Blast effects analysis and mitigation
ESI Security Technology can be tasked to perform comprehensive blast analysis services to assess the performance of critical buildings and facilities in the event of a terrorist attack. An objective of a typical study is to assess and secure the layout of a new building or facility structure and its surroundings, or perform security re-substantiation for an existing facility. Typically the study will evaluate the overall performance of the facility, and propose practical strategies to upgrade/retrofit the current structure and site layout to mitigate effects of a bomb blast perpetrated through a terrorist attack.
ESI Security Technology has successfully completed several projects on blast analysis and mitigation by target hardening including:
- Airport VIP lounge
- Foreign embassy
- Nuclear power plant
- Ammunition storage and weapon vault
- Others.
ESI Security Technology’s blast analysis group uses a proprietary software package for modeling of blast and fire impact and effects on typical building structures. The package has built-in libraries of mitigation measures and associated blast models. The package also contains various modules such as combined thermal and blast effect, structural retrofits and target hardenings, structural degradation due to consecutive and/or concurrent multiple blasts, human vulnerability, and others. The package uses blast-resistant design standards.