[HTML][HTML] Advanced sandwich structures for thermal protection systems in hypersonic vehicles: A review

VT Le, N San Ha, NS Goo - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
A heat shield called the thermal protection system (TPS) is an important structure in
hypersonic vehicles as it prevents hot air from entering vehicles and potential impacts from …

The mechanics of composite corrugated structures: A review with applications in morphing aircraft

I Dayyani, AD Shaw, EIS Flores, MI Friswell - Composite Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
Corrugation has long been seen as a simple and effective means of forming lightweight
structures with high anisotropic behaviour, stability under buckling load and energy …

Experimental and numerical analysis of novel multi-layer sandwich panels under three point bending load

A Farrokhabadi, SA Taghizadeh, H Madadi… - Composite …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, mechanical behavior of multilayer corrugated core laminated composite
sandwich panel subjected to quasi-static three-point bending is investigated experimentally …

Ultrahigh-strength carbon aerogels for high temperature thermal insulation

K Wu, Q Zhou, J Cao, Z Qian, B Niu, D Long - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon aerogels with nanoporous structure are attractive for thermal insulation under
extreme conditions, but their practical applications are usually plagued by the inherent …

Higher-order modeling of anisogrid composite lattice structures with complex geometries

F Tornabene, M Viscoti, R Dimitri, MA Aiello - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The work investigates the vibration behaviour of anisogrid composite lattice shell structures,
typically formed by a system of geodesic unidirectional composite ribs. A homogenization …

Numerical-based smeared stiffener method for global buckling analysis of grid-stiffened composite cylindrical shells

B Wang, K Tian, P Hao, Y Zheng, Y Ma, J Wang - Composite Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
With regard to future heavy-lift launch vehicles, the buckling analysis and optimization of
large-scale stiffened shells by finite element method (FEM) suffer from unbearable …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical study of heat transfer and load-bearing performances of corrugated sandwich structure with open-cell metal foam

T Xiao, L Lu, W Peng, Z Yue, X Yang, TJ Lu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Critical engineering applications require lightweight components that can effectively
dissipate heat and provide sufficient load-bearing capacity. Examples of such applications …

[HTML][HTML] A high-fidelity approximate model for determining lower-bound buckling loads for stiffened shells

K Tian, B Wang, P Hao, AM Waas - International Journal of Solids and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Worst Multiple Perturbation Load Approach (WMPLA) has been validated by
full-scale tests to be an effective and credible determination method for the lower-bound …

[HTML][HTML] On the integrated design of curvilinearly grid-stiffened panel with non-uniform distribution and variable stiffener profile

D Liu, P Hao, K Zhang, K Tian, B Wang, G Li, W Xu - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, the integrated design of curvilinearly grid-stiffened panels is investigated,
including stiffener layout design and profile design. The layout design includes the …

Thermomechanical optimization of lightweight thermal protection system under aerodynamic heating

G Xie, Q Wang, B Sunden, W Zhang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
An optimization procedure has been established aiming to design an integrated thermal
protection system (ITPS) with minimum weight. The objective of this research is to establish …