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Building the Better Wind Turbine Blade with HyperSizer


Cover Story of NASA Tech Briefs Magazine:

Building the Better Wind Turbine Blade with HyperSizer

HyperSizer 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 wing, but wind blades actually behave a lot more like wings than props. This fact has enabled a valuable spinoff from aerospace to wind energy involving HyperSizer, the first software that NASA ever allowed to be commercialized as part of the Agency’s ongoing effort to transfer technology to U.S. business and industry... Read the full story...

Building the Better Wind Turbine Blade with HyperSizer


Cover Story of Windpower Engineering:

Building the Better Wind Turbine Blade with HyperSizer

Striking a critical balance between low weight and high strength.
Windpower Engineering's Cover Story this month takes us on a tour of the necessary elements in building a better Wind Turbine Blade. Weight is of tremendous importance when designing wind-turbine blades because a lighter blade uses less material, is easier to manufacture and transport, and has lower fatigue loads. Read the full story...

Optimizing the NASA Ares V with HyperSizer


Cover Story of High-Performance Composites:

Optimizing the NASA Ares V with HyperSizer

HyperSizer Sizing Software allows rapid analysis of candidate composite architecture for highly loaded and weight-sensitive launch vehicle.
Collier Research is part of the NASA team that aims to determine the optimum structural concepts on Ares V with HyperSizer for composite design and analysis, selecting the best composite materials and margins of safety for the lightest possible structure. Entire structure was optimized for "ply-compatibility" finding the most practical manufacturable composite layups as well. Read the full story...

HyperSizer Articles


    Title Date
Composites World Composites World - Hybrid analysis: Making the most of FEA by leveraging traditional analysis Nov 15
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Simulating Composites: 6 Tips for New Users Oct 15
Engineering.com Engineering.com - NASA's Composite Stress & Size Optimization Software at CAMX Oct 14
Windpower Engineering Windpower Engineering - HyperSizer takes 23% weight off NASA heat shield. What could it do for a turbine blade? Oct 14
Product Design & Development Product Design & Development - From Liftoff to Splashdown, HyperSizer Goes Deep Inside the Orion Crew Module Heat Shield Oct 14
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design Aerospace Manufacturing and Design - Software helps take weight off NASA's Orion crew vehicle Oct 14
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Lightweight Champions Oct 14
NetComposites NetComposites - Collier Research to Present Details of HyperSizer's Analysis and Optimisation Project for Space Agency at CAMX Oct 14
High-Performance Composites High Performance Composites - Software Update: Simulation saves Sept 14
NASA Tech Briefs - NASA Uses Analysis Software to Assess Orion Crew Module Heat Shield Sep 14
High-Performance Composites High Performance Composites - CAMX 2014 preview: Collier Research Sept 14
NASA NESC NASA NESC - The NESC Proposes an Alternate Orion Heat Shield Carrier Structural Design Feb 14
SAMPE Journal SAMPE Journal January/February 2014 - Analysis Implementation, Verification, Validation and Performance of a Structurally-Integrated TPS Concept Jan 14
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Optimization of Sophisticated Materials Made Simpler Dec 13
Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering - Composite Analysis Dec 13
Design 2 Part Design 2 Part Magazine - A Whole New Approach to Composites Optimization Oct 13
Aerospace Manufacturing Aerospace Manufacturing - Thinking Outside The Wing Box Oct 13
ASM International Advanced Materials & Processes - Optimizing Airframe Design Requires Sophisticated Analysis Oct 13
Product Design & Development Product Design & Development - Leaner Budgets Boost Innovation in Small Satellite Design Oct 13
High-Performance Composites High Performance Composites - Optimization software improves small, low-cost satellite design Sept 13
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Editor's Pick: Composites Optimizer Self-Configures to Loading Environment Jul 13
Machine Design Machine Design - Software lets lighter spacecraft carry heavier loads Jul 13
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Composites Optimizer Self-Configures to Loading Environment Jul 13
NetComposites NetComposites - Latest Version of HyperSizer Software Takes a New Approach to Composites Optimisation Jul 13
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - HyperSizer v6.4.5 Shipped for Composites Jul 13
High-Performance Composites High Performance Composites - Optimization software improves small satellite design May 13
Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Engineering - Addressing limitations of composite/metallic airframe structure optimization Mar 13
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design Aerospace Manufacturing and Design - Leaner Budgets Boost Innovation in Small Satellite Design Mar 13
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Is Your Optimization Process Robust Enough? Dec 12
Wind Systems Magazine Wind Systems Magazine - Improving Wind Blade Manufacturability Dec 12
Design 2 Part Design 2 Part Magazine - Structural Sizing and Analysis Tool Improves Design, Manufacturability of Composites and Metals Oct 12
SAMPE Journal SAMPE Journal July/August 2012 - Composite Payload Fairing Structural Architecture Assessment and Selection Jul 12
Manufacturing Engineering Media Manufacturing Engineering Media - Tech Front: Software Slims Composites, Metals Design Jul 12
NAFEMS Benchmark NAFEMS Benchmark Magazine - Engineering Design Optimisation Jul 12
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Opting for Optimizing, Part 2 Jun 12
Spacecraft Tech Show Guide SpaceCraft Technology Expo 2012 Show Guide - HyperSizer from Collier Research Takes Weight and Uncertainty out of Space Launch Vehicles from Design to Certification May 12
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Opting for Optimization, Part 1 May 12
JEC JEC Composites Magazine - Advanced Software Helps to Improve Design and Optimize Manufacturability of Composites Sep 11
High-Performance Composites High Performance Composites - Purging conservatism from composite designs Sep 11
Design 2 Part Design 2 Part Magazine - New Software Version Said to Optimize Design and Manufacturability for Composites Sep 11
  SAE Online Magazine - HyperSizer v6 optimizes design and manufacturability of composites Jun 11
ENR Engineering News-Record - Software To Optimize Composite Designs Jun 11
Design News Design News - HyperSizer v6 Keys in on Manufacturing Optimization May 11
Windpower Engineering Windpower Engineering - Materials and design methods look for the 100-m blade May 11
  Marine Reporter - Collier Research Releases HyperSizer V6 May 11
Design News Design News - Sandia Sizes up Wind Turbine Blade Design Jan 11
  Aerospace Engineering & Manufacturing - HyperSizer Passes NASA Tests with CCM Jan 10
NASA Tech Briefs- COVER STORY - From Aircraft Wings to Wind Turbine Blades Oct 10
Windpower Engineering Windpower Engineering - COVER STORY - Building the better blade Apr 10
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Aerospace Designers Must-Have Tools Mar 10
  Industry Week - NASA Tool Could Cross Over to Manufacturing Mar 10
Time Compression Time Compression - Analysis Software Goes Beyond Elemental Mar 10
Windpower Engineering Windpower Engineering - 20% blade weight reduction Feb 10
  Maritime Reporter & Engineering News - From Space to Sea? Jan 10
Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering - Composite Aid Dec 09
High Performance Composites High Performance Composites - COVER STORY - Optimizing the Ares V Nov 09
Simulia Abaqus Abaqus Insights Magazine - NASA's Ares V Launch Vehicle Optimized Sep 09
High Performance Composites High Performance Composites - Aircraft Simulation Gets Composites Aware Mar 09
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Composites Analysis: Making New Choices Mar 09
  NASA Spinoff 2009 - Tools Lighten Designs, Maintain Structural Integrity 2009
Desktop Engineering Desktop Engineering - Getting Specific: Exploring Niche Analysis Software Nov 08
High Performance Composites High Performance Composites - Software Secures Lighter, Stronger, Safer Airframe Jul 06