Hypersonic and Supersonic Flow Process and Control Method
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 October 2026 | Viewed by 142
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supersonic flow; mixing process; turbulence; flow control
Interests: active flow control; supersonic flow; shear layer; boundary layer
Interests: smart structures; smart aircraft technologies; morphing structures; structural dynamics; vibration control; dynamic aeroelasticity; non-linear dynamics; mechanics and experimental dynamics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hypersonic and Supersonic flow is widespread in aerospace vehicles, including the external surface flow of the vehicles and the internal flow of the propulsion systems. The extreme high-speed external surface flow can bring about the increase in the aerodynamic heating and the frictional drag, which leads to heavy thermal loading for the airframe structure and a decrease in flight performance. For the internal flow of the propulsion system, the efficient supersonic flow mixing and combustion are of great importance for exploiting the performance of the engine. Therefore, research on hypersonic and supersonic flow from the aspects of the flow process and the flow evolution property is crucial and can help understand the effects of flow on force/thermal/momentum transportation. Apart from that, flow control strategies are attractive, since the introduction of the control methods can alter force/thermal/momentum transportation through the regulation of flow vortex structures.
Based on the above considerations, the Special Issue titled "Hypersonic and Supersonic Flow Process and Control Method" is launched. The original intention of the issue is to provide a platform for experts in this subject to propose original ideas to help promote progress in the area of hypersonic and supersonic flow.
Original research papers and comprehensive reviews on (but not limited to) the following topics are encouraged:
- Hypersonic flow
- Supersonic flow
- Flow visualization
- Flow control method
- Compressible boundary layer
- Compressible mixing layer
- Mixing enhancement
- High resolution numerical simulation
- Flow optical measurements and diagnostics
- Vortex dynamics
Dr. Dongdong Zhang
Dr. Yan Zhou
Dr. Rosario Pecora
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hypersonic flow
- supersonic flow
- boundary layer
- mixing layer
- flow control
- vortex dynamics
- turbulence
- transition process
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