Earl A. Thornton

2.1k total citations
93 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Earl A. Thornton is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Earl A. Thornton has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Computational Mechanics, 38 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 28 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Earl A. Thornton's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (25 papers), Structural Analysis and Optimization (20 papers) and Spacecraft Design and Technology (19 papers). Earl A. Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (25 papers), Structural Analysis and Optimization (20 papers) and Spacecraft Design and Technology (19 papers). Earl A. Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Earl A. Thornton's co-authors include Pramote Dechaumphai, Allan R. Wieting, John D. Johnston, Kim S. Bey, Donald Paul, R. Rajesh, Richard F. Foster, Joseph Blandino, W. W. Tworzydlo and J. Tinsley Oden and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, AIAA Journal and Journal of Heat Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Earl A. Thornton

89 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers

Earl A. Thornton
Chuh Mei United States
M. Borri Italy
H. M. Adelman United States
Lee D. Peterson United States
Philip Avery United States
Richard H. MacNeal United States
Luciano Demasi United States
Karan S. Surana United States
J.O. Hallquist United States
Terrence A. Weisshaar United States
Chuh Mei United States
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johnston, John D. & Earl A. Thornton. (2000). Thermally Induced Dynamics of Satellite Solar Panels. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 37(5). 604–613. 64 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A.. (1997). Aerospace Thermal-Structural Testing Technology. Applied Mechanics Reviews. 50(9). 477–498. 6 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A.. (1996). Thermal Structures for Aerospace Applications. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics eBooks. 225 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., et al.. (1994). Viscoplastic Response of Structures for Intense Local Heating. Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 7(1). 50–71. 5 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., et al.. (1994). Constitutive modeling of the visco-plastic response of high temperature alloys. 35th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. 2 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., et al.. (1994). EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PLATE BUCKLING INDUCED BY SPATIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS. Journal of Thermal Stresses. 17(2). 191–212. 16 indexed citations
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Foster, Richard S. & Earl A. Thornton. (1994). An experimental investigation of thermally induced vibrations of spacecraft structures. 35th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. 7 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., et al.. (1994). Thermally induced vibrations of a self-shadowed split-blanket solar array. 35th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. 5 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A.. (1992). Light thermal structures and materials for high speed flight. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Tworzydlo, W. W., J. Tinsley Oden, & Earl A. Thornton. (1992). Adaptive implicit/explicit finite element method for compressible viscous flows. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 95(3). 397–440. 17 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A.. (1992). Thermal structures - Four decades of progress. Journal of Aircraft. 29(3). 485–498. 64 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., et al.. (1990). Adaptive remeshing method for finite-element thermal analysis. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. 4(2). 212–220. 7 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., J. Tinsley Oden, W. W. Tworzydlo, & Sung‐Kie Youn. (1990). Thermoviscoplastic analysis of hypersonic structures subjected to severe aerodynamic heating. Journal of Aircraft. 27(9). 826–835. 25 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., et al.. (1988). An adaptive remeshing method for finite element thermal analysis. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., et al.. (1986). A finite element approach for prediction of aerothermal loads. 11 indexed citations
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Tamma, Kumar K. & Earl A. Thornton. (1984). Reentry thermal-structural finite element analysis of Shuttle wing configurations. 22nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., et al.. (1981). Integrated transient thermal-structural finite element analysis. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 6 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A., et al.. (1980). Integrated thermal-structural finite element analysis. 8 indexed citations
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Thornton, Earl A. & Allan R. Wieting. (1979). Finite element methodology for transient conduction/forced-convection thermal analysis. 12 indexed citations

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