Special Issues

Aerospace publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Advanced Technology of Distributed Space Systems: Formation-Flying, Swarms, and Constellations
edited by , Yafei Zhao, Tao Nie and Xiangtian Zhao
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3679 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed space system; spacecraft formation flying; swarm; constellation; coordinated perception and control; collision avoidance; satellite networking; joint sensing; communication; and computation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Mission Analysis and Design of Lighter-than-Air Flying Vehicles (2nd Edition) submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3504 | Submission Open
Keywords: lighter than air; airship; mission design; scenario study; mission analysis; balloon; electric; solar power; hybrid electric; fuel cell; hydrogen; helium; electrification; operation; ground support; ground infrastructure; hull design; preliminary design; sizing; lofting; unmanned LTA; unmanned vehicles; low atmosphere; deployment; stratospheric missions; attitude control; motion prediction; simulation; optimal sizing; automated sizing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Structures, Actuation and Control of Morphing Systems submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8834 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Gust Influences on Aerospace
edited by Zhenlong Wu and Michael Hölling
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6544 | Submission Open
Keywords: gust; aerodynamics; aeroelastics; aircraft; structural dynamics; fluid-structure coupling; reduced-order modeling; CFD; wind-tunnel experiment; gust alleviation
Electro-Mechanical Actuators for Safety-Critical Aerospace Applications (2nd Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5988 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-fidelity modelling; digital twin; physics-of-failure; fault-tolerant systems; jamming-tolerant EMAs; analytical redundancy; diagnostics and prognostics; failure transient analysis; reliability/safety analysis; experimental validation; innovative designs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Research and Development of Supersonic Aircraft submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5747 | Submission Open
Keywords: supersonic aircraft design; experiments; computer simulations; aircraft design; flight experiments; sonic boom mitigation; low emission technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Orbit Determination Methods for Space Missions and Applications to the Exploration of the Solar System
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4705 | Submission Open
Keywords: orbit determination; radio science; spacecraft data; small satellites; planetary science; satellite geodesy; ephemerides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Bioinspired Solutions for Flight
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4156 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Application of Multidisciplinary Optimization and Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Aerospace Engineering (Volume II)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3903 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerospace engineering; multidisciplinary optimization; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data science; UAVs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Aerodynamics, Flight Dynamics and Control of Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles
edited by and Flavio J. Silvestre
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3761 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced air mobility; multi-disciplinary design; unmanned aircraft systems; urban air mobility; flight dynamics; simulation; control; aerodynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Advances on Autonomous Navigation for Spacecraft Proximity Operations and Formation Flying: Algorithms Development and Verification Methods submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3449 | Submission Open
Keywords: spacecraft; proximity; rendezvous; testing; processor-in-the-loop; hardware-in-the-loop; autonomous navigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring and Digital Twin
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2039 | Submission Open
Keywords: aircraft structure; structural health monitoring; digital twin; structural loading identification; structural damage identification; sensor layout optimization; real-time monitoring; predictive maintenance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Advanced GNC Solutions for VTOL Systems submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1661 | Submission Open
Keywords: guidance; navigation; control; vertical take-off and landing; urban air mobility; advanced air Mobility; flight safety; electric aircraft
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Integrated Airborne Urban Mobility: A Multidisciplinary View submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1625 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Traffic and Transportation)
The (Near) Future of Space Resources
edited by Michael Nord
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1596 | Submission Open
Keywords: space resources; in situ resource utilization; space mining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Current Trend of High Temperature and Pressure Materials in Hypersonic Vehicles
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 546 | Submission Open
Keywords: shock waves; high-temperature material; hypersonic flow; material– environment interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Enabling Electric Aircraft Technology and Systems for Net-Zero Operation
edited by and Marco Rivera
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open
Keywords: lightweight electric motors; power electronics; cascaded H bridge; multi-level converters; net zero; ePlane; microgrid; lightweight batteries; battery swap; cost of ownership; energy sources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Traffic and Transportation)
Integrating Disruptive Technology at the Aircraft Level submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3682 | Submission Open
