Engineering Services

Highlighted Projects

NASA CCM

Our software was used throughout the almost three-year NASA project to optimize the design, weight, and manufacturability of the CCM; which is constructed of honeycomb sandwich and solid laminate composites.

Orion Heat Shield

The 16.4-ft diameter Orion titanium orthogrid heat shield carrier mounted pressure vessel faces intense pressures during launch, reentry, and splashdown loads, and temperatures greater than 4,800° F.

NASA LADEE

“In a full run, the software calculated and sifted through about one billion margins for the model,” says Fernandez. Collier Aerospace “was critically important to organize and present this staggering amount of data.”

Bell V-280 Tiltrotor Helicoptor

To meet the aggressive V-280 schedule, Collier Aerospace’s software was employed in a ‘design-by-analysis’ approach that successfully sized and analyzed the fuselage structure.

Stratolaunch Rocket Launcher

The designers of Stratolaunch faced a daunting task six years ago when they set out to conceive an aircraft that could fly to the stratosphere and release a reusable rocket that would blast into orbit payloads of 250,000 kilograms.

Dream Chaser Spacecraft

Sierra Nevada engineers used Collier Research software for sizing optimization of composite structures for the NASA-contracted cargo-resupply vehicle. The first mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is in 2020.

More Projects

Superior Service Team

We are committed to your success with quality engineering services and support.

Weight Reduction: We help customers reduce structural weight by 20-40%

Sizing & Analysis: We provide detailed sizing & analysis results of composite and metal airframe structures

Structural Certification: We can provide required stress reports for FAA certification

Methods Development: Our experts can develop custom methods for your analysis needs

Customized Framework: We can customize a Stress Framework to streamline your workflow process

Subject Matter Experts

We have SMEs with a passionate focus on:

Aerospace Structural Design
Detailed stress analysis
Airworthiness certification
Methods development
Structural optimization
Analysis framework tools
Automated analysis processes

This is our company’s strength, why so many customers draw on our expertise

Software We Work With

Import and Export data from software below into HyperX:

HyperSizer (the predecessor to HyperX)

CAD

Dassault Systèmes CATIA
Siemens NX CAD
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks

FEA

MSC Nastran
Siemens NX Nastran
Dassault Systèmes Simulia Abaqus
Dassault Systèmes Simulia Abaqus CAE
Altair Optistruct
Altair HyperMesh
Siemens FEMAP

Various

CGTech Vericut Composite Programming (VCP)
iCPS
Microsoft Visual Studio
MathWorks Matlab
Eclipse
VBA
Python
C#

Something else? Just ask Us!

Complete your engineering project on time and on budget with our Engineering Services team.

Aerospace Structural Analysis and Design Optimization

Engineering Services

Highlighted Projects

NASA CCM

Orion Heat Shield

NASA LADEE

Bell V-280 Tiltrotor Helicoptor

Stratolaunch Rocket Launcher

Dream Chaser Spacecraft

Superior Service Team

Subject Matter Experts

Software We Work With

CAD

FEA

Various

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