Aerospace Thermal Management
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerospace Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: computational fluid dynamics; fluid–structure interaction; fluid–structure–thermal interaction; aircraft thermal management; single and multiphase heat transfer
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thermal management is a cornerstone of modern aerospace system design, directly influencing performance, reliability, and mission longevity. As aerospace platforms advance toward higher power densities, increased autonomy, and operation in progressively more extreme environments, conventional thermal control strategies are being pushed to their limits. In hypersonic vehicles, reusable launch systems, small satellites, aircraft environmental control and anti-icing systems, fuel and propulsion systems, and directed-energy weapons, thermal management has evolved from a supporting function into a critical enabling technology.
This Special Issue will focus on recent advances and emerging concepts in aerospace thermal management, spanning fundamental physics, modeling and simulation, materials, and system-level integration. Topics include, but are not limited to, high-temperature heat transfer, phase-change and thermal energy storage, multifunctional thermal–structural materials, active and passive thermal control strategies, and data-driven or reduced-order modeling approaches.
By bringing together researchers from academia, industry, and government laboratories, this Special Issue aims to highlight innovative solutions, identify current challenges, and outline future research directions in aerospace thermal management. The collected works are intended to provide a timely reference for engineers and scientists developing the next generation of aerospace systems under increasingly demanding thermal constraints.
Dr. Hui Wan
Dr. Yanxing Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aerospace thermal control
- extreme environmental heat transfer
- active and passive cooling systems
- data-driven thermal modeling
- reduced-order modeling
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