The mission of CIPPS is to

mobilize and lead the US

academic community, to
establish comprehensive
long- and short-term re-
search and development
activities in protective sci-
ence and technology, and to
ensure the safety of person-
nel and facilities under
various explosively-induced
hazards and evolving
threats.
A special emphasis of
CIPPS is in civil and struc-
tural engineering, computa-
tional mechanics and dy-
namics, and the behavior of
structural systems under
severe loading environ-
ments.
These activities are handled
by an experienced multidis-
ciplinary technical and sci-
entific staff that includes
engineers and scientists with
advanced academic degrees
in several engineering disci-
plines. CIPPS personnel are
guided by Dr. Theodor
Krauthammer, who has
more than thirty five years
of engineering and scientific
experience in the areas of
physical security and miti-
gation of blast, shock, and
impact effects.
During the last few months
we have received several
exciting new multi-year
projects, and we are current-
ly working with several
other potential sponsors
from various government
agencies and the private
sector. Also, we are continu-
ing to expand our team with
new faculty, students, and
staff.
Our Mission and Activities
SPECI AL POI NTS OF
I NTEREST:
Modern Protective
Structures short course
is scheduled for 18-22
July 2011. Seating is
limited and the registra-
tion for the course fills up
very quickly.
Congratulations to Tri-
sha, Avshalom, Liran,
Daniel, and Yong Hong
on their MS research
proposals, and best wish-
es for successful comple-
tions of their projects.
Technical Activity Areas
The technical staff at CIPPS
has been involved in a broad
range of projects in the fol-
lowing areas:
Blast containment and
explosive safety assess-
ment
Blast and impact resistant
buildings, facilities, and
critical infrastructure sys-
tems

Blast and fragment load-
ing characterization
Development of Dynamic
Structural Analysis Suite
(DSAS), and its validation
Damage assessment after
explosive incidents
Fortifications and military
shelters
Lightweight blast and
fragment shields
Precision impact testing
Progressive collapse
Shock isolation and load
transfer limiters
Structural connections
under blast and shock
Thermodynamic blast
suppression
Training in Protective
Technology. Please see
page 4 for more details.
VOLUME 2 I SSUE 3
AUGDEC 2010
Center for Infrastructure Protection and
Physical Security (CIPPS) Newsletter

Our Mission and
Activities
1
Technical Activity
Areas
1
Publications 2
Invited Participation
and Presentations in
Workshops and Semi-
nars
2
Sponsored Research
Projects
2
Dynamic Structural
Analysis Suite
(DSAS)
3
High Performance
Computing Cluster
3
Available Positions 3
Academic Courses
and Training
4
I NSI DE THI S I SSUE:
VOLUME 2 I SSUE 3 PAGE 2
DSTA Workshop on Building Infrastructure Protection for Homeland Security, Sin-
gapore, 13 May 2010.
DHS Airblast Tool Workshop, Washington, DC, 25-26 August 2010
Ben-Gurion University, Recent Developments in Protective Technology, Beer She-
va, Israel, 10 October 2010
Articles and Conference Proceedings
Mataradze, E., Krauthammer, T.,
Chikhradze, N., and Chagelishvili, E.,
Influence of Liquid Phase Concen-
tration on Shock Wave Attenuation in
Water Mist, Proc. 21st International
Symposium on Military Aspects of
Blast and Shock, J erusalem, Israel, 3-
8 October, 2010.
Morency, D., Krauthammer, T., and
Astarlioglu, S., Large Deformation
Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
Columns for Combined Blast and
Axial Loads, Proc. 21st International
Symposium on Military Aspects of
Blast and Shock, J erusalem, Israel, 3-
8 October, 2010.
Technical Reports
Astarlioglu, S., Krauthammer, T.,
Felice, C.W., State-of-the-art Report
on Fiber Reinforced Ultra-high Per-
formance Concrete, Technical Re-
port to DTRA, CIPPSTR-003-2010,
Center for Infrastructure Protection
and Physical Security, University of
Florida, J uly 2010.

