Department of Aerospace Engineering

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

Palacios, J., Smith, E., Rose, J., Royer, R., “Instantaneous De-Icing of Freezer Ice via Ultrasonic Actuation,” AIAA Journal, Volume 49, Number 6, June 2011, pp. 1158-1067. doi: 10.2514/1.J050143

Palacios, J., Smith, E., Rose, J., Royer, R., “Ultrasonic De-Icing of Wind Tunnel Impact Icing,” Journal of Aircraft Volume 48, Number 3, June 2011, pp 1020-1027. doi: 1020-1027, 10.2514/1.C031201.

Palacios, J., Han, Y., Brouwers, E., Smith, E., “Icing Environment Rotor Test Stand Liquid Water Content Measurement Procedures and Ice Shape Correlation,” American Helicopter Society Journal, Volume 57, Number 2, April 2012, paper number 022006.

Palacios A., Palacios J., Sanchez L., “Eliciting a Human Understandable Model of Ice Adhesion Strength for Rotor Blade Leading Edge Materials from Uncertain Experimental Data,” Expert System with Applications, Volume 39, 2012, pp 10212-10225.

Sanchez, L., Couso, I., Palacios, A., Palacios, J., “A Methodology For Exploiting The Tolerance for Imprecision in Genetic Fuzzy Systems and Its Application to Characterization of Rotor Blade Leading Edge Materials,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, March 2012. doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2012.02.009. 

Han, Y., Palacios, J., Schmitz, S., “Scaled Ice Accretion Experiments on a Rotating Wind Turbine Blade,” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Volume 109, July 2012, pp 55-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jweia.2012.06.001.

Chen, Y., Qiu, J., Palacios, J., Smith, E., “Tracking Control of Piezoelectric Stack Using Modified Prandtl-Ishlinski Model,” Journal of Intelligent Systems and Structures, April 2013, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 753-760. doi:  10.1177/1045389X12455725

Han, Y., Palacios, J., “Airfoil Performance Degradation Prediction based on Non-dimensional Icing Parameters,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 51, No. 11, pp. 2570-2581. doi: 10.2514/1.J052207

Overmeyer, A., Palacios, J., Smith, E., “Ultrasonic De-Icing Bondline Design and Rotor Ice Testing,” AIAA Journal, Volume 51, Number 12, December 2013, pp. 2965-2976. doi: 10.2514/1.J052601

Tarquini, S., Antonini, C, Amirfazli, A., Marengo, M., Palacios, J., “Investigation of Ice Shedding Properties of Superhydrophobic Coatings on Helicopter Blades,” Cold Regions Science and Technology Journal, 100C (2014), pp. 50-58. doi: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2013.12.009

Palacios, J., Kinzel, M., Overmeyer, A., Szefi, J., “Progress towards Active Gurney Flaps for Helicopter Rotor Control,” Accepted by The Journal of Aircraft, 12/2013

Conference Proceedings

Palacios, J., L., Smith, E., C., “Dynamic Analysis and Experimental Testing of Thin-Walled Structures Driven By Shear Tube Actuators,” 46th AIAA/ ASME/ ASCE/ AHS/ ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials, AIAA-2009-2112, Austin, Texas, April 2005, pp. 3862-3875.

Palacios, J., Zhu, Y., Smith, E., Rose, J., “Ultrasonic Shear and Lamb Wave Interface Stress for Helicopter Rotor De- Icing Purposes,” 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials, AIAA-2006-2282, Newport, Rhode Island, May 2006.  

Palacios J., Smith, E., Rose J., Gao, H., “Ultrasonic Shear Wave Anti-Icing System for Helicopter Rotor Blades,” 62nd Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society, Phoenix, Arizona, May 2006, p 1492-1502.

Palacios, J., Smith, E., “Optimized Ultrasonic Shear Wave Anti-Icing Actuator for Helicopter Blades,” 25th Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, November 2006.

Palacios J., Smith, E., Rose J., Zhu, Y., “Global Ultrasonic Shear Wave Anti-Icing Actuator for Helicopter Blades,” 63rd Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society, Virginia Beach, VA, May 2007.

Palacios, J.; Smith, E.; Rose, J., “Investigation Of An Ultrasonic Ice Protection System For Helicopter Rotor Blades” 64th Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society, v 1, p 609-618, Montréal, Canada, 2008.

Palacios, J., Smith, E., Yang, T., “Boundary Layer Control Using Piezoelectrically Actuated Dynamic Roughness Elements,” 26th Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, December 2008.

Palacios, J., Brouwers, E., Han, Y., Smith, E., “Adverse Environment Rotor Tests Stand Calibration and Ice Shape Correlation,” 66th Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society, Phoenix, AZ, May, 2010.

Brouwers, E., Palacios, J., Smith, E., Peterson, A., “The Experimental Investigation of a Rotor Hover Icing Model With Shedding,” 66th Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society, Phoenix, AZ, May, 2010.

Brouwers, E., Peterson, A., Palacios, J., Centolanza, L., “Ice Adhesion Strength Measurements for Rotor Blade Edge Materials,” 67th Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society, Virginia Beach, VA, May, 2011.

Palacios, J., Kinzel, M., Overmeyer, A., Szefi, J., “A Comparison of Active Gurney Flaps and Trailing-Edge Flaps for Rotorcraft,” 67th Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society, Virginia Beach, VA, May, 2011.

Overmeyer, A., Palacios, J. L., Smith, E. C., Roger, R., “Rotating Testing of a Low-Power, Non-Thermal Ultrasonic Deicing System for Helicopter Rotor Blades,” 2011-38-0098, SAE 2011 International Conference on Aircraft and Engine Icing and Ground Deicing, June 13-17 2011, Chicago, IL.

Han, Y., Palacios, J., & Smith, E. “An Experimental Correlation between Rotor Test and Wind Tunnel Ice Shapes on NACA 0012 Airfoils,” 2011-38-0092,SAE 2011 International Conference on Aircraft and Engine Icing and Ground Deicing, June 13-17 2011, Chicago, IL.

Overmeyer, A., Palacios, J., Smith, E., “Actuator Bonding Optimization and System Control of a Rotor Blade Ultrasonic Deicing System,” AIAA-2012-1476, 53rd AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, Apr. 23-26, 2012.

Han, Y., Palacios, J., “Analytical and Experimental Determination of Airfoil Performance Degradation Due to Ice Accretion,” AIAA-2012-2794, 4th AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 25-28, 2012.

Soltis, J., Palacios, J., Wolfe, D., Eden, T., “Evaluation of Ice Adhesion Strength on Erosion Resistant Materials,” AIAA-2013-1509, 54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, April 8 – 11, 2013.