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D-Index
90
Citations
37774
World Ranking
111
National Ranking
58

Raphael T. Haftka publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raphael T. Haftka sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 796 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Raphael T. Haftka D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raphael T. Haftka sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Raphael T. Haftka was affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields within engineering and computer science, with a distinct focus on mechanics of materials, computational theory and mathematics, statistics and uncertainty, aerospace engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Their main topics of study included advanced multi-objective optimization algorithms, probabilistic and robust engineering design, optimal experimental design methods, structural health monitoring techniques, nuclear engineering thermal-hydraulics, metaheuristic optimization algorithms research, and mathematical approximation and integration.

Haftka's recent research publications covered areas such as composite structures, brittle fracture simulations, and strength assessment of composite laminates. Key papers included:

  • Multilevel Monte Carlo simulations of composite structures with uncertain manufacturing defects (2020) in Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics
  • Accelerating high-strain continuum-scale brittle fracture simulations with machine learning (2020) in Computational Materials Science
  • Reduced allowable strength of composite laminate for unknown distribution due to limited tests (2020) in Journal of Composite Materials
  • Effect of curvature on extensional stiffness matrix of 2-D braided composite tubes (2021) in Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Calibration of reactive burn and Jones-Wilkins-Lee parameters for simulations of a detonation-driven flow experiment with uncertainty quantification (2020) in Physical Review Fluids

Frequent co-authors during their career included Nam Ho Kim, S. Balachandar, Charles F. Jekel, M. Giselle Fernández-Godino, and Nishant Panda. Their work appeared regularly in venues such as AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, arXiv, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Computational Materials Science, and the Journal of Composite Materials.

Raphael T. Haftka's publications numbered 18 in engineering and 9 in computer science, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement. Within subfields, six publications focused on mechanics of materials, five on computational theory and mathematics, four on statistics, probability and uncertainty, four on aerospace engineering, and four on artificial intelligence.

Best Publications

  • Elements of Structural Optimization

    Raphael T. Haftka;Zafer Gürdal;Manohar P. Kamat

  • Surrogate-based Analysis and Optimization

    Nestor V. Queipo;Raphael T. Haftka;Wei Shyy;Tushar Goel

  • Structural shape optimization — a survey

    R T Haftka;R V Grandhi

  • Response surface approximations for structural optimization

    W. J. Roux;Nielen Stander;R. T. Haftka

  • Ensemble of surrogates

    Tushar Goel;Raphael T. Haftka;Wei Shyy;Nestor V. Queipo

  • Optimization of laminate stacking sequence for buckling load maximization by genetic algorithm

    Rodolphe Le Riche;Raphael T. Haftka

  • Approximation concepts for optimum structural design — a review

    J. F. M. Barthelemy;R. T. Haftka

  • Sensitivity Analysis of Discrete Structural Systems

    Howard M. Adelman;Raphael T. Haftka

  • Multidisciplinary aerospace design optimization: Survey of recent developments

    Jaroslaw Sobieszczanski-Sobieski;Raphael T. Haftka

  • Recent developments in structural sensitivity analysis

    Raphael T. Haftka;Howard M. Adelman

  • Multiple surrogates: how cross-validation errors can help us to obtain the best predictor

    Felipe A. C. Viana;Raphael T. Haftka;Valder Steffen

  • Response surface approximation of Pareto optimal front in multi-objective optimization

    Tushar Goel;Rajkumar Vaidyanathan;Raphael T. Haftka;Wei Shyy

  • Review of options for structural design sensitivity analysis. Part 1: Linear systems

    F. van Keulen;R.T. Haftka;N.H. Kim

  • Adaptive Designs of Experiments for Accurate Approximation of a Target Region

    Victor Picheny;David Ginsbourger;Olivier Roustant;Raphael T. Haftka

  • COMPOSITE LAMINATE DESIGN OPTIMIZATION BY GENETIC ALGORITHM WITH GENERALIZED ELITIST SELECTION

    G. Soremekun;Z. Gürdal;R.T. Haftka;L.T. Watson

  • An approach to structure/control simultaneous optimization for large flexible spacecraft

    Junjiro Onoda;Raphael T. Haftka

  • Preliminary Design of Composite Wings for Buckling, Strength, and Displacement Constraints

    James H. Starnes;Raphael T. Haftka

  • Simultaneous analysis and design

    Raphael T. Haftka

  • Structural design under bounded uncertainty-optimization with anti-optimization

    I. Elishakoff;R.T. Haftka;J. Fang

  • Determination of patient-specific multi-joint kinematic models through two-level optimization.

    Jeffrey A. Reinbolt;Jaco F. Schutte;Benjamin J. Fregly;Byung Il Koh

Frequent Co-Authors

Nam H. Kim
Nam H. Kim University of Florida
Layne T. Watson
Layne T. Watson Virginia Tech
Bhavani V. Sankar
Bhavani V. Sankar University of Florida
William H. Mason
William H. Mason Virginia Tech
Wei Shyy
Wei Shyy Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zafer Gürdal
Zafer Gürdal University of South Carolina
Nam Kim
Nam Kim Chungbuk National University
Benjamin J. Fregly
Benjamin J. Fregly Rice University
Peter Ifju
Peter Ifju University of Florida
James H. Starnes
James H. Starnes Langley Research Center

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