Posted on 10/1/2013 Source: Advanced Materials & Processes As aerospace fuel-efficiency demands become increasingly stringent, weight reduction is of paramount importance. Designers not only must optimize all aspects of the entire structure, they also need to...
Posted on 7/3/2013 Source: Digital Engineering Collier Research Corp. (Hampton, VA) says that its newly released HyperSizer version 6.4.5 composite structural analysis and optimization software not only runs much faster than earlier versions but that it’s now based on...
Posted on 7/3/2013 Source: Digital Engineering Collier Research’s newly released Version 6.4.5 of HyperSizer composite structural analysis and optimization software runs much faster, and is now based on a reconfigured core technology with built-in “intelligence” that...
Posted on 6/4/2013 Source: Composites World Collier Research Corp.’s HyperSizer, other CAD platforms help bring small, low-cost, modular, off-the-shelf commercial spacecraft to life. Ames Research Center’s (Moffett Field, Calif.) director Pete Worden had...
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...
