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Richard D. Young

NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

Selected Publications of Richard D. Young:

D.M. McGowan, R.D. Young,, G.D. Swancon, and W.A. Waters, 5th NASA/DoD Adv. Compos. Tec. Con., Seattle, Wash., Paper No. A94-33140 (1994).

Young, R. D., Starnes, J. H., Jr. and Hyer, M. W., “Effects of Skewed Stiffeners and Anisotropic Skins on the Response of Compression-Loaded Composite Panels,” Proceedings of the Tenth DoD/NASA/FAA Conference of Fibrous Composites in Structural Design, Hilton Head Island, SC, November 1-4, 1993, Naval Air Warfare Center Report No. NAWACADWAR-94096060, Vol. 1, April 1994, pp. II-109 to II-123.

Young, R. D. and Rankin, C. C., "Modeling and Nonlinear Analyses of a Large-Scale Launch Vehicle Under Combined Thermal and Mechanical Loads," Proceedings of the 37th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 15-17, 1996, pp. 2023- 2033. AIAA Paper No. 96-1551

Young, R. D., “Prebuckling and Postbuckling Behavior of Stiffened Composite Panels with Axial-shear Stiffness Coupling”, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 1996.

Young, R. D., Starnes, J. H., Jr., and Hyer, M. W., “Accurate Modeling of the Postbuckling Response of Composite Panels with Skewed Stiffeners,” AIAA Paper No. 97-1306, April 1997.

Seshadri, B. R., Newman, J. C., Jr., Dawicke, D. S., and Young, R. D., "Fracture Analysis of the FAA/NASA Wide Stiffened Panels," Proceedings of the FAA-NASA Symposium on the Continued Airworthiness of Aircraft Structures," DOT/FAA/AR- 92/2, 1997, pp. 513-524

Young, R. D., Rose, C. A., Dávila, C. G., Starnes, J. H., Jr., and Rankin, C. C., “Crack Growth and Residual Strength Characteristics of Selected Flat Stiffened Aluminum Panels,” Proceedings of the First Joint DOD/FAA/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft, Ogden, UT, July, 1997.

B. R. Seshadri (1), J. C. Newman, Jr. (2), D. S. Dawicke (2) and R. D. Young (2)
(1) National Research Council Associate NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia, 23681-2199 USA
(2) NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia, 23681-2199 USA
“Fracture Analysis of The FAA/NASA Wide Stiffened Panels”, (no publisher or date given. Perhaps it is an FAA/DOT “AR” report. Most recent reference cited is 1998)

Richard D. Young, Michael P. Nemeth, Timothy J. Collins, and James H. Starnes, Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001), “Nonlinear Analysis of the Space Shuttle Superlightweight LO2 Tank: Part I - Behavior under Booster Ascent Loads”, AIAA 39th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, AIAA-98-1838, 1998

Young, R. D., Rouse, M., Ambur, D. R., and Starnes, J. H., Jr., "Residual Strength Pressure Tests and Nonlinear Analyses of Stringer- and Frame-Stiffened Aluminum Fuselage Panels with Longitudinal Cracks," Proceedings of the Second Joint NASA/FAA/DOD Conference on Aging Aircraft, Williamsburg, VA, August 31- September 3, 1998. NASA/CP-1999-208982/Part 1, January 1999, pp. 408-426.

Young, R. D., Rose, C. A., and Starnes, J. H., Jr., “Nonlinear Local Bending Response and Bulging Factors for Longitudinal and Circumferential Cracks in Pressurized Shells,” Proceedings of the 3rd Joint FAA/ DoD/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft, Albuquerque, NM, September 20-23, 1999.

Dawicke, D. S., Newman, J. C., Jr., Starnes, J. H., Jr., Rose, C. A.; Young, R. D., and Seshadri, B. R., "Residual Strength Analysis Methodology: Laboratory Coupons to Structural Components," Proceedings of the Third Joint FAA/DOD/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft, Albuquerque, NM, September 20-23, 1999.

Ambur, D. R., Rouse, M., Young, R. D., and Perez-Ramos, C., "Evaluation of an Aluminum Panel with Discrete-Source Damage and Subjected to Combined Loading Conditions," Proceedings or the 40th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, St. Louis, MO, April 12-15, 1999. AIAA Paper AIAA-99-1439, 1999.

