HyperSizer™ Stress Reports and Documentation

Along with the software is an extensive amount of documentation. There are three broad categories.
The Downloads» page provides links to all of these.

Software generated project results in the form of color plots and stress reports

Stress Reports

HyperSizer generates Microsoft Word-based material stress reports on all aspects of your project. This technical report includes margins-of-safety, material properties, design-to loads, optimum design dimensions, etc. You can select what type of data to be included in your document using the stress report form to be used in studies and projects. An engineering report is created based on your specifications that is easy to share, contributing to a collaborative work environment - excellent for Structural Engineers. The stress reporting capability includes sample MS calculations with your actual project data used in the equations for each unique failure modes:  such as composite ply failure criteria, panel buckling, crippling, local buckling, metal strength checks, sandwich wrinkling, NASA SP8007 panel knockdown,  bolted joints, and bonded joints. The stress reports are provided to support your project, structural airworthiness certification documentation needs for your customer such as the FAA, JAA, military, or NASA.

This composite and laminate analysis reporting documentation will assist engineers throughout the lifecycle of aerospace testing. Excellent for FAA Certification, this stress software works with FEA to provide complete failure analysis for an airframe. Currently, HyperSizer is used for stress calculations and stress analysis for the composite crew module testing by NASA.

Reports are also available in HTML and can be posted on a web site for ease of distribution.

Click here to download and view a sample stress report.

HyperSizer Stress Report Sample (PDF)

FEM Graphics

HyperSizer native interactive graphics of computed results can be displayed on the Finite Element Model (FEM) such as controlling failure analysis, loadcase, and margins-of-safety. Also displayed on the FEM are sizing results such as optimum cross sectional variables, materials, and layups. These graphics can be easily captured and inserted into Power Point presentations or text reports.

Technical support and analysis methods

This documentation takes the form of published papers, reports, user project case studies, equations, verification and test data validation correlation. In addition to these sources, installed with the software is a tool called HyperFinder™», which allows the end user to quickly search on technical terms to locate PDF specific documents called HyperSizer Methods and Equations (*.HME). These files describe each analysis method, such as crippling, and lists the equations used in the software.

Software reference manuals and tutorial examples

This documentation is provided in User Manuals. There are three fundamental user manuals. One manual each for the Material Manager, Basic, and Pro products. Another primary user manual is for the software graphics. Other user manuals cover topics such as Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) and programming reference for the Object model.