Functionally Graded Materials
Apetre, N.A., B.V. Sankar, D.R. Ambur
Analytical Modeling of Sandwich Beams with Functionally Graded Core
Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials 10(1) (2008) 53-74 [PDF]
Lee, S., J. Wang, B.V. Sankar
A Micromechanical model for predicting the Fracture Toughness of Functionally Graded Foams
International Journal of Solid & Structures 44 (2007) 4053–4067[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]
Apetre, N.A., B.V. Sankar, D.R. Ambur
Low-velocity impact response of sandwich beams with functionally graded core
International Journal of Solids & Structures 43 (2006) 2479-2496 [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]
Venkataraman, S, RT Haftka, BV Sankar, H Zhu, ML Blosser
Optimal Functionally Graded Metallic Foam Thermal Insulation
AIAA Journal, 2004 vol. 42 no. 11, pp. 2355-2363.[PDF]
Zhu, H., BV Sankar
A Combined Fourier Transform-Galerkin Method for the Analysis of Functionally Graded Beams
J. Applied Mechanics, 71(3):421-424, 2004. [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]
Venkataraman, S., B.V. Sankar, “Elasticity solution for stresses in a sandwich beam with functionally graded core
AIAA Journal. 41(12):2501-2505, December 2003.[PDF].
Sankar, B.V. and J.T. Tzeng
Thermal stresses in functionally graded beams
AIAA Journal, 2002, 40(6), pp. 1228-1232.[PDF]
Sankar, B.V.
An elasticity solution for functionally graded beams
Composites Science & Technology, 61:689-696, 2001[PDF]