Posted on 3/7/2013 Source: Aerospace Manufacturing and Design NASA Ames uses HyperSizer software to optimize the first modular Common Bus vehicle for use in a moon-dust mission. Which is it – a lander, an orbiter, or a rover? In the NASA of old, a vehicle...
Posted on 3/6/2013 Source: Aerospace Engineering Engineers tasked with designing more efficient airframe wing boxes are confronted with a host of challenges. All aspects of the entire structure must be optimized, while also managing extensive engineering data and...
Posted on 12/1/2012 Source: Digital Engineering HyperSizer from Collier Research ensures integrity from early design to manufacturing. Whether you are designing and/or manufacturing composite or metallic aircraft, spacecraft, trains, buses or even wind blades, your...
Posted on 12/1/2012 Source: Wind Systems Magazine Collier Research Corporation’s HyperSizer software optimizes both composite design and manufacturability. COMPOSITES CAN BE A DESIGNER’S DREAM — or a manufacturer’s nightmare. If you’re designing a one of-a-kind...
Posted on 7/1/2012 Source: SAMPE Journal Thomas M. Krivanek NASA Glenn Research Center 21000 Brookpark Rd. Cleveland, OH 44135 Bryan C. Yount NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 ABSTRACT This paper provides a summary of the structural architecture...
Posted on 7/1/2012 Source: Manufacturing Engineering Media For many industries, composites are the material of choice for achieving lightweight, fuel-efficient and strong designs. The challenge going forward for engineers is to take full advantage of the properties of...
