Manufacturers of the Stratolaunch air-launch platform used Collier Research’s automated sizing and analysis software to inform laminate design and production NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Manufacturers in an ever-widening array of industries are discovering the versatility of composites for strong, lightweight designs. Whatever the application, for ...

During his tenure at the National Aviation and Space Administration, Craig Collier helped develop the software that would become HyperSizer, a computer-aided program for designing with composite ...

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 ...

Several years ago, Ames Research Center’s (Moffett Field, Calif.) director Pete Worden had an idea: design and build low-cost, small spacecraft on a quick turnaround, using a modular strategy based on ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Collier Research Corporation, the makers of HyperSizer® Composite Structural Analysis and Design Software, have contracted engineering company Inores to serve as a ...

Increasing confidence in the technology has led to consideration for the first time of composites for manned space flight, including the Ares V launch vehicle. Optimization software permits designers ...

HyperSizer is a structural sizing and design optimization software tool that works in a feedback loop with finite element analysis (FEA) to automatically search for solutions that minimize weight and ...

Researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., are developing a Common Bus spacecraft made of stackable octagonal rings and off-the-shelf parts to form small landers, orbiters, or ...

Collier Aerospace Corp. has introduced at JEC World 2022 its new HyperX® design and analysis software for composite and metallic structures used in aircraft, space and automotive vehicles, and many ...

From cars to space craft to jets, railcars and sea vessels, traditional metals are being replaced with lighter composite materials. But when one material is replaced with another, the structure is ...