Detonation-based combustion has re-emerged as a promising pathway for enhancing the efficiency and compactness of future aerospace propulsion systems, motivated by the intrinsic pressure-gain characteristics of detonative heat release. This review pr...
Aerospace propulsion systems are among the driving forces for the development of advanced ceramics with increased performance efficiency in severe operation conditions. The conducted research focused on the mechanical (Young’s and shear moduli,...
As humans continue to explore the aerospace field, higher demands have been placed on new types of propulsion systems. Meanwhile, active secondary flow has been applied to various aspects of engines over the past seventy years, significantly enhancin...
Sustainable aviation fuel is among the most practical near-term routes for aviation decarbonization because it can be used in existing aircraft, engines, and airport fuel systems with limited infrastructure changes while minimizing disruption to the...
The transition toward sustainable aviation fuels requires dedicated experimental platforms capable of evaluating alternative fuels under realistic propulsion conditions. This study presents the development and laboratory experimental validation of a...
In the aviation sector, there is a growing demand for high-specific-power electrical machines to realize More Electric Aircraft (MEA). The goals for these machines were set by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as 1
In aerospace, defense, and energy systems, ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are smart structural materials designed to function continuously in harsh mechanical, thermal, and oxidative conditions. Using high-strength fiber reinforcements and tailored...
High-energy-density liquid fuels are critical energy materials for aerospace, advanced military equipment, and high-power propulsion systems. They offer notable advantages, including high energy density and controllable combustion characteristics. Th...
Turbines are rotating machines that generate power by the expansion of a fluid; due to their characteristics, these turbomachines are widely applied in aerospace propulsion systems. Due to the clearance between the rotor blade tip and casing, there i...
Electric space propulsion is a technology which is employed on a continuously increasing number of spacecrafts. While the current focus of their application area is on telecommunication satellites and on space exploration missions, several new ideas...
Propellants play a crucial role in the propulsion systems of aerospace vehicles, and their combustion characteristics are susceptible to external environmental conditions. This study systematically investigated the impact of various initial condition...
The higher thermodynamic efficiency inherent in a detonation combustion based engine has already led to considerable interest in the development of wave rotor, pulse detonation, and rotating detonation engine configurations as alternative technologie...
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Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) is a type of electric propulsion system that uses the atmosphere as a propellant source instead of a stored reservoir. This technology is still in its early stages, but holds the promise of providing a...
This study investigates the preliminary propulsive performances of a cathode-less plasma thruster with air as its propellant. The analysis is carried out through a global model and simulates a thruster over a power range of 0 to 50 W. The developed c...
In this paper, a new numerical modeling method that combines a modified electromechanical model with a Teflon ablation model is proposed to simulate the working process of micro-pulsed plasma thruster (μPPT). The ablation mass accumulation during...
Hydrogen energy is a pivotal alternative to lithium-ion batteries for low-altitude aircraft, offering a pathway to sustainable aviation with its zero emissions and high energy density. Nevertheless, its broader application is hindered by challenges i...
Chemical and electrical thrusters are generally utilized to control the attitude and orbit of spacecraft in aerospace. When they are firing, the exhaust expands into the vacuum environment, known as the vacuum plume. The plume flow can collide with s...
The trapped-vortex combustor (TVC) is an alternative combustor design to conventional aeroengine combustors. The separate fuel and air injection of this combustor and its compact design make it a perfect candidate for conventional fuel usage. Moreove...
This work deals with the feasibility and reliability about the use of shape memory alloys (SMAs) as mechanical actuators for solar sail self-deployment instead of heavy and bulky mechanical booms. Solar sails exploit radiation pressure a as propulsio...
Space vehicles may be propelled by solar sails exploiting the radiation pressure coming from the sun and applied on their surfaces. This work deals with the adoption of Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) elements in the sail deployment mechanis...
Laser propulsion is an advanced technology that holds promise for use in many aerospace propulsion applications [...]
This study presents a flame detection model that is based on real experimental data that were collected during turbopump hot-fire tests of a liquid rocket engine. In these tests, a MEMRECAM ACS-1 M40 high-speed camera—serving as an optical sens...
The 1st International Online Conference on Aerospace (IOCAE 2026) was held virtually on 16–17 April 2026, providing an international forum for researchers and aerospace professionals to present and discuss recent advances across aeronautics and...
The advent of space exploration missions, especially those aimed at establishing a sustainable presence on the Moon and beyond, necessitates the development of efficient propulsion and mission planning techniques. This study presents a comprehensive...
Aerospace vehicles operate across a wide flight envelope, traversing dense atmospheric layers from near-space to low Earth orbit. Trajectory planning and optimization in a large spatial domain and wide speed range present severe challenges to traditi...
