed combustion
- aeroacoustics and combustion-generated noise
- large-eddy simulations (LESs)
- direct numerical simulations (DNSs)
- hybrid RANS/LES
- analytical and computational combustion
- numerical methods and high-order schemes
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