Karagozian & Case was founded in 1945. K&C is a well respected and recognized member of the consulting engineer community and is recognized for its capabilities nationally and internationally.
A Highly Technological Firm
K&C provides a unique and highly technical set of skills as consultants by providing engineering services for the design and analysis of structural and mechanical systems subjected to blast and shock effects.
- Our firm, although small, has extraordinary depth in blast effects design, research and development, testing, and field engineering.
- Many of the principals at K&C have personally advanced the state-of-the-art in blast effects design and analysis technologies, as indicated by the patents issued to them, the number of design manuals and guides authored, and the software design tools produced.
- We are a highly technological firm, but we are also practical and cost-effective in the way we support our clients' design needs during project development and construction.
- The skills of the Karagozian & Case engineering staff are focused in five complementary areas:
Design/Analysis relating to Blast, Shock, and Impact Loads
K&C specializes in engineering design that reduces the threat and effects from blast loads, high-velocity impacts (e.g., from vehicles and bullets), and shock loads. K&C also offers validation testing of existing blast and impact resistant designs, and advanced computational structural dynamics analysis that simulates the actual responses that occur in blast and impact events. Design threats include terrorist bombings, accidental explosions, and high velocity impacts. In addition, for over four decades, K&C has provided designs and performed blast effects tests of hardened military structures to resist damage from both conventional and nuclear weapons. We have designed numerous test fixtures and test specimens for blast and shock effects tests.
Risk Assessment/Mitigation
We provide clients with risk assessment and mitigation studies associated with blast effects and high-velocity impacts. These studies define the site specific threats and vulnerabilities, cite mitigation measures and their cost, and enable clients to understand their risks and options pursuant to the countering of terrorist, explosive, and other similar threats. Assessments are performed with K&C's own assessment tools. The highly visual style of our results presentation greatly aids the client in understanding the issues involved. Our extensive experience with blast and impact testing of components and systems and the design of blast-resistant systems has enabled K&C to deliver proven mitigation concepts that are both practical and innovative, at realistic costs.
Perimeter Defense Design and Analysis
K&C offers a comprehensive array of perimeter security services, catering to Government and private interests both in the U.S. and abroad. We have designed, tested, and implemented complete defense systems that include features such as vehicle barriers, fences, walls, gates, entry control facilities, and forced entry construction. K&C assists clients with all key aspects of design and deployment, a process that begins with site-specific threat definition analysis and a vulnerability assessment, following with functional requirements definition, and finally, system selection. Our advanced understanding of dynamic response analysis and impact effects modeling allows us to design systems compatible with such factors as historical preservation and architectural constraints, but without sacrificing protective capabilities. As an example, K&C is the only private consultant to have conceptualized, designed, and physically tested barrier systems capable of stopping vehicles weighing up to 65,000 lbs and traveling at speeds of up to 60 mph.
Conventional Structural Engineering Design
K&C also provides conventional design packages for commercial and industrial projects. Much of this work is related to retrofitting existing facilities for expanding their capacity or upgrading their strength. This experience in conventional design is highly useful when interfacing our blast-resistant design work with an existing structure or the work of conventional structural engineers, which allows our resistant designs to integrate smoothly with conventional designs.
Research and Development
K&C is one of the leading institutions in the world in providing research and development services to the Government and product manufacturers related to the development of blast and shock resistant devices and technologies.
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