Posted on 9/1/2014Source: Composites World A look inside the increasingly well-equipped virtual toolbox for composite design, analysis, and manufacturing. In the world of software, buzzwords are endemic. But if one buzzword trumps all, today, in the...
Posted on 9/1/2014 Source: NASA Tech BriefsProtected by the shell of its huge launch rocket during blastoff, NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) must get back to Earth on its own at mission’s end. The flight plan for this next-generation craft includes a...
Posted on 2/3/2014 Source: NASA With the aim of carrying astronauts well beyond near Earth orbit to rendezvous with asteroids, the Moon, or Mars, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) spacecraft has no room for extra weight. That is why the engineers and...
Posted on 12/1/2013Source: Digital Engineering HyperSizer V7 from Collier Research has been fundamentally reconfigured for ease of use by the skilled non-expert. Composite materials have reached the engineering mainstream. They are in wide use in aerospace, windpower,...
Posted on 12/1/2013 Source: Mechanical Engineering HyperSizer version 6.4.5 composite structural analysis and optimization software now requires less user input than previous versions for optimization of composite components or parts, according to the company. The...
Posted on 10/7/2013 Source: Product Design & Development Which is it—a lander, an orbiter, or a rover? In the NASA of old, a vehicle program wouldn’t have ‘gotten off the ground’ without an answer to that seemingly simple question. But in today’s financially...
