Advanced Modeling of Aero-Engine Complex Systems

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 653

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1. Aircraft & Engine Integrated System Safety Beijing Key Laboratory, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
2. Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
Interests: aero-engine system safety and airworthiness; thermal protection of aero-engine
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Aero Engine Research Institute, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Interests: thermal analysis of aero-engine; secondary air system of aero-engine; advanced CO2 power cycle

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Dear Colleagues,

Aero-engines are complex thermomechanical systems characterized by deep multidisciplinary coupling and multisystem coordination. High-precision modeling is critical for their design, analysis, optimization, and health management. Core objectives for advanced aero-engine modeling include the following: multidisciplinary coupling (bidirectional simulation coupling across physical fields including aerothermodynamics, structural mechanics, combustion chemistry, etc.), multiscale integration (connecting microscopic combustion chemical reactions to mesoscopic component performance and overall engine performance), and full operating condition coverage (from start-up and idle to maximum and transient states, including non-design points and extreme conditions).

Current modeling techniques face critical challenges, including balancing computational cost and accuracy, overcoming inherent uncertainties in physical models, ensuring the stability and efficiency of multiscale and multidisciplinary coupling algorithms, and managing software integration and data handling.

This Special Issue of Aerospace will focus on cutting-edge research in advanced modeling for aero-engines, encompassing traditional gas turbine engines (turbofans, turboshafts, turboprop engines, etc.), ramjet engines, pulse detonation engines, and emerging new energy propulsion systems (such as fuel cells). We particularly welcome submissions exploring the application of advanced modeling techniques in aero-engine research, including cross-scale and cross-system multi-disciplinary coupling, the integration of artificial intelligence/machine learning with physical models, and digital twin technologies. The editors of this Special Issue invite submissions addressing the current challenges around modeling various aero-engine types and exploring novel methodologies for modeling complex aero-engine systems.

Prof. Dr. Shuiting Ding
Dr. Peng Liu
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Keywords

  • aero-engine modeling
  • multidisciplinary modeling
  • multiscale integration modeling
  • algorithm stability
  • managing software integration
  • artificial intelligence
  • machine learning
  • digital twin technologies

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Assessment of the Energy Efficiency of a Hybrid Turboprop Power Plant of a Regional Aircraft Considering the Mission Profile
by Evgeniy P. Filinov, Andrey Yu. Tkachenko, Ivan A. Zubrilin and Vladislav K. Radomsky
Aerospace 2026, 13(5), 470; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace13050470 - 15 May 2026
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With the tightening of international environmental requirements for civil aviation and the implementation of initiatives aimed at reducing specific greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to hybrid power plants for regional aircraft is becoming increasingly relevant. This paper proposes an approach to the integrated [...] Read more.
With the tightening of international environmental requirements for civil aviation and the implementation of initiatives aimed at reducing specific greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to hybrid power plants for regional aircraft is becoming increasingly relevant. This paper proposes an approach to the integrated energy assessment of a parallel hybrid turboprop power plant at the conceptual design stage while taking the aircraft mission profile into account. The considered power plant includes a gas turbine engine, a reversible electric machine located on the same shaft as the reduction gearbox and propeller, an electrical energy storage system, and power electronics. The mission profile is represented as a sequence of segments—takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, and approach/landing. For each segment, energy balances are formulated and allowable operating ranges for the gas turbine and electric subsystems are defined. The key parameter is the hybridization factor, which determines the share of power transmitted to the propeller from the electric machine in different mission segments. The primary integrated performance metric is the energy consumption per ton-kilometer of transported payload. The analysis shows that for ranges up to 500 km, the hybrid configuration reduces specific energy consumption per ton-kilometer by up to 9%. Full article
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