Coupled effects of strong wind and heavy rain on aerodynamic performance for a subsonic flight vehicle
October 2026
Subsonic flight vehicle operating for extended durations in the low-level troposphere are susceptible to disturbances induced by severe meteorological conditions (e.g., strong wind and heavy rain),...
Multiscale structure-processing-performance interrelations in high explosives: A review enabled by X-ray computed tomography
October 2026
The performance, safety, and reliability of high explosives (HEs), especially polymer-bonded explosives (PBX), are governed by their multiscale structure, which is shaped by manufacturing processes...
Enhancing ignition and thermal oxidation performances of boron powder via tungsten surface activation layers fabricated by atomic layer deposition
October 2026
Boron (B) powder has outstanding theoretical gravimetric and volumetric calorific values, with broad application potential in fuel-rich propellants and powder ramjet engines. However, ignition difficulty...
Heterointerface-Enriched LDH/MWCNT/NR composite for electronic component packaging in high-frequency vibration equipment
Available online 31 October 2026
Due to the continuous functional upgrading of drones, new energy vehicles, and military weapons, electronic devices are confronted with increasingly severe challenges, including electromagnetic radiation,...
DeepWTA: A Fast Deep Learning-Based Weapon-Target Assignment Method With Hard-Constraint Guarantee
Available online 30 October 2026
Weapon-Target Assignment (WTA) is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem central to coordinated strike systems. Traditional heuristic methods can suffer from combinatorial explosion and slow...
Equation of state of detonation products of TKX-50: A hypothesis challenging the classical gas-dominated theory
Available online 30 October 2026
Nitrogen-rich energetic materials (NEMs) have attracted significant attention in explosives research due to their high energy density. Despite their high detonation energy, the energy release efficiency...
Improving the thermal reactivity and combustion behavior of boron using PVDF/MoO3 synergistic activation
Available online 30 October 2026
Boron (B) possesses a high theoretical energy density, but its ignition and combustion are hindered by the formation of a B2O3 surface layer. In this study, B/PVDF/MoO3 composites were prepared by vacuum...
Coupled mechanisms of thermo-chemo-mechanical evolution during continuous-wave laser ablating plain-weave CFRP laminates
Available online 30 October 2026
Plain-weave carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates are widely used in aerospace and lightweight protective structures, making accurate characterization of their laser ablation damage essential...
Origin of the Energy-Safety Balance in TYX Zwitterionic Fused-Ring Energetic Crystals Revealed by a Reactive Machine-Learning Potential
Available online 30 October 2026
High-energy crystals remain constrained by the long-standing energy-safety trade-off, and how thermal and mechanical perturbations evolve into localized instability and chemical initiation in the condensed...
Physically-constrained domain-adaptive spatio-temporal graph learning for object detection in astronomical image sequences
Available online 29 October 2026
Detecting faint moving targets in astronomical image sequences remains challenging due to low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Existing deep learning methods depend heavily on large annotated datasets and...
Conditioned Progressive Search-and-Lock Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for cognitive jamming of radio fuzes
Available online 23 October 2026
The radio fuze performs ranging and initiation decisions during terminal encounters and is critical to weapon-system damage control, making effective jamming important in electronic countermeasures....
Electromechanical coupling response and fracture-induced failure mechanisms of PZT95/5 ferroelectric ceramics under dynamic loading: Experimental and mesoscale phase-field simulation
Available online 23 October 2026
PZT 95/5 ferroelectric ceramics, as mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion materials, are commonly used in impact applications, where they undergo depolarization and brittle fracture during operation....
Defect-engineered Cu-based oxide catalysts for enhanced decomposition and combustion performance for AP-based energetic systems
Available online 23 October 2026
Defect engineering of Cu-based oxides is an effective strategy for improving the catalytic decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP). However, it remains unclear whether improvements in AP decomposition...
Shock wave decoupling and blast mitigation in underground dome bunkers via uhpfrc and composite shielding: A coupled eulerian-lagrangian approach
Available online 23 October 2026
This study investigates the dynamic failure and blast mitigation of underground reinforced concrete dome bunkers subjected to severe subsurface explosions. Using a 3D Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL)...
Effects of baffle locations on hydrodynamic ram in a multi-compartment liquid-filled container under high-velocity fragment impact
Available online 23 October 2026
Liquid-filled containers in aerospace and defense systems are vulnerable to hydrodynamic ram (HRAM) induced by high-velocity fragment impact. Although internal baffles are widely used for sloshing suppression...
Deep learning for image-level camouflaged object detection: A review of progress, challenges and prospects
Available online 21 October 2026
Camouflaged Object Detection (COD) represents an emerging and highly challenging visual detection task dedicated to identifying and segmenting objects that blend seamlessly into surrounding complex...
Chemo-mechanically coupled damage mechanisms and multiscale research progress of NEPE propellant/liner interfaces under long-term storage conditions
Available online 21 October 2026
The long-term storage reliability of solid rocket motors is critically governed by the structural integrity of the propellant/liner interface. For nitrate ester plasticized polyether (NEPE) propellant...
Real-time designation filtering for electro-optical target acquisition in COTS-based counter-UAS systems
Available online 20 October 2026
Counter-unmanned aircraft systems typically pair a radar, which searches a wide volume and detects targets, with an electro-optical (EO) sensor, which classifies and tracks them. The radar-to-EO handoff...
Closed-loop control of shock train leading edge in scramjet based on numerical simulation and machine learning
Available online 16 October 2026
To achieve precise control of the shock train leading edge in the isolator of scramjet and to prevent inlet unstart, a co-simulation framework integrating computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software...
A review of damage evolution in fuel-filled containers under penetrator impact
Available online 15 October 2026
High-speed penetrator impact on fuel-filled containers can initiate a coupled progression from local structural failure and hydrodynamic ram (HRAM) to dynamic breach formation, fuel release, atomization,...
Location-dependent mechanical damage to cell layers in spacecraft solar array panels under hypervelocity impact
Available online 13 October 2026
Hypervelocity impacts (HVIs) from micrometeoroids and orbital debris (MMOD) are a primary cause of perforation and power-output degradation in on-orbit solar arrays. Understanding the effects of impact...
Blast response of zero Poisson's ratio honeycomb sandwich panels reinforced with circular rings
Available online 13 October 2026
Conventional honeycomb sandwich panels are susceptible to local crushing, indentation propagation, and transverse deformation instability under near-field blast loading. To address these limitations,...
How sub-atmospheric pressure regulates combustion in aluminum-based energetic materials: A comparative study of condensed-phase and gas-phase pathways
Available online 12 October 2026
The energy release and combustion behavior of aluminum-based energetic materials under sub-atmospheric pressure are critical for aerospace and high-altitude applications. However, a systematic understanding...
Quantitative evaluation of the effect of magnetron sputtering process parameters on interfacial bonding performance of chromium/gun steel
Available online 12 October 2026
Bore anti-erosion coatings are capable of increasing the service life and reliability of gun barrels, highlighting the critical requirement for improvement and evaluation of the interfacial bonding...