Editorial: Quantum Computing Applications in Computational Engineering

while the third article constitutes a detailed review of existing work and prospects for quantum computing 15 for partial differential equations in structural mechanics.Focusing on the concept of quantum annealing, the article by Navamita Ray, Tirtha Banerjee, Balu 17 Nadiga and Satish Karra investigates the viability of using quantum annealers for the simulation of fluid 18 flows. In the literature, this approach has not been widely investigated. In their article, Ray et al. consider 19 the well-studied flow problem comprising the fully-developed pressure-driven flow between two infinite 20 flat plates, such that a linear, quasi one-dimensional problem results. Then, a framework is described to 2020)). Reviewing these algorithms certainly benefits a wider research community beyond computational structural mechanics.In summary, it is clear that the three articles cover a wide range of contributions in a very active area 49 of research. We hope that readers will enjoy reading the articles and will find these works useful and 50 stimulating.R.S prepared the initial version of this editorial, with further additions and edits by R.M.