1. Aerospace Information Processing and Application

Aiming at China’s urgent need for information and intelligence of aerospace equipment, the CAIPA Center focuses on a series of challenges existing in aerospace network and information processing, and aerospace equipment intelligent control and service security, and conduct in-depth research on their common and fundamental technology issues. research contents: Aerospace Information Network and Information Security(It includes Aerospace and Earth Integration Network and Transmission, Aerospace Surveillance Network Technology, Aerospace and Earth Integration Network Security, Microsatellites and Software-defined Satellite systems, etc.), Intelligent Aerospace Information Processing and Visualization(It includes Aerospace Information Visualization based on Big Data, Intelligent Blues Combat Simulation based on Enhanced Learning, Heterogeneous Multi-source Information Fusion, etc.), Aerospace Equipment Intelligent Control and Service Security(It includes Dynamic Modeling and Safety Assessment of Complex Equipment In-Service Behavior and Degradation Process, and Unmanned Group Intelligent Control in Uncertain Environment.). 

Common, fundamental and crucial scientific and technological issues of aerospace equipment, including: dynamic service behavior of aerospace equipment and its critical component and part; innovative design &manufacturing theory, method and technology of aerospace equipment with high performances such as high accuracy, high reliability, long life cycle, large torque, high efficiency, compact size, light weight, intelligence, maintenance-free, etc.; aerospace tribology and reliability engineering; interface mechanics and lubrication theory of aerospace component and part; multi-disciplinary structural optimization of aerospace equipment; performance testing, health monitoring and intelligent control of aerospace equipment transmission system; advanced manufacturing of high-performance aerospace equipment. 

3. Propulsion Technology and Power Equipment

The research is focus on the thermodynamics, heat transfer and cooling, combustion aspects in advanced aero-engine, gas turbine and hypersonic flight vehicles, as well as energy conversion and power systems. With activities in computational, theoretical, and experimental study of: advanced thermal shield and turbine cooling technology, advanced manufacturing and surface treatment technology for hot gas path components, precise aerodynamics and low pollution combustion technology, high efficiency plasma propulsion theory and application, and other frontier issues and applications of thermophysics, heat transfer, combustion, fluid mechanics, optics and other disciplines related to it. 

4. Intelligent UAV and Intelligent Air Traffic Control System

On the load capacity of aircraft structure under complex environment, including: aircraft layout and aerodynamic design; structural strength design and optimization; damage tolerance analysis; fatigue life determination and stochastic prediction under randomness and multiple factors; fatigue fracture of alternating stress under ultrasonic vibration acceleration; strength design and testing technology for additive manufactured aircraft structures; strength design and failure analysis of advanced aerospace materials; anti impact, anti bird impact design and test verification technology; stability and reliability of aircraft structure under complex environment.