ATA Engineering specializes in analyzing advanced composite materials for clients across various industries, providing engineering support for developing and validating designs to ensure product performance and structural integrity. We collaborate with clients in industries including aerospace, defense, transportation, themed entertainment, marine applications, and sporting goods to deliver innovative solutions that enhance safety, efficiency, and reliability. Our team leverages cutting-edge simulation tools and testing methodologies to optimize the use of composites, ensuring that each design meets stringent industry standards for our clients.
Using advanced finite element analysis (FEA) as well as other more traditional handbook methods, ATA excels in designing complex, lightweight structures that are durable and capable of withstanding harsh environments, extreme temperatures, and fatigue associated with cyclic loading. ATA is well versed in the methods defined in Composite Materials Handbook (CMH-17) for design, analysis, and testing of composite material applications and has experience with many classifications of composite material systems, including polymer matrix composites (both glass and carbon fibers), structural sandwich composites, and high-temperature applications such as ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and carbon/carbon (C-C) material systems.
With decades of experience in composite design and analysis engineering, ATA offers comprehensive services including composite CAD modeling, composite finite element modeling, manufacturing drawings, test planning and execution, phased design review support, and post-delivery support for integration and testing. At ATA, we are determined to help our customers develop efficient composite structures through advanced engineering methods. We can provide complete “build-to-spec” solutions to deliver composite structures, with ATA providing all non-recurring engineering and partnering with our network of composite fabricators to deliver test-qualified composite hardware.
When customers partner with ATA, they receive the benefit of decades of experience in engineering related to composite structure design and analysis. ATA tailors the level of effort to match each customer’s needs, spanning from conceptual design development and initial material selection to full-service delivery of composite structures with all related design, analysis, and manufacturing engineering.
As a leading provider of design and analysis engineering services for composite structures, ATA is skilled in the ability to develop state-of-the-art solutions for unique challenges associated with the use of composite materials in highly engineered structures. ATA utilizes custom and commercial tools for calculating strength margins of composite structures and hardware while using workbooks to compute failure modes via classical sandwich calculations. Then, ATA can implement design model inputs and analysis stresses along with standards and engineering information derived from the Composites Materials Handbook (CMH-17). These tools are used to compute margins for a variety of failure modes for laminated materials and sandwich panel construction. Tools include features to efficiently assess ply-by-ply failure indices, adhesive bonds, face sheet dimpling, shear intracell buckling, and core shear crimping to verify that the computed stresses for these modes do not drive the sandwich design or margin results. For complex connections and design features, ATA can develop and execute custom test programs to verify critical features prior to implementation in the final application.
FEATURED Case Studies
Optimization of Spacecraft Composite Reflectors
Orbital ATK (formerly Composite Optics, Inc.) is a provider of advanced composite products for the space and aerospace markets. One of Orbital ATK’s core businesses is large, shaped reflector assemblies for the telecommunications industry.
FEATURED Case Studies
Analysis of Prototype Aircraft Radar Structure
Orbital ATK (formerly ATK) was under contract to develop a prototype lightweight aircraft radar structure, manufactured entirely from advanced composite materials. ATA Engineering, Inc., (ATA) provided key analysis support for a fast-approaching critical design review (CDR) by performing a variety of advanced structural analyses required to validate the design
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