Cross-Domain Intelligent Flight Vehicle Design

Dear Colleagues,

With the deepening of human exploration into space, air, land, and sea, novel vehicles which can cross multiple domains have become a research hotspot. In order to realize repeated cross flight between air and ocean, air and space, air and land, a variety of new technologies need to be considered in the design of cross-domain flight vehicles, such as smart morphing structure, unsteady aerodynamic design, cross-domain collaborative control, and so on. Although various individual technologies have been developed in different publications, it is still difficult to apply these technologies to the systematic design of cross-domain flight vehicles. The variable environment of space, air, land, ocean, and other domains crossed by these vehicles should be taken into account at the same time to achieve optimal performance in different regions. This Special Issue is targeting current fundamental research efforts related to cross-domain flight vehicles in a broad range of topics of emerging aerospace applications.

Manuscripts are sought which describe experimental, computational, and/or theoretical research related to the design of cross-domain flight vehicles with a focus on fundamental studies. Publications related to a specific application are relevant to this Special Issue’s scope as well. Submissions may also include ongoing project reports and studies addressing problems in other fields, such as propulsion, energy, or the environment. Topics include but are not limited to: 

• Design of aero-space cross-domain vehicles;
• Design of aero-water cross-domain vehicles;
• Design of aero-land cross-domain vehicles;
• Flight vehicle system design and optimization;
• Multidisciplinary design optimization;
• Smart morphing structural design;
• Cross-domain unsteady aerodynamic design;
• Intelligent cooperative control;
• Ground test facilities and flight experiments.

Dr. Junhui Meng
Dr. Renhe Shi
Dr. Wenjun Ding
Guest Editors

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