Posted on 5/20/2011 Source: MarineLink Collier Research Corporation released its HyperSizer v6 structural sizing and analysis software for reducing weight, maintaining strength and improving the manufacturability of complex composite and metallic designs. Developed...
Posted on 5/13/2011 Source: Design News Structural sizing and analysis tool have been enhanced to bring efficiencies to the design and manufacture of large-scale composite offerings. Riding the trend of composites becoming a go-to material for a variety of products...
Posted on 10/01/2010Source: NASA Tech Briefs Cover Story: From Aircraft Wings to Wind Turbine Blades: NASA Software Comes Back to Earth with Green Energy Applications You might think a wind turbine would have more in common with a plane’s propeller than an aircraft...
Posted on 5/10/2010 Source: Windpower Engineering: Building a better blade The first objective of most any large wind turbine blade design project is to get to the lightest weight possible. At NASA Langley Research Center, where I helped develop the code that later...
Posted on 3/1/2010 Source: Digital Engineering Build a lighter, stronger, cheaper airframe—with fewer components—and the world will beat a path to your door. Put the right tools into the right hands and you’re halfway there. Adept Ltd. used Inventor 3D solid modeling...