Open-Field Security software is an Expert System that was developed to facilitate the design and deployment of protection means against blasts for open-field fortifications and camps. The software addresses the following issues:
- Blast characteristics and effects for a variety of weapons and explosives
- Graphical representation of layouts of fortifications and camps
- Blast loading, structural/human response, and resulting damage
- Vulnerability assessment of structures and their occupants
- Guide for the construction and deployment of blast mitigating means.
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Open-Field Security software can be used for design, modeling and analysis of a wide range of structural applications. The software allows the associated data-base to be managed such that a wide variety of construction methods and standards, materials, and requirements related to specific use and applications be considered.
A partial listing of important structural applications considered in the Open-Field Security software includes:
Retaining Walls
The software is ideal for designing retaining walls that resist earth and pressure generated on the wall without overturning or sliding.
Blast Mitigation Walls
The software is ideal for designing blast mitigation walls that can resist blast loads and pressure created by an explosion without letting it affect critical facilities protected by the blast walls.
Coastal Erosion Control
The software can be used to design counteracting measures for the effects of coastal erosion and hurricanes.
Waterways
The software can be used for strong and durable reconstruction of river and ocean banks and canal towpaths. It is used for embankment stabilization particularly where works are costly and time consuming.
Gabions
The software can be used to design gabions, which are well suited for soil and ecology conservation. Gabions are attractive, natural building blocks for decorative landscaping and blast mitigation walls.