On May 3, at JEC world 2022, collier Aerospace Corp. (Newport News, VA, USA) launched a new hyperx design and analysis software for composite materials and metal structures used in aircraft, aerospace and automotive and many other high-end applications It is reported that this computer aided engineering (CAE) solution provides powerful and complex functions, including stress analysis and size optimization, enabling the structural analysis and design team to achieve multiple goals, including reducing structural weight, shortening development progress, improving producibility and fuselage certification.
At the booth of collier Aerospace (K44 in hall 6), engineers are conducting a live demonstration to show how the company's hyperx software can reduce the weight of the structure by up to 20% and shorten the design progress, while still achieving optimal design. The company also focused on two projects using hyperx software for size optimization: the kite powered composite racing sailing boat of the Swiss sp80 team; And natural fiber wind turbine blades, cooperation between the Department of Naval Architecture and marine engineering of South Korea (USNA, Annapolis, United States), Hongyi University (Seoul, South Korea) and Samwon Millennium Inc. (South Korea)
Collier Aerospace said that it uses the latest software development technologies, methods and best practices to create the most comprehensive and powerful design dimensions and aerospace analysis tools. The company pointed out that this strategy has brought many improvements, including simplified workflow, improved graphics engine, enhanced CAD integration, redesigned relational database that can hold several terabytes of data and highly intuitive interface. Hyperx software provides traceability and visibility for stress and failure analysis, sizing, reporting, and analysis.
Hyperx software is built around composite materials, especially around customer applications that consider thermosetting plastics, thermoplastics, tapes, fabric or resin pouring or out of autoclave (OOA) processes. The software can also analyze metals. In addition, collier Aerospace says it helps ensure the producibility of composite parts by creating designs optimized for manufacturing. It can cover a large area of paved surface through a simple layout, which will not significantly increase the weight, but will reduce the changes of construction; Reduce the progress time by accelerating the project cycle; And - in terms of aircraft structure - it is said to help shorten the certification process of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
For aerospace structures, in addition to allowing users to analyze and design them at the same time, collier Aerospace claims that the software uses hyperx to perform Aerospace processes 10 times faster than using Aerospace tools. Another efficiency advantage is the ability to generate stress reports in a form that is most suitable for certification by FAA and other agencies around the world. In addition to aerospace and automotive, hyperx software can also be used in the high-performance sports, medical, shipbuilding and wind energy industries.