Keywords: disruptive aircraft design; enabling technologies; electric propulsion; sustainable alternative fuels; MDO enhanced by Machine Learning; hydrogen-powered aircraft; coatings; smart structures; supersonic commercial flight; noise mitigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Progress in Turbomachinery Technology for Propulsion submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2257 | Submission Open
Keywords: turbomachinery; gas turbine engines; propulsion system design and integration; hybrid electric propulsion; inlet distortion; boundary layer ingestion; ultra-high bypass ratio turbofan; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); wind tunnel tests; aeroelasticity and aeromechanics; aeroacoustics of jet engines and nacelles; propeller and open rotor
Flight Dynamics, Control & Simulation (2nd Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1238 | Submission Open
Keywords: flight dynamics; performance analysis; flight simulation; advanced controls; new aircraft concepts; innovation; multidisciplinary optimization; flight mechanics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Unmanned Aircraft System Detection and Deconfliction
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open
Keywords: uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS); drone; path planning; object detection; deconfliction; navigation; collision avoidance; obstacle avoidance; UAS traffic management (UTM); AI machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Advances in Detonative Propulsion
edited by Yunfeng Liu, Yancheng You and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5273 | Submission Open
Keywords: oblique detonation engine; rotating detonation engine; pulsed detonation engine; propulsive performance analysis; gaseous detonation; multiphase detonation
Fluid Flow Mechanics (3rd Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2911 | Submission Open
Keywords: turbulence modelling; computational fluid dynamics; laminar separation bubbles; separation; transition
Aerodynamic Numerical Optimization in UAV Design
edited by Aleksandar M. Simonović
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2696 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); aerodynamic design optimization; aerodynamic shape optimization; optimization design; multi-objective optimization (MDO); airfoil; wing; propeller; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); aerodynamic configuration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Small Satellite Missions
edited by and Necmi Cihan Örger
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2473 | Submission Open
Keywords: small satellites; CubeSats; nano-satellites; micro-satellites; mini-satellites; AIV; system engineering; space systems; mission analysis; space traffic management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Recent Advances in Applied Aerodynamics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3724 | Submission Open
Keywords: CFD; aerodynamic testing; design optimization; flow control; flow-structure interaction; boundary layer transition.
Revolutionizing Aerospace Mobility: Green Hydrogen As the Sustainable Fuel of the Future submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3689 | Submission Open
Keywords: green hydrogen; aerospace mobility; sustainable fuel; aviation; space; hydrogen fuel cell; propulsion systems; environmental impact; production and distribution; policy and regulation
Guidance, Navigation and Control Algorithms for Satellite Formation Flying
edited by Gabriella Gaias and Jean-Sébastien Ardaens
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3596 | Submission Open
Keywords: relative navigation; relative orbit determination; spacecraft rendezvous; satellite formation flying; formation reconfiguration; active debris removal; autonomy; swarms; space distributed systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Spacecraft Orbit Transfers
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2916 | Submission Open
Keywords: orbit transfers; space propulsion; space trajectory; trajectory optimization; guidance; navigation; and control; interplanetary missions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Innovative Methods for Satellite and Space Debris Identification and Motion Reconstruction submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1331 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite; space debris; identification; motion; tracking; orbit determination; attitude
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and Systems for Microgravity Simulation and Aerospace Applications submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 956 | Submission Open
Keywords: microfluidics actuation; lab-on-a-chip; nanomaterials; microgravity; microsystems
Spacecraft Sample Collection
edited by Brent J. Bos
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 951 | Submission Open
Keywords: planetary sampling; sampling techniques and hardware; spacecraft instrumentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuator submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: induced flow; flow control; flow separation; flow instability and turbulence; jet noise; shock wave– boundary layer interaction; power supply; alternative current dielectric barrier discharge; nano-second pulse dielectric barrier discharge; ozone production mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Deicing and Anti-Icing of Aircraft (Volume III)
edited by and Xiaobin Shen
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17269 | Submission Open
Keywords: deicing; anti-icing; ice accretion; ice adhesion; ice cohesion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Dynamics, Guidance and Control of Aerospace Vehicles
edited by , Wenbin Yu and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 900 | Submission Open
Keywords: analytical dynamic models; aerospace vehicle dynamics; trajectory planning; entry guidance; multi-constraint guidance; cooperative guidance; dynamics and control of formation flying; trajectory optimization; optimal control of aerospace vehicles
Space Navigation and Control Technologies