James H. Starnes, Jr., Damodar R. Ambur, Richard D. Young, and Charles E. Harris (NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, USA), “Experimental verification of the analytical methodology to predict the residual strength of metallic shell structure”, Society for Experimental….(1999 –cs.odu.edu)

Young, Richard D. (1) and Rankin, Charles C. (2)
(1) Lockheed Martin Engineering and Science Services, Hampton, Virginia
(2) Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Company, Palo Alto, California
“Modeling and nonlinear structural analysis of a large-scale launch vehicle”, AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 804-811, 1999

Nemeth, M. P., Britt, V. O., Young, R. D., Collins, T. J., and Starnes, J. H., Jr., "Nonlinear Behavior of Space Shuttle Superlightweight Liquid-Oxygen Tank Under Prelaunch Loads," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 36, No.6, November-December, 1999, pp. 788-803.

Nemeth, M. P., Young, R. D., Collins, T. J., and Starnes, J. H., Jr., "Nonlinear Behavior of Space Shuttle Super- lightweight Liquid-Oxygen Tank Under End-of-Flight Loads," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 36, No.6, November-December, 1999, pp. 828-835.

Young, R. D., Nemeth, M. P., Collins, T. J., and Starnes, J. H., Jr.,"Nonlinear Behavior of Space Shuttle Super- lightweight Liquid-Oxygen Tank Under Booster Ascent Loads," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 36, No.6, November-December, 1999, pp. 820-827.

Nemeth, M. P., Young, R. D., Collins, T. J., and Starnes, J. H., Jr., "Effects of Welding-Induced Imperfections on Behavior of Space Shuttle Superlightweight Liquid-Oxygen Tank," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 36, No.6, November-December, 1999, pp. 812-819.

Young, R. D., Rose, C. A., and Starnes, J. H., Jr., “Nonlinear Bulging Factors for Longitudinal and Cicumferential Cracks in Cylindrical Shells Subjected to Combined Loads,” AIAA Paper No. 2000-1514, April 2000.

Richard D. Young (1), Michael W. Hyer (2) and James H. Starnes, Jr. (1)
(1) NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23681-2199
(2) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
“Prebuckling and Postbuckling Response of Tailored Composite Stiffened Panels with Axial-Shear Coupling”, AIAA Paper 2000-1459, 41st AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, 2000

Richard D. Young, Cheryl A. Rose, and James H. Starnes, Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton,Virginia 23681-2199), “Skin, Stringer, and Fastener Loads in Buckled Fuselage Panels”, AIAA 42nd Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, AIAA-2001-1326, 2001

James H. Starnes, Jr., James C. Newman, Jr., Charles E. Harris, Robert S. Piascik, Richard D. Young and Cheryl A. Rose (NASA Langley Research Center Mail Stop 190 Hampton, VA 23681-2199, USA), “Advances in Structural Integrity Analysis Methods for Aging Metallic Airframe Structures with Local Damage”, RTO AVT Specialists’ Meeting on “Life Management Techniques for Ageing Air Vehicles”, held in Manchester, United Kingdom, 8-11 October 2001, published in RTO-MP-079(II).

Cheryl A. Rose, Richard D. Young, and James H. Starnes, Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23681-2199), “The Nonlinear Response of Cracked Aluminum Shells Subjected to Combined Loads”, AIAA 42nd Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, AIAA-2001-1395, 2001

Nemeth, M. P., Young, R. D., Collins, T. J., and Starnes, J. H., Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, USA), "Effects of Initial Geometric Imperfections on the Nonlinear Response of the Space Shuttle Superlightweight Liquid-Oxygen Tank," International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol. 37, No.4-5, June, 2002, pp. 723-744, Special Issue: Stability and Vibration in Thin-Walled Structures,
doi:10.1016/S0020-7462(01)00095-6

Marshall Rouse (1), Richard D. Young (1), and Ralph E. Gehrki (2)
(1) Mechanical and Durability Branch NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 23681-2199
(2) Lockheed Martin, Hampton, VA
“Structural Stability of a Stiffened Aluminum Fuselage Panel Subjected to Combined Mechanical And Internal Pressure Loads”, AIAA 44th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, AIAA-2003-1423, 2003

Richard D. Young; Cheryl Rose, “STAGS Developments for Residual Strength Analysis Methods for Metallic Fuselage Structures”, AIAA Paper AIAA 2014-0848, 55th AIAA Structures Conference, January 13-17, 2014

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