Blast Test
Our Enviro BRM™ unit was blast tested on November 20, 2020 with 3000 lbs of ANFO at 131 ft Standoff Distance. The results of this test met and exceeded all the requirements of the Canadian S850-12 Standards.
The Blast Test
On November 19-20, 2020, Envrio BRM hosted a Blast Testing event for our blast-resistant modular product (EnviroBRM™) that integrates our patented Extreme-Woodlam™ panel technology system within our modular building steel framing design.
The blast testing program was supervised by Stone Security Engineering, witnessed by a third-party (TRU Compliance) and executed by Oregon Ballistic Laboratories (OBL) at our Stone-OBL's Blast Testing Facility outside of Bend, Oregon- USA.
Blast Test Attendees at the Stone-OBL Blast Test Site
Envrio BRM would like to acknowledge our business associates from Stone Security Engineering (blast engineer on record), SPSModular Ltd., exclusive licensed manufacturer of EnviroBRM™ in Canada. Al Yamama, licensed manufacturer of EnviroBRM™ in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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The test program included blast testing and performance validation for our full-scale 8psi free-field overpressure EnviroBRM™ design. This blast design has been developed for a reflected pressure of 19.2 psi and up to blast loading duration of 200 msec to achieve a MEDIUM BUILDING DAMAGE RESPONSE LEVEL in accordance with the ASCE’s “Design of Blast-Resistant Buildings in Petrochemical industry and related.” (equivalent to a BUILDING LOW LEVEL OF PROTECTION per CSA S850-12 “Design and Assessment of Buildings Subjected to Blast Loads”) and in compliance with recommended practices listed in API 753 for Management of Hazards Associated With Location of Process Plant Portable Buildings.
Definitions for the ASCE Building Damage Response Levels are summarized in Table 1 below and definitions for the CSA Building Level of Protection are summarized in Table 2 below.
Table 1. ASCE Building Damage Level Definitions
Table 2. CSA S850-12 Building Level of Protection Definitions
Figure 4. Delivery of the EnviroBRM™ Unit to the Stone-OBL Blast Test Site
Open-Air Arena Blast Testing for one unanchored 10-ft wide x 40-ft long x 11-ft high blast-resistant module placed on a reinforced concrete slab positioned 131 feet from the explosive charge was executed.
Three thousand pounds of ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (ANFO), a widely used bulk industrial explosive mixture was used as the energetic material to develop the test blast loading of 9-10 psi free-field overpressure range (25-26 psi reflected) and average free-field impulse of 85 psi-msec (the average reflected impulse of 212 psi-msec).
Photo below illustrates a view of the test-arena setup (pre-test) with the energetic material placed in the sonotube at the set location facing the reflected surface of the EnviroBRM™ unit.
View of Blast Arena Layout with Explosive Charge (Pre-Test)
The instrumentation for the blast testing included pressure gauges, accelerometers, linear encoders, and Anthropomorphic Test Devices (ATDs) along with high-speed and real-time videos and photos.
The collected documentation has been used to confirm the applied blast loading and building component responses to the blast event to validate the building response and to further validate the analytical dynamic design models and details for the EnviroBRM™ units for various blast ranges.
For the applied blast test loading, our pre-test analytical modelling estimated up to a LOW BUILDING DAMAGE RESPONSE per ASCE criteria (equivalent to a BUILDING MEDIUM LEVEL OF PROTECTION per CSA S850-12).
Images below shows pre-test photos of the EnviroBRM™ with some of the instrumentation set inside and outside the building.
Pre-Test Photos of EnviroBRM™ with Instrumentation- Exterior and Interior
EnviroBRM™ Unit at the Time of Detonation
Interior & Exterior Silmutaneous Views of Blast
Interior & Exterior Simultaneous Views of Blast
This crater illustrates the magnitude of the blast from a 3,000lb bomb
The documented response also aligns well with not exceeding the pre-test predicted analytical response of a LOW BUILDING DAMAGE per ASCE criteria noted above for the associated test load, thus validating the overall blast/structural designs and details and associated dynamic modelling prediction tools developed for them.
Overall, the full-scale testing of the BRM and data collected have validated the analytical modelling tools and confirm that our EnviroBRM™ designs with the applied full duration of 200 msec will achieve a MEDIUM BUILDING DAMAGE RESPONSE LEVEL in accordance with the ASCE’s “Design of Blast-Resistant Buildings in Petrochemical Facilities or related” (equivalent to a BUILDING LOW LEVEL OF PROTECTION per CSA S850-12 “Design and Assessment of Buildings Subjected to Blast Loads”) and in compliance with recommended practices listed in API 753 for Management of Hazards Associated With Location of Process Plant Portable Buildings.