Dear Colleagues,

Currently, the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions is considered as the state-of-the-art in the modeling of unsteady nonlinear flow physics and offers an early and improved understanding of air vehicle aerodynamics and stability and control characteristics. This Special Issue of Aerospace covers recent computational efforts on the simulation of aerospace vehicles including fighter aircraft, rotorcraft, propeller-driven vehicles, unmanned vehicles, projectiles, and air drop configurations. The complex flow physics of these configurations pose significant challenges in CFD modeling. Some of these challenges include prediction of vortical flows and shock waves, rapid maneuvering aircraft with fast-moving control surfaces, and interactions between propellers and wing, fluid and structure, and boundary layer and shock waves. 

This Special Issue is also interested in the use of CFD tools in aircraft design and flight mechanics. The problem with these applications is the computational cost involved, particularly if this is viewed as a brute-force calculation of a vehicle’s aerodynamics through its flight envelope. To make progress in routinely using CFD in aircraft design, methods based on sampling, model updating, and system identification should be considered. The editor of this Special Issue invites authors to submit papers on the challenges in CFD modeling of various aerospace vehicles and developing methods that will accelerate the generation of aerodynamic models using CFD.

Dr. Karl Jenkins
Dr. Mehdi Ghoreyshi
Guest Editors

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• Computational fluid dynamics
• Unsteady aerodynamics
• Propeller/wing interaction
• Fluid–structure interaction
• Reduced-order aerodynamic modeling
• System identification
• Air drop configurations
• Aerodynamic modeling of maneuvering aircraft
• Aerodynamics of missile configurations
• Aerodynamics modeling of control surfaces (overset grid, transpiration boundary condition, grid deformation methods, etc.)
• Gust modeling

• Computational Aerodynamic Modeling of Aerospace Vehicles in Aerospace (14 articles)