Hybrid Gas–Magnetic Bearings (HGMBs) are an emerging technology ready to completely change high-speed oil-free rotor support in aerospace electric motors. Because HGMBs combine the stiffness and load capacity of gas bearings with the active con...
Laser propulsion is a new conceptual technology that drives spacecraft and possesses advantages such as high specific impulse, large payload ratio, and low launch cost. It has potential applications in diverse areas, such as space debris mitigation a...
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has matured from its infancy in the research stage to the fabrication of a wide range of commercial functional applications. In particular, at present, metal AM is now popular in the aerospace industry to build and r...
The acceleration and deceleration of high-speed gas flow within a pipeline, induced by the action of flow-restriction devices, frequently result in the emergence of unsteady flow phenomena. Consequently, the generated excitation forces provoke intens...
Fused deposition technology (FDM), as an additive manufacturing (AM) technology, holds immense potential in the field of solid grain manufacturing. It can accomplish complex grain shaping with ultra-low-pressure ratios, which are challenging to achie...
This study investigates the influence of braiding angles on the mechanical behavior and damage mechanisms of three-dimensional (3D) braided composites under uniaxial compressive and tensile loading. By integrating uniaxial compression and tension tes...
Achieving low-frequency vibration attenuation in lightweight cylindrical lattices is critical for aerospace applications. This study proposes a multi-layered cylindrical lattice integrating five independent fluid cavities with locally resonant unit c...
Unsteady airfoils play a pivotal role in comprehending diverse aerospace applications, being one of those flapping propulsions. The present paper studies this topic by bringing back an old unsteady panel method to juxtapose its results against CFD da...
The development of more efficient propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles is essential to achieve key objectives. These objectives are to increase efficiency while reducing the amount of carbon-based emissions. Hybrid electric propulsion (HEP) is a...
The interaction of steady hot streaks from an annular ring of combustion chambers with turbine rotating blades can potentially generate tonal noise. The relevance of this source mechanism in aeroengine noise is controversially discussed in the litera...
Unmanned aerial vehicles, known today as drones, in the beginning, were small-dimension research models powered by small electric motors fed from electrical batteries. The propulsion system for these drones had to be adapted to the specific applicati...
The growing trend towards high voltage electrical assets and propulsion in the aeronautics and space industry pose new challenges in electrical insulation materials that cannot be overlooked. Transition to new high voltage electrified systems with un...
Gridded ion thrusters (GITs) are an established technology that, by covering a wide range of power class, allows one to accomplish a lot of space mission types. Many analysis tools and analytical models describing the physics of GITs are present in t...
Cryogenic cavitation affects the operation of liquid propulsion systems during the first phase of a launch. Its effects within orifices or turbopumps can range from mild instabilities to catastrophic damages to the structures, jeopardizing the launch...
Due to the complex mesostructure of calcareous sand, accurately predicting the mechanical response of Asphalt-Bonded Calcareous Sand (ABCS) is extremely challenging. This study pioneers the development of a mesoscale model for ABCS that explicitly in...
The significant progress in the electric automotive industry brought a higher need for new technological innovations. Digital Twin (DT) is one of the hottest trends of the fourth industrial revolution. It allows representing physical assets under var...
Despite considerable research effort in the past 60 years, the occurrence of combustion instabilities in rocket engines is still not fully understood. While the physical mechanisms involved have been studied separately and are well understood in a co...
During the operation of a solid rocket motor, the nozzle, which is a key component, is subjected to extreme conditions, including high temperatures, high-speed gas flow, and discrete-phase particles. For composite nozzles incorporating a carbon/carbo...
The growing demand for increasing the engine power of a liquid rocket is driving the development of high-power De-Laval nozzles, which is primarily achieved by increasing the expansion ratio. A high-expansion-ratio for De-Laval nozzles can cause flow...
In order to study the oil–gas two-phase flow characteristics of an aero-engine bearing chamber and improve the scavenge effect of lubricating oil, the two-phase flow solution model of a bearing chamber based on the Euler–Euler method was...
Uneven inter-stage pressure drops of the common two-stage brush seal (CBS) lead to a problem that the second stage bristles bear excessive pressure load, and this problem leads to the premature failure of the brush seal. In this paper, a novel two-st...
Experimental studies have been performed to investigate the effects of hydrogen addition on the combustion characteristics of Chinese No.3 jet fuel (RP-3 kerosene/air premixed flames. Experiments were carried out in a constant volume chamber and the...
Hot fire tests of a multi-injector research combustor were performed with liquid-oxygen and liquefied-natural-gas (LOX/LNG) propellants at chamber pressures from 30 up to 67 bar, hence at conditions similar to an upper stage rocket engine. Within the...
Hot-fire tests were performed with a single-injector research combustor featuring a large optical access (255 × 38 mm) for flame imaging. These tests were conducted with the propellant combination of liquid oxygen and compressed natural gas (LO...
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