Bhavani V. Sankar

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
200 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

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Bhavani V. Sankar is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bhavani V. Sankar has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 68 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 66 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bhavani V. Sankar's work include Mechanical Behavior of Composites (100 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (60 papers) and Structural Analysis of Composite Materials (25 papers). Bhavani V. Sankar is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Behavior of Composites (100 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (60 papers) and Structural Analysis of Composite Materials (25 papers). Bhavani V. Sankar collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and South Korea. Bhavani V. Sankar's co-authors include Raphael T. Haftka, Ramesh V. Marrey, Jerome T. Tzeng, Satchi Venkataraman, Suresh Kumar Sharma, Hui Zhu, Satish K. Bapanapalli, Damodar Ambur, Max L. Blosser and Nicole Apetre and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Journal of Applied Mechanics and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

Bhavani V. Sankar

193 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

An elasticity solution for functionally graded beams

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bhavani V. Sankar United States	36	3.5k	1.9k	1.6k	658	629	200	4.7k
R.A. Shenoi United Kingdom	41	2.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	387 0.6×	663 1.1×	214	4.9k
K. Chandrashekhara United States	39	3.2k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	805 1.2×	560 0.9×	315	5.3k
Salim Belouettar Luxembourg	40	3.5k 1.0×	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	319 0.5×	774 1.2×	205	5.0k
Marco Giglio Italy	36	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	331 0.5×	1.3k 2.1×	271	4.3k
Jacob Aboudi Israel	40	5.8k 1.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	287 0.4×	1.2k 1.9×	290	6.8k
M. Shakeri Iran	33	2.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	216 0.3×	994 1.6×	126	3.4k
Sarp Adali South Africa	26	2.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	416 0.3×	212 0.3×	708 1.1×	237	3.0k
N. J. Pagano United States	35	7.7k 2.2×	4.5k 2.4×	2.3k 1.4×	372 0.6×	562 0.9×	94	8.5k
C. C. Chamis United States	25	2.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	992 0.6×	350 0.5×	270 0.4×	346	3.0k
Aniello Riccio Italy	36	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	447 0.7×	578 0.9×	200	3.7k

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Subhash, Ghatu, et al.. (2022). Influence of weave architecture on mechanical response of SiCf-SiCm tubular composites. Materials Today Communications. 33. 104206–104206. 7 indexed citations

Sankar, Bhavani V., et al.. (2022). A Novel Rotating Flexure-Test Technique for Brittle Materials with Circular Geometries. Experimental Techniques. 47(2). 505–516. 1 indexed citations

Haftka, Raphael T., et al.. (2012). Accounting for Future Redesign in the Optimization of an Integrated Thermal Protection System. 3 indexed citations

Griffin, Benjamin A., et al.. (2011). Model for thermoelastic actuation of an axisymmetric isotropic circular plate via an internal harmonic heat source. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 48(10). 1466–1473. 2 indexed citations

Sankar, Bhavani V., et al.. (2008). Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Micromechanical Analysis of Periodic Composites Including Shear Loadings. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 26(3). 169–188. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Junqiang, et al.. (2006). A micromechanical model for predicting the fracture toughness of functionally graded foams. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 44(11-12). 4053–4067. 29 indexed citations

Bapanapalli, Satish K., et al.. (2006). (Student Paper) Analysis and Design of Corrugated-Core Sandwich Panels for Thermal Protection Systems of Space Vehicles. 84 indexed citations

Acar, Erdem, et al.. (2006). Increasing Allowable Flight Loads by Improved Structural Modeling. AIAA Journal. 44(2). 376–381. 11 indexed citations

Sankar, Bhavani V., et al.. (2005). Analysis of a composite double cantilever beam with stitched reinforcements under mixed mode loading: Formulation (I). Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology. 19(2). 567–577. 2 indexed citations

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Ifju, Peter, et al.. (2005). Analysis of Mode I and Mode II Tests for Composites with Translaminar Reinforcements. Journal of Composite Materials. 39(15). 1311–1333. 20 indexed citations

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Sankar, Bhavani V., et al.. (2004). Minimum Mass Design of Insulation Made of Functionally Graded Material. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 41(3). 467–469. 9 indexed citations

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Sankar, Bhavani V., et al.. (2001). Pin Reinforcement of Delaminated Sandwich Beams Under Axial Compression. Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials. 3(2). 117–129. 9 indexed citations

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Sankar, Bhavani V., et al.. (1999). Correction response surface design of stiffened composite panel with a crack. 40th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit. 6 indexed citations

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Haftka, Raphael T., et al.. (1998). Analytical and experimental study of a blade stiffened panel in axial compression. 39th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit. 3 indexed citations

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Haftka, Raphael T., et al.. (1998). Correction response surface approximations for stress intensity factors of a composite stiffened plate. 39th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit. 17 indexed citations

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Marrey, Ramesh V. & Bhavani V. Sankar. (1995). Micromechanical models for textile structural composites. Nature Clinical Practice Urology. 5(2). 105–12. 27 indexed citations

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Sankar, Bhavani V. & Ramesh V. Marrey. (1995). Micromechanical models for textile composites. 1 indexed citations

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Sharma, Suresh Kumar & Bhavani V. Sankar. (1995). Effects of through-the-thickness stitching on impact and interlaminar fracture properties of textile graphite/epoxy laminates. 37 indexed citations

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Gong, Jianqing & Bhavani V. Sankar. (1991). Impact Properties of Three-Dimensional Braided Graphite/Epoxy Composites. Journal of Composite Materials. 25(6). 715–731. 35 indexed citations

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Sankar, Bhavani V. & C. T. Sun. (1985). An efficient numerical algorithm for transverse impact problems. Computers & Structures. 20(6). 1009–1012. 21 indexed citations

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