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...
Posted on 3/1/2010 Source: Industry Week NASA Tool Could Cross Over to Manufacturing HyperSizer analysis optimizes design architectures, predicts performance of composite materials. Read...
Posted on 3/1/2010 Source: Time Compression Analysis Software Goes Beyond Elemental Don’t guess at product optimization and manufacturability. There’s plenty of analysis software to help ensure it. Read...
Posted on 2/1/2010 Source: Windpower Engineering Developer says 20% blade weight reduction possible Lighter blades are one key to better turbine designs. HyperSizer Structural Sizing Software is a tool for engineers who must analyze and optimize composite wind blades....
Posted on 1/24/2011 Source: Design News Armed with HyperSizer optimization software and FEA, Sandia pursues innovations in large wind turbine blade design, aiming for a balance between low weight and structural integrity. By many accounts, wind energy, a relative...
