NASA Langley Research Center

Publications

The work done by STSB is state of the art and often involves new techniques and methods of analysis. This work is often submitted for publication to highlight its importance to the engineering community. Below is a list of some recent publications by branch members.

Authors are highlighted with email links.

2005

• "Nuclear Radiation Fields on the Mars Surface: Risk Analysis for Long-Term Living Environment", Brooke M. Anderson, Martha S. Clowdsley, Garry D. Qualls, John E. Nealy (ODU), International Conference on Enivronmental Systems (ICES), Rome, Italy, July 2005
• "Thermal Analysis Methods for Aerobraking Heating", R. M. Amundsen, Joseph F. Gasbarre, John A.Dec, 16th Thermal & Fluid Analysis Workshop (TFAWS 05), Orlando, Florida, 8 - 12 August, 2005.

2004

• "Hyper-X Hot Structures Comparison of Thermal Analysis and Flight Data", R. M. Amundsen, W. Bruce and C. Leonard, 15th Thermal & Fluid Analysis Workshop (TFAWS 04), Pasadena, California, August 30 - September 3, 2004.
• "Measurements from an Aerial Vehicle: A New Tool for Planetary Exploration", Wright, H.S.; Levine, J. S.; Croom, M.A.; Edwards, W.C.; Qualls, G.D.; Gasbarre, J.F., SPIE's 4th International Asia-Pacific Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 8-12, 2004

2003

• "Preliminary Design and Analysis of the ARES Atmospheric Flight Vehicle Thermal Control System", Joseph F. Gasbarre and Robert A. Dillman, International Conference on Enviromental Systems (ICES), Vancouver, Canada, 7-11 July 2003
• "Hypersonic Thermal Analysis including Shock Interaction
• "Aeroheating Thermal Analysis Methods for Aerobraking Mars Missions", R. M. Amundsen, John A.Dec and Ben George, 14th Thermal & Fluid Analysis Workshop (TFAWS 03), Hampton, Virginia, August 18-22, 2003.
• "Aeroheating Thermal Model Correlation for Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Solar Array", R. M. Amundsen, John A.Dec and Ben George, 36th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 23-26, 2003.
• "A Thermal Analysis Approach for the Mars Odyssey Spacecraft's Solar Array", John A.Dec and R. M. Amundsen, 36th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 23-26, 2003.

2002

• "Thermal Analysis and Correlation of the Mars Odyssey Spacecraft's Solar Array During Aerobraking Operations", John A. Dec, Joseph F. Gasbarre, and Benjamin E. George, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, Monterey, California, 14-17 August 2002
• "Probabilistic Design of a Mars Sample Return Earth Entry Vehicle Thermal Protection System", John A.Dec and Robert A. Mitcheltree, 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 14-17, 2002
• "Analysis and Design of Hyper-X Mach 10 Vehicle C-C Leading Edge", B. Sullivan, W. Bruce, R. Amundsen, M. Lindell and M. Brzowski, 26th Annual Conference on Composites, Materials and Structures, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Januanry 28-Feburary 1, 2002
• "Preliminary Design and Analysis of the X-37 C/SiC Composite Rudder Control Surfaces", Genevieve Dixon, NASA TM-2002-211771.
  

• "Correlation of Thermal Model with Hyper-X Leading Edge Material Testing", R. M. Amundsen and M. B. Brzowski, 25th Annual Conference on Composites, Materials and Structures, January 22-25, 2001
• "Preliminary Thermal Analysis of the X-37 Flaperons", A. J. Mastropietro and Dr. Dana C. Gould, 25th Annual Conference on Composites, Materials and Structures, January 21-25, 2001

• "Preliminary Thermal Analysis of a Mars Earth Entry Vehicle", Ruth M. Amundsen, John A. Dec, Robert Mitcheltree, Michael Lindell and Robert Dillman, 34th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 19-22, 2000
• "Thermal Analysis Methods for an Earth Entry Vehicle", Ruth M. Amundsen, John A. Dec, Michael C. Lindell, 11th Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop , Cleveland , Ohio , August 21-25 , 2000

• "Method Improvements in Thermal Analysis of Mach 10 Leading Edges", Ruth M. Amundsen, Tenth Conference, Workshop and Product Presentation on Thermal and Fluids Analysis Tools and Methods, Huntsville, Alabama, September 13-16, 1999

• "Comparison of Integrated Analysis Methods for Two Model Scenarios", Ruth M. Amundsen, Ninth Conference, Workshop and Product Presentation on Thermal and Fluids Analysis Tools and Methods, Cleveland, Ohio, August 31-September 4, 1998
• "Development of the Materials in Devices as Superconductors (MIDAS) Experiment", R. M. Amundsen, J. C. Hickman, P. Hopson, Jr., E. H. Kist, J. M. Marlowe, E. Siman-Tov, C. P. Turner, C. J. Tyler, J. E. Wells, S. A. Wise, R.Dickson and M. W. Hooker, NASA/TM-1998-208440, pp. 60, May 1998
• "Hydrostar Thermal and Structural Deformation Analyses of Antenna Array Concept", Ruth M. Amundsen and Drew J. Hope, NASA/TM-1998-206288, February 1998

• "Thermal Design and Analysis for the Cryogenic MIDAS Experiment", Ruth McElroy Amundsen, 27th International Conference on Environmental Systems (SAE),Lake Tahoe, Nevada, paper 97ES-29, July 14-17, 1997
• "Thermal Analysis of the Hyper-X Research Vehicle Wing: Mach 7 Design", R. M. Amundsen, A. O. Torres and C. P. Leonard, 1997 Joint Army NAVY NASA Air Force (JANNAF),CS / PSHS / APS Joint Meeting , West Palm Beach, Florida, 1997
• "Integration of Design, Structural, Thermal and Optical Analysis and User's Guide for Structural-to-Optical Translator (PATCOD)", R. M. Amundsen, W. S. Feldhaus, A. D. Little and M. V. Mitchum, NASA TM-110153, pp.22, March, 1995
• "SEDS Tether M/OD Damage Analyses", K.B. Hayashida, J.H. Robinson, and S.A. Hill, NASA TP-97-206311, 1997
• "The Analytical Representation of Viscoelastic Material Properties Using Optimization Techniques", S.A. Hill, NASA TM-108394
• "Some Useful Innovations with TRASYS and SINDA-85", Ruth M. Amundsen, Fifth Annual Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, August 16-20, 1993