Design Progress and Application Status of Aerospace Composite Materials in Extreme Environments

ZHOU Shaolan; TANG Jingjing; ZHANG Liwen; SUN Daocen; JIANG Long; WU Daoxun; ZHOU Fu; ZHAO Xin; WEI Yu

doi:10.7643/ issn.1672-9242.2026.01.006

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Equipment Environmental Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1) : 40-49. DOI: 10.7643/ issn.1672-9242.2026.01.006

Aviation and Aerospace Equipment

Design Progress and Application Status of Aerospace Composite Materials in Extreme Environments

ZHOU Shaolan¹, TANG Jingjing¹, ZHANG Liwen², SUN Daocen¹, JIANG Long¹, WU Daoxun^1*, ZHOU Fu¹, ZHAO Xin¹, WEI Yu¹

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This paper comprehensively reviews the design progress and application status of aerospace composite materials under extreme conditions. Firstly, it analyzes the current research status of composite materials at home and abroad and elaborates on their typical application scenarios in military and civil aircraft, launch vehicles, and other equipment. On this basis, it focuses on discussing the influence mechanisms of extreme environmental factors such as temperature load, mechanical impact, and chemical corrosion on the performance of composite materials, and reveals the damage evolution laws of materials under multi-field coupling effects. In terms of design methods, it elaborates in depth on the research progress of three key links of component design, structural design, and ply design, and particularly emphasizes the important role of multi-scale simulation methods and intelligent optimization algorithms in improving material design. Finally, based on the current technical bottlenecks and future demands, it looks forward to the development trends of aviation composite materials.

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composite materials / extreme environment / aviation application / material design / multi-scale simulation / intelligent algorithm

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ZHOU Shaolan, TANG Jingjing, ZHANG Liwen, SUN Daocen, JIANG Long, WU Daoxun, ZHOU Fu, ZHAO Xin, WEI Yu. Design Progress and Application Status of Aerospace Composite Materials in Extreme Environments[J]. Equipment Environmental Engineering. 2026, 23(1): 40-49 https://doi.org/10.7643/ issn.1672-9242.2026.01.006

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