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Collier Research Corporation

HyperSizer composite material analysis software, automated stress analysis and sizing optimization software for vehicle structures and TPS, for composites and thermal environments. Software couples automatically to FEA/NASTRAN, for system-level trade studies and structural component margin-of-safety reporting.

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760 Pilot House Dr. Ste. A
Newport News, VA 23606 US

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HyperSizer Products

Pro: All the functionality of HyperSizer Basic™, plus coupling with FEA for system level analysis and automatic FEM resizing. Perform advanced statistical optimization and find multiple robust optimum solutions for manufacturing producibility review. Plug-in your own analysis software to supplement HyperSizer's methods and have their results integrated with and graphically displayed in the interface.

Basic: All the functionality of HyperSizer Material Manager™, plus stress analysis and detailed design sizing optimization of all material types for 50 different stiffened and sandwich panels and open cross section beams. Apply general edge loadings and/or boundary conditions through the Free Body Diagram GUI, and solve for the resulting stresses and structural integrity.

Material Manager: Provides interactive graphics for managing metals, foams, honeycomb cores, ply tapes and fabrics. Build composite laminates with any arbitrary stacking of materials. Calculate [A,B,D] stiffness and thermal terms and equivalent orthotropic properties. Graph temperature dependencies, failure envelopes, and stress/strain profiles interactively.
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Auxiliary processing equipment, repair equipment, and supplies
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    • CAD/CAM/CAE hardware/software
Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software
  • Modeling/simulation/virtual testing software
  • Thermal analysis instruments
Design, testing, consulting, other services
  • CAD/CAM/CAE design
  • Education/Training
  • Finite element modeling/analysis (FEM/FEA)
  • Materials analysis
  • Product design
  • Consulting
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    • Consulting, process development
  • Testing
    • Testing, materials
    • Testing, structural
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Design and analysis software
Collier Research Corp. released HyperSizer v6.2 structural sizing and analysis software.

Collier Research releases HyperSizer v6.2
Collier Research Corp. has announced the release of HyperSizer v6.2 structural sizing and analysis software for reducing weight, maintaining strength and improving the manufacturability of complex composite and metallic designs.

Purging conservatism from composite designs
Craig Collier, president of Collier Research Group (Hampton, Va.) says cross-discipline software interconnectivity will unlock the full potential of composites.

SAMPE 2011 Long Beach Product Showcase
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Learjet 85 composite pressurized cabin a cost cutter
Single-piece carbon fiber composite structure selected over multipiece aluminum fuselage barrel section in new bizjet design.

Composite Crew Module passes critical NASA tests
Collier Research's HyperSizer structural sizing and composite analysis software accurately predicted the CCM's successful performance under simulated flight conditions.

Optimizing the Ares V payload shroud
Sizing software allows rapid analysis of candidate composite architecture for highly loaded and weight-sensitive launch vehicle component.

Aircraft simulation gets composites aware
Rapid software evolution enables faster, better virtual solutions to complex composite design problems.

Sizing, optimization software updated
Collier Research has released version 5.3 of its HyperSizer software.

Software Secures Lighter, Stronger, Safer Airframe
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Air Vehicles Directorate is pursuing high-speed aerospace system concepts that include the LRS (Long Range Strike) aircraft. The LRS is to fly at Mach 3.5 and is in the concept definition stage, planned for military utility in the 2020+ timeframe. The lab's goals are to

Composite Optimization
Collier Research Inc. (Hampton, Va.) has released HyperSizer v4.8 with new capabilities, including Test Driven Reliability Analysis (Stochastic Optimization), which provides more structural integrity (reliability) while also reducing structural weight. For convenience, users can switch between traditional

Automated Analysis
Collier Research Corp. (Hampton, Va.) has released HyperSizer v.4.7 automated structural detail analysis, local sizing optimization and weight prediction composite software. This version has new capabilities including closed cross-section beams (rectangular, circular and elliptical tube shapes), laminate-based strain

Tubular composite core stiffens launch vehicle structure
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