Posted on 12/31/2009Source: NASA Spinoff Magazine Originating Technology/NASA Contribution While working on designs for a new high-speed aircraft, a group of software engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center developed a program that helps create lighter weight...
Posted on 12/1/2009 Source: Mechanical Engineering The Ares V is NASA’s next generation space launch vehicle. In order to streamline the design process, NASA engineers paired finite element analysis software with special software that can verify the...
Posted on 10/1/2009 Source: Optimizing the Ares VSizing software allows rapid analysis of candidate composite architecture for highly loaded and weight-sensitive launch vehicle component. Design Results Increasing confidence in the technology has led to consideration...
Posted on 9/24/2009 Source: Insights Preliminary Design of NASA’s Ares V Launch Vehicle Optimized with HyperSizer for Abaqus NASA’s newest and largest space launch vehicle, the Ares V Heavy Lifter, includes three major composite structures: the payload shroud,...
Posted on 3/2/2009 Source: Digital Engineering This COMSOL multiphysics simulation illustrates localized heating damage due to lightning striking a composite-material aircraft wing. Image courtesy COMSOL Although software for composite analysis has been around more...
