Tag: Ballistic

Rebar Impact on 3/16" Steel Plate

Tornado Missile Evaluator Tips

Evaluating Tornado Missiles for RIS 2015-06? We’re going to help make it a little more intuitive. Tornado strikes might not be as bad as you ...
Tornado Missile Test: Rebar traveling 93 mph.

Tornado Missile Calculators

Looking for a quick way to find if something will survive a tornado missile strike? Try these calculators for either concrete or steel. ...
FEA Plot Showing Stress on Pelican Case

5 Reasons To Use FEA Over Drop Testing

FEA Drop Tests Today, more and more manufacturers are switching to analytical drop tests before anything goes into production. This helps save time and money, ...

Crash Test Tuesday: Geo Vs. Chevy C2500

We thought it’d be fun to showcase some of our tools using a new series we call Crash Test Tuesday. This week, we’re going to ...
Pneumatic Air Cannon for Ballistic Testing

Ballistic Testing

Normally, we can test impacts using FEA. In this case, FEA wasn't feasible, so we built a test stand to test missile impacts on block ...

Tank Impact Evaluation

We found that API-650 tanks are more robust than most expect. The water in this tank absorbed 30% of the energy of a truck going ...
Steam Piping Integrity Evaluation

Steam Pipe Integrity Evaluation

Tornado generated missiles can wreak havoc, especially on a nuclear power plant. We helped one site design and optimize a protection system. ...