Progress and prospects of artificial intelligence development and applications in supersonic flow and combustion

J Le, M Yang, M Guo, Y Tian, H Zhang - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the significant improvement in computing power and the rapid advancement of data
processing technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced new tools and …

Ignition process in a large aspect ratio supersonic combustor based on multi-strut with liquid kerosene

H Qiu, L Lin, G Feng, J Zhang, W Bao - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The annular scram combustor is a popular configuration for combined engines owing to its
compatibility with both turbines and rockets and its ability to withstand high flame …

Flow field reconstruction in inlet of scramjet at Mach 10 based on physical information neural network

M Guo, J Le, X Deng, Y Tian, Y Ma, S Tong… - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper proposed the physical information residual spatial pyramid pooling (PIResSpp)
convolutional neural network that is highly robust and introduces a residual neural network …

[HTML][HTML] PCAfold 2.0—Novel tools and algorithms for low-dimensional manifold assessment and optimization

K Zdybał, E Armstrong, A Parente, JC Sutherland - SoftwareX, 2023 - Elsevier
We describe an update to our open-source Python package, PCAfold, designed to help
researchers generate, analyze and improve low-dimensional data manifolds. In the current …

Water jet angle prediction in supersonic crossflows: Euler–Lagrange and machine learning approaches

SH Godasiaei, H Kamali - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2024 - epjplus.epj.org
This study presents a comprehensive investigation into water jet injection dynamics in
supersonic crossflows, employing a hybrid approach that integrates machine learning …

Mixing enhancement of ethylene secondary jet injected into supersonic cross-flow using curved pylon

A Sekar, A Vaidyanathan - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Mixing of ethylene secondary jet injected behind a curved pylon in supersonic cross-flow at
a Mach number of 1.65 has been studied numerically with experimental validation. For the …

Mixing time scale analysis of the Partially Stirred Reactor model for high-speed turbulent combustion of hydrogen in vitiated air

A Piscopo, S Iavarone, M Savarese, M Riis, B Crawford… - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Scramjet engines represent one of the most promising alternatives to power hypersonic
vehicles, although the peculiarities of supersonic combustion raise many challenges …

[HTML][HTML] Design space investigations of scramjet engines using reduced-order modeling

AC Ispir, BO Cakir, BH Saracoglu - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Conceptual design studies performed with reduced-order approaches allow feasibility and
sizing considerations of air-breathing engines to be configured at an affordable …

Investigation of the effects of pulse injection parameters on combustion in a hydrogen-fueled supersonic combustor based on traditional simulation and machine …

Y Zhou, D Wu, S Liang, Y Tian, M Guo, J Le - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Pulse injection enhances mixing and promote combustion in a combustor, but its effects are
influenced by many design parameters that are not fully understood. Traditional …

Study on characteristics and prediction of the pressure drag of the swept strut under supersonic wide-range conditions

G Luan, J Zhang, G Feng, X Li, H Qiu, W Bao - Acta Astronautica, 2025 - Elsevier
In this paper, the numerical simulation of the swept strut ramjet combustor was carried out
under wide-range conditions (Ma 3= 1.8∼ 5.0), and the pressure drag characteristics of the …