DRL Stabilizes Hypersonic Inlet Unstart Phenomenon
Ameya Jagtap et al. (arXiv v1 submitted Jan 27, 2026) demonstrate a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) active-flow-control strategy to prevent unstart in a canonical two-dimensional hypersonic inlet at Mach 5 and Reynolds number 5×10^6, using a high-fidelity CFD solver with adaptive mesh refinement. The learned controller stabilizes inlet operation across wide back-pressure ranges, generalizes zero-shot to unseen Reynolds numbers and sensor configurations, tolerates noisy measurements, and uses a minimal sensor set for practical deployment.
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Strong novel DRL demonstration in high-fidelity hypersonic CFD, limited by single preprint and simulation-only validation.
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