Protection Engineering Consultants to provide upgrades to SBEDS software
Spring Branch, Texas, March 1 -- Protection Engineering Consultants has been awarded a contract to provide significant upgrades and improvements to the SBEDS software. The contract was awarded by the US Army Corps of Engineers Omaha Protective Design Center through its prime contractor, Kansas City-based Black and Veatch Corporation.
SBEDS V3.1 (Single-Degree-of-Freedom Blast Effects Design Spreadsheets) is an Excel-based tool for design of structural components subjected to airblast using single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) methodology. SBEDS enables the user to choose from 11 common structural components, enter readily available parameters related to material properties and geometry, and directly enter the SDOF properties or allow the workbook to calculate them. Masonry, reinforced concrete, steel, cold-formed metal and wood components are included.
About Protection Engineering Consultants
Protection Engineering Consultants provides research, design and consulting services to enhance the physical protection of people, systems and the built environment. Working with government agencies, the design community and industry, PEC brings expertise in multi-hazard assessment and protective design to mitigate blast, ballistic and vehicular impact attacks and accidents. Through the application of established and novel scientific methodologies as well as government and industry best practices, Protection Engineering Consultants helps clients maximize the physical security of plant, property and people while preserving utility and aesthetics.
For additional information, contact:
Kirk Marchand, P.E.
Managing Principal
+1 512 380 1988
kmarchand@protection-consultants.com