Thermal Management of High Powered Solid State Lasers	Hyper-X and X-43C Hot Structures
ARES (Mars Scout Proposal)	Mars EEV
Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO)	Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Instrument

A 7000-node PATRAN model shared with few modifications for both structural and thermal analysis -- many parts imported from Pro, with geometry re-done to allow auto hex mesh [from the MIDAS project]:
Pro assembly, PATRAN model, thermal results, structural modal analysis, stress contours on one part:

A PATRAN model created with a tet mesh direct from a Pro assembly import (about 30 minutes working time from start of import to having results)
Pro assembly, thermal results, close-up of low temperature part:
[Temperatures in K]

An extremely complex geometry part modelled in both PATRAN and Mechanica from direct import of a single Pro part file:

A model of 14 waveguides each 9 meters long -- Pro import to PATRAN, temperatures from TRASYS/SINDA imported to PATRAN to get structural deflections
Pro assembly, TRASYS model, thermal results:

Several papers have been published which relate to this process:

• Ruth M. Amundsen, John Dec and Michael Lindell, Thermal Analysis Methods for an Earth Entry Vehicle, Eleventh Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop (TFAWS 2000), Cleveland, Ohio, August 21-25, 2000.
• Ruth M. Amundsen, Method Improvements in Thermal Analysis of Mach 10 Leading Edges, Tenth Conference, Workshop and Product Presentation on Thermal and Fluids Analysis Tools and Methods, Huntsville, Alabama, September 13-16, 1999.
• Ruth M. Amundsen, Comparison of Integrated Analysis Methods for Two Model Scenarios, Ninth Conference, Workshop and Product Presentation on Thermal and Fluids Analysis Tools and Methods, Cleveland, Ohio, August 31--September 4, 1998.
• Ruth M. Amundsen and Drew J. Hope, Hydrostar Thermal and Structural Deformation Analyses of Antenna Array Concept, NASA/TM-1998-206288, February 1998.
• R. M. Amundsen, W. S. Feldhaus, A. D. Little and M. V. Mitchum, Integration of Design, Structural, Thermal and Optical Analysis and User's Guide for Structural-to-Optical Translator (PATCOD), NASA TM-110153, March, 1995, pp. 22.
  
• Ruth M. Amundsen, Some Useful Innovations with TRASYS and SINDA-85, Fifth Annual Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, August 16-20, 1993.