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D004935 D005130 D005012 CAD model of portable blast chamber for munitions disposal Blast Containment Design Containment structures are required for explosives processing, testing and demilitarization. Southwest Research Institute ® (SwRI ® ) has the expertise in blast effects, field testing, numerical modeling, fabrication, and environmental monitoring needed to solve unique blast containment problems. The Engineering Dynamics Department staff can handle a containment problem from conceptual design through fabrication, proof testing, and installation. Capabilities • Blast -resistant design • Explosives testing • High-speed data recording • High-speed photography • Design-build capability Experience • Design, fabrication and testing of portable demilitarization container • Design, fabrication and testing of 22-lb high explosives (HE) test chamber • Chamber life extension studies • Containment design for melt-pour HE production facilities • Development of TOW missile shields for Bradley fighting vehicle FEA grid of LANL spherical test vessel Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) blast chamber • Dynamic finite element analysis (FEA) • Hydrocode analysis • Heavy structural fabrication D 0 049 3 3
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CAD model of portable blast chamber for munitions disposal
Blast Containment DesignContainment structures are required for explosives processing, testing and demilitarization. Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) has the expertise in blast effects, field testing, numerical modeling, fabrication, and environmental monitoring needed to solve unique blast containment problems. The Engineering Dynamics Department staff can handle a containment problem from conceptual design through fabrication, proof testing, and installation.
Capabilities• Blast -resistant design• Explosives testing • High-speed data recording• High-speed photography• Design-build capability
Experience• Design, fabrication and testing of portable demilitarization container• Design, fabrication and testing of 22-lb high explosives (HE) test
chamber• Chamber life extension studies• Containment design for melt-pour HE production facilities• Development of TOW missile shields for Bradley fighting vehicle
FEA grid of LANL spherical test vessel
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) blast chamber
• Dynamic finite element analysis (FEA)
• Hydrocode analysis• Heavy structural fabrication
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We welcome your inquiries. For more information, please contact:
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The SwRI Engineering Dynamics Department provides solutions for blast containment problems including blast-resistant design, fabrication, and verification testing. SwRI engineers also address environmental concerns related to explosions such as noise abatement and pollution control.
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