Collier Research Contracts

Recent R&D Contracts

NASA Glenn Research Center  Collier Research is to perform an Analysis and Optimization of provided launch vehicle tank designs. Weight trade studies were performed for various panel concepts and material options along with strength and stability assessments with detailed margin-of-safety reporting.

AFRL Air Force Research Lab, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base  Collier Research performed "Innovative, Weight Efficient, Composite/Metallic Structural Joint Analysis" with HyperSizer.

AFRL Air Force Research Lab  Collier Research performed structural sizing with HyperSizer to determine optimal panel concepts and material selections for minimum weight vehicle substructure concepts and material selections for engine and airframe designs.

NASA Ames Research Center Collier Research performed the enhancement of HyperSizer Structural Sizing Software including Structural Mass Properties Assessment, Design, and Structural Analysis.

Lockheed Martin and AFRL Air Force Research Lab Collier Research performed structural sizing with HyperSizer to determine optimal panel concepts and material selections for all internal and external surface areas of the future, Long Range Strike Aircraft.

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center  Collier Research provided structural & TPS analysis and optimization disciplinary support of two government 3rd Generation Vehicle concept designs.

NASA Glenn and Engineered Material Concepts Collier Research was awarded a NASA NRA contract to develop methods for analyzing a class of efficient super lightweight structures called "lattice block" and incorporating these methods into HyperSizer. Lattice block structures are candidates for 3rd Gen space launch designs.

Northrop Grumman Collier Research performed composite analysis and sizing optimization of a curved panel wall that includes tank insulation and Thermal Protection Systems.

AFRL Air Force Research Lab and Lockheed Ft Worth Collier Research had a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the Air Vehicles Directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB. The topic is "Certification by Analysis." The aim of the research is to identify how software tools such as FEA and HyperSizer can be used best to certify aircraft structure.

NASA Langley and NASA Ames Research Centers In support of NASA's distributed design teams: Aerospace Engineering Environment (AEE) and Intercenter Systems Analysis Team (ISAT), HyperSizer is being used as the primary structural analysis tool for rapid vehicle design assessments. For NASA's High Performance Computing and Communication Program (HPCCP), Collier Research developed new technologies within HyperSizer, such as an object model and parallel processing capability, that allows integration into a heterogeneous distributed computing environment. This technology also permits HyperSizer to be integrated with Excel spreadsheets and Phoenix Integration's Model Center.

NASA Glenn Research Center, Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), and University of Virginia (UVA) Collier Research is currently working a three year contract to research methods, software integration, and software interface development for a joint venture between HyperSizer and the High Order Theory and General Method of Cells research codes.

Pratt & Whitney and NASA Glenn Research Center Under sponsorship of NASA's Office of Aerospace Technology, Collier Research completed Phases 1, 2, and 3 for a Structures and Materials Launch Vehicle program under contract to Pratt & Whitney. Our company provided the HyperSizer software to the team members and performed structural analysis and sizing optimization of the Turbine Based Combine Cycle (TBCC) and Rocket-Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) Air-Breathing propulsion system.