Integrated Thermal Protection System
Doctoral Dissertations
Martinez, Oscar A., Micromechanical Analysis and Design of an Integrated Thermal Protection System for Future Space Vehicles, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, May 2007
Bapanapalli, Satish K., Design of an Integral Thermal Protection System for Future Space Vehicles, Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, August 2007
Sharma, Anurag, Multi-Fidelity Design of an Integral Thermal Protection System for Spacecraft Re-entry, Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, December 2010
Zhu, Huadong, Design of Metallic Foams as Insulation in Thermal Protection Systems, Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, December 2004
Journal papers
Martinez, O.A, A. Sharma, B.V. Sankar, R.T. Haftka, M.L. Blosser
Thermal Force and Moment Determination of an Integrated Thermal Protection System
AIAA Journal 48 (2010) 119-128 [PDF]
Gogu, Christian, R.T. Haftka, S.K. Bapanapalli, B.V. Sankar
A Dimensionality Reduction Approach for Response Surface Approximations: Application to Thermal Design
AIAA Journal Vol. 47, No. 7, July 2009 [PDF]
Gogu, Christian, Satish K. Bapanapalli, Raphael T. Haftka, Bhavani V. Sankar
Comparison of Materials for an Integrated Thermal Protection System for Spacecraft Reentry
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Vol. 46, No. 3, May–June 2009 [PDF]
Oscar A. Martinez, Bhavani V. Sankar, Raphael T. Haftka, Satish K. Bapanapalli, Max L. Blosser
Micromechanical Analysis of Composite Corrugated-Core Sandwich Panels for Integral Thermal Protection Systems
AIAA Journal 45(9) 2323-2336 [PDF]
Zhu, H., B.V. Sankar
Analysis of Sandwich TPS Panel with Functionally Graded Foam Core by Galerkin Method
Composite Structures 77 (2007) 280-287 [PDF]
Zhu, H., B. V. Sankar, R. T. Haftka, S. Venkataraman and M. Blosser
Optimization of a Functionally Graded Metallic Foam
Insulation under Transient Heat Transfer Conditions
Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 28(5),
November 2004, 349-355 [PDF]
Zhu, H., BV Sankar, RT Haftka, S. Venkataraman, Max Blosser
Minimum mass design of insulation made of functionally graded material
Journal of Spacecrafts and Rockets, 41(3):467-469, 2004.[PDF]
Conference papers
Villanueva, D., Haftka, R.T., Sankar, B.V. (2010). "Probabilistic Optimization of an Integrated Thermal Protection System Including the Effect of Future Tests,” 2nd International Conference on Engineering Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal
Villanueva, D., Haftka, R.T., Sankar, B.V. (2010). "Including Future Tests in the Design and Optimization of an Integrated Thermal Protection System," AIAA 2010-2597, 12th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference, Orlando, FL
Sharma, A., Sankar, B. V., Haftka, R. T., “Homogenization of plates with micro - structure and application to corrugated core sandwich panels”, 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Orlando, FL, April, 2010.
Ravishankar, B., Haftka, R.T., and Sankar, B.V. (2010) Homogenization of Integrated Thermal Protection system with Rigid Insulation bars. 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. 50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Orlando, FL.
Villanueva, D., Sharma, A., Haftka, R.T., Sankar, B.V. (2009). "Risk Allocation by Optimization of an Integrated Thermal Protection System," 8th World Congress for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal
Sharma, A., Sankar, B. V., Haftka, R. T., "Multi-fidelity Analysis of Corrugated-Core Sandwich Panels for Integrated Thermal Protection", AIAA-2009-2201, 50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Palm Springs, May, 2009.
Sharma, A., Sankar, B. V., Haftka, R. T., "Mechanics and Design of Integrated Metallic TPS" at 2009 National Space and Missile Materials Symposium, 22 – 25 June 2009, Henderson, Nevada.
Kumar, S., Villanueva, D., Sankar B.V., Haftka R.T. (2008). "Probabilistic Optimization of Integrated Thermal Protection System," AIAA 2008-5928, 12th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Victoria, BC.
Sharma, A., C. Gogu, O. Martinez, B. Sankar, R. Haftka, Multi-Fidelity Design of an Integrated Thermal Protection System for Spacecraft Reentry, AIAA Paper 2008-2062, 49thAIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 7-10 April 2008, Schaumburg, IL, April 2008.
Martinez, O.A., B. Sankar, R. Haftka. Thermal Analysis of a Corrugated Core Sandwich Panel for Integral Thermal Protection System, 21st Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, CD ROM Proceedings, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI, September 2006, Paper #219, 20 pages.
O. Martinez, Bapanapalli, S., Sankar, B.V., Haftka, R., Blosser, M., “Micromechanical Analysis of a Composite Truss Core Sandwich Panel for Integral Thermal Protection Systems,” AIAA Paper 2006-1876, 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1- 4 May 2006, Newport, RI, May 2006 (23 pages)
Bapanapalli, S. K., Martinez, O. M., Gogu, C., Sankar, B. V., Haftka, R. T., Blosser, M. L., “Analysis and Design of Corrugated-Core Sandwich Panels for Thermal Protection Systems of Space Vehicles”, AIAA paper 2006-1942, 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Newport, RI, May 2006
Zhu, H., B.V. Sankar, R.T. Haftka, M. Blosser. “Evaluation of Integrated Sandwich TPS design with Metal Foam Core for Launch Vehicles”, AIAA Paper 2005-2181, 46thAIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, 18 - 21 April 2005, Austin, Texas (12 pages).
Zhu, H., B.V. Sankar, R.T. Haftka and S. Venkataraman, "Minimum mass design of insulation made of functionally graded material", AIAA Paper 2002-1425, Proceedings of the 43rd AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 22-25, 2002.
Venkataraman, S., H.Zhu, B.V. Sankar, R.T. Haftka, M. Blosser (2001) "Optimum design of a functionally graded metallic foam thermal insulation", Proceedings of the American Society for Composites. 16th Technical Conference, September 2001, Blacksburg, VA, CD ROM Proceedings, Paper # 127 (12 pages).