HLA Engineers, Inc., is a full service Structural/Mechanical Engineering Company, located in Dallas Texas. We have been in business since 1974, providing both Turn-Key and Special Project Design and Computer/Stress Analysis to companies locally, nationally and internationally: Trinity Industries, Goodyear, General Electric, Hughes Simulation, Raytheon, Shell Oil, Andrew Corporation, to name a few. \r\n\r\nHLA can provide state-of-the-art design and analysis capabilities, based on CAD & Finite Element Computer Methods. HLA uses state-of-the-art software: MARC, ANSYS, STAAD, AutoCad, SolidWorks, Pro-E, combined with both HP-mainframe and Super PC-desktop hardware networked to provide the capability of solving the largest - most difficult problems.\r\n\r\nWe have over 90 years combined experience, and are expert at Finite Element Analysis - both Linear and Non-linear. Material Non-linearity; Large Displacement-Stress Stiffening; Gaps/Contact; Transient Dynamic; Dynamic Response; Buckling/Post Buckling; Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection & Radiation - steady state or transient; Creep/Seepage; Engineering Physics. We have been both users and support representatives for the State-of-the-Art Non-linear FEA programs: ANSYS and MARC.