A highly effective energy dissipating CarbonWrap™ system invented by Dr. Saadatmanesh, the President and CEO of CarbonWrap™ Composites, LLC can provide remarkable strength to structures against explosions. The system dissipates the blast energy and reduces it significantly before it reaches the framing of the structure.
Two identical concrete block walls were built. One was retrofitted with CarbonWrap™; the other was used as the control wall. It was 230 pounds of TNT versus CarbonWrap blast mitigation system.
Blast impact resulting from over 200 lbs of TNT hits the wall. Measured surface pressure was 185 psi.
The un-retrofitted wall was destroyed. However, the retrofitted wall survived the blast, completely protecting the inside.