Energy
Synthetik provides world-class experience in the development of physics-based modeling and simulation of energy flows to make state-of-the-art advancements in energy efficiencies for the energy sector.
Synthetik also provides blast, ballistic and thermal protection for the industry’s critical infrastructure.
HardTac
Cost-effective ballistic protection
Overview
In the initial development of OBEX, the Advanced Impulse Reduction (AIR) blast panel proved to be extremely effective at mitigating explosive blast but had marginal ballistic properties. HardTac was developed as a complimentary ‘frag-catcher’ to create a highly effective, agile protective system with multiple defense and security applications. Since its inclusion, HardTac has been developed as a standalone product due to its intrinsic usefulness in protecting people and spaces from common improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and armor piercing incendiary rounds.
01. Objective
Develop a ballistic panel as part of the development of OBEX, Synthetik’s blast and ballistic wall system
02. Process
Synthetik developed a moldable ballistic solution utilizing readily available engineering materials – polymer and aggregate – to create a material that is as light as steel but outperforms it against heat and incendiaries. Laboratory testing was conducted on HardTac in accordance with ISO: 17025 to NIJ Level 4+. Explosive testing on the OBEX system includes 40lbs TNT at 7.2ft, near miss surrogate 81mm mortar and near miss 122mm rocket. Breaching trials have also been recorded.
03. Results
HardTac is deployed as panels for rapidly deployable ballistic protection, to clad existing structures for enhanced protection, to create safe rooms, or as a lining in ISO containers for applications from ammunition storage to deployable headquarters and infrastructures.
blastFEM
Solver for multi-component compressible flow
Overview
Accurate modeling of high-explosive detonations and airblast is critical for a number of novel energy production and propulsion methods. However, as these models are currently extremely complex and computationally expensive to run, engineers and designers have few tools capable of simulating these flows at a resolution and scale suitable for their use.
01. Objective
Leverage the U.S. Department of Energy’s MFEM libraries and develop a GPU-accelerated, very high-performance and energy efficient solver for highly compressible flows.
02. Process
Synthetik developed blastFEM utilizing their experience from creating the DoD-endorsed code, blastFoam. blastFEM is a predictive modeling and simulation software that delivers results within useful timeframes, with sufficient detail to support simulation-driven design, discovery, and optimization.
03. Results
A next generation, highly efficient simulation code that can deliver results within useful timeframes, with sufficient detail to be useful to support simulation-driven design, discovery and optimization. Furthermore, a code that has been designed to run on modern and emerging heterogeneous architectures (e.g., multi-node, multi-GPU), and can efficiently leverage these architectures though the use of numerical schemes designed to maximize computational efficiency. The impact of this work is substantial. blastFEM has immediate commercial application across multiple industries and will support Synthetik’s defense, engineering, security and risk consultancy work.
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