edited by Xin Ma, Wei Zhang and Dongyu Li
submission deadline 28 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous navigation; integrated navigation; celestial navigation; pulsar navigation; optical navigation; maneuver control; networked spacecraft cooperation; adaptive systems; robotic control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Selected Papers from IWSHM 2023 submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensors/actuators; remote sensing/aerial sensing; sensor networks/system integration; multifunctional materials and structures; diagnostics/signal processing/state awareness; prognostics/health management/safety assurance; cyber-physical systems for aerospace/civil SHM; implementation/validation/certification; applications/Industry Internet of Things (IIOT); advanced design with built-in SHM; intelligent data-driven diagnostics; preventive maintenance
Advances in Air Traffic and Airspace Control and Management (2nd Edition) submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 11078 | Submission Open
Keywords: airspace; Air Traffic Control; trajectory prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Traffic and Transportation)
Advances in CubeSat Sails and Tethers (2nd Edition) submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2590 | Submission Open
Keywords: propellantless CubeSat propulsion; lightsails (photon pressure propulsion) and dragsails (atmospheric drag); electric solar wind sail and plasma brake (Coulomb drag propulsion); electrodynamics tethers (Lorentz force propulsion); earth orbit as well as interplanetary CubeSats; orbital debris; on-board orbit and attitude control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Space Propulsion: Advances and Challenges (2nd Edition)
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2553 | Submission Open
Keywords: space propulsion; chemical propulsion; electric propulsion; hybrid propulsion; solar sail propulsion; nuclear propulsion; spacecraft; rocket; launch vehicle; satellite; cubesat; deep space explorer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Vertical Lift: Rotary- and Flapping-Wing Flight
edited by Umberto Saetti, and Pierluigi Capone
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1240 | Submission Open
Keywords: rotorcraft; flapping-wing flight; aerodynamics; fluid dynamics; stability and control; structures; structural dynamics; aeroelasticity; propulsion; acoustics; autonomy; biology; biomechanics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Flight at Supersonic and Hypersonic Velocities: Aerodynamics, Flow Control, Propulsion
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 554 | Submission Open
Keywords: supersonic flow; hypersonic flow; aerodynamics; flow control; propulsion; shock wave; heat transfer; shape optimisation; thermal protection; scramjet; ramjet
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Challenges and Innovations in Aircraft Flight Control
edited by Nadjim Horri and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV; electric aircraft; fault; disturbance; optimal; robust control; adaptive; hybrid control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Advances in UAV Technology: Dynamics, Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Transformative Aerial Vehicles
edited by Sergio Esteban, Guilherme V. Raffo, Daniel Neri Cardoso and Marcelo Alves Dos Santos
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); innovative UAV design; UAV dynamics; guidance systems; navigation technologies; control mechanisms; convertible UAVs; bio-inspired UAVs; unmanned underwater and aerial vehicles; eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing); unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM); distributed UAV networks; UAV path planning; mathematical modeling in UAVs; UAV applications; localization and mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
New Developments in Aeroacoustics Research: From Fundamentals to Applications
edited by Zamir Koshuriyan and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: aeroacoustics; turbulence modelling; statistical analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Advances in Solar-Powered Aircraft Design and Control
edited by Kangwen Sun
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: requirement analysis; overall design; aerodynamics; structural optimization; propulsion system; flight control; autonomous navigation; energy management; artificial intelligence
Advanced Spacecraft/Satellite Technologies submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12708 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiation protection; thermal management; guidance; navigation and control; space power and propulsion; space structure; communication; life support; on-orbit servicing; assembly and manufacturing; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
Laser Ultrasound Techniques for Aerospace Applications
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser ultrasound; non-destructive testing; aircraft structural integrity; high-resolution imaging; structural health monitoring; signal processing algorithms; material characterization; complex geometries; laser pyroshock simulation; laser acoustic emission training; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
Aerodynamic and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
edited by and Jiangtao Huang
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5704 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerodynamic shape optimization; multidisciplinary design optimization; coupled adjoint method; new-concept aircraft; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
New Insights into Aerodynamics and Cooling in Gas Turbine Engines
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3780 | Submission Open
Keywords: gas turbine; turbine blade aerodynamics; additive manufacturing; passive flow control; advanced cooling system; turbine blade/vane cooling; novel external cooling; high-efficiency internal cooling; double-wall cooling; conjugate heat transfer; experimental/analytical methods; computational fluid dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
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