Research SubTask1 for UF Effort on
Blue Team Activities, DTRA Univer-
sity Strategic Partnership, Defense
Threat Reduction Agency, 2008 (3
Years)
Coupled Size and Rate Effects in
Concrete, Ministry of Defense, Israel,
2009 (3 Years)
Blast Load Transfer Limiter - Con-
cept Development Support, Idaho
National Laboratory, 2009 (2 Years)
Physics Based Ultra-High Perfor-
mance Concrete Research, Defense
Threat Reduction Agency, 2009 (3
years)
Coupled Blast-Fragment Loading
Effects, U.S. Army Picatinny Arse-
nal, and ERDC, 2009 (2 years)
System of Protecting People and
Underground Facilities from Terrorist
Explosion in Underground Structures,
NATO, Collaborative study with
Institute of Mining Mechanics, Geor-
gian Academy of Sciences, 2005 (5
years)
Advanced Structural Analysis And
Damage Assessment Tool In Support
of DoD Force Protection Needs, U.S.
Army Engineer Research and Devel-
opment Center (ERDC), 2005, (5
Years)
A Fast Running Algorithm for Pro-
gressive Collapse Analysis, U.S.
Army Engineer Research and Devel-
opment Center (ERDC), 2005, (5
Years)
Strategic Planning and Innovative
Invited Participation and Presentations in Workshops and
Seminars
Publications
Sponsored Research Projects
RC Column model in ABAQUS
Drop hammer with 100500 lbs weight
and up to 23 ft drop height at CIPPS
CENTER FOR I NFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTI ON AND PHY SI CAL SECURI TY PAGE 3
station and a single node of the new
cluster. Currently, the new cluster is
being optimized, and we're excited to
see what our research team will do with
this state-of-the-art computing power.
At CIPPS, we've recently invested in
our abilities to run complicated analyses
with advanced software such as the
finite element code Abaqus. Until now,
such analyses were performed on our
five powerful engineering workstations.
This quarter we've added twelve work-
stations configured into a 144-core
computing cluster, under a powerful
queuing and management system. Each
node houses twelve of the latest genera-
tion Intel Xeon cores along side twenty-
four gigabytes of memory, all controlled
by Windows 2008 HPC Server with a
shared three terabytes of storage. Al-
ready, we've seen more than a 300%
improvement in runtime performance
between our most powerful older work-
Modeling structural behavior efficiently
and accurately under blast, shock, and
impact remains a challenge for engi-
neers and analysts. Advanced analysis
procedures were implemented in the
computer software titled Dynamic
Structural Analysis Suite (DSAS).
DSAS is capable of analyzing rein-
forced concrete beams and columns
with rectangular and round cross sec-
tions with multiple layers of reinforce-
ment, reinforced concrete joists, steel
beams and columns with wide flange,
channel, and tube cross sections, ma-
sonry brick and block (CMU) walls,
reinforced concrete slabs and buried
boxes. For column and beam type com-
ponents, uniform or point transverse
loads can be specified. In addition,
DSAS can also generate the load-time
histories on the component from charge
weight and range using the embedded
CONWEP dynamic link library. The
user can also assign axial load-time
histories on the column components in
addition to the transverse loads men-
tioned above. For buried boxes, DSAS
can generate loads from above ground
nuclear detonations or buried conven-
tional charges.
In addition to performing analysis
for given or generated load-time
histories, DSAS can also plot the
load-impulse and/or pressure-
impulse (PI) diagrams for any of the
components mentioned above using
a numerical approach including
multiple failure modes (i.e. combi-
nations of flexure, axial load, diago-
nal shear, direct shear, buckling,
etc). The user can either plot the PI
diagram for total failure, or limit the
damage to a certain state (e.g.,
yield, concrete cracking, etc), veloc-
ity, or acceleration.
The current version of DSAS is
3.0.2 and an updated version of
DSAS large deflection analysis
capability for RC columns and in-
cludes a retrofit module is undergo-
ing beta testing for release in early
2011. Please contact Dr. Astar-
lioglu for further information.
CIPPS is currently seeking high quality candidates for Pos-Doc and Research Assistant positions. Interested individuals should
contact us for further information (US citizens preferred).
High Performance Computing Cluster
Dynamic Structural Analysis Suite (DSAS)
Available Positions
Our Sponsors
CIPPS is recognized internationally and its activities have been supported by various
government agencies in the US and abroad.
dents (e.g., blast, shock,
impact, etc.). It is focused
on advanced treatment of
threat and hazards assess-
ment, and mitigation ap-
proaches when considering
conventional, nuclear, indus-
trial and terrorism hazards.
Some of the topics that are
addressed include: Charac-
teristics of explosive devices
and environments, protec-
tive planning and design
philosophy, structural dy-
namic analysis and behavior,
and implementation, engi-
neering, architectural, safety
and security considerations,
and damage assessment,
evacuation, rescue, and re-
covery.
Retrofit Methods for
Protective Structures
Threat and risk assessment
of existing structural facili-
ties under explosive loading
effects. Damage prediction
CIPPS staff is involved in
training on protective struc-
tures with short courses and
workshops. Five graduate
level courses on protective
structures have been devel-
oped, and are in the UF
curriculum.
Academic Graduate
Courses in Protective
Technology
Protective Structures
Loading phenomena asso-
ciated with the effects of
both conventional and
nuclear explosive devices,
and structural response to
such severe dynamic
loads. Dynamic analysis
and design approaches for
a wide range of structural
systems and materials to
mitigate such effects.
Address also the behavior
and design of structural
connections, non-structural
systems, and progressive
collapse. Load-impulse dia-
grams for structural behav-
ior and damage assessment.
Advanced Protective
Structures
This course is aimed at ad-
dressing planning, security
assessment, and technical
issues dealing with mitigat-
ing the severe effects associ-
ated with explosive inci-
of various structural ele-
ments under explosive loads,
and the development of
retrofit strategies to mitigate
the anticipated damage.
Comparison of pre- and post
-retrofit performance to
assess risk remediation.
Applied Protective Tech-
nology
Treatment of sound protec-
tive technology approaches
and procedures under emer-
gency conditions, when
expedient action is required.
The environments are in
both urban and field set-
tings. Application assess-
ment of procedures for
threat and hazard definition,
load definition, facility re-
sponse and consequence
assessment, expedient reme-
diation procedures and their
assessment.
Impact Engineering
Elastic and plastic behavior
of beams and plates under
concentrated and distributed
impact loads. Address limit
states, and plastic hinge and/
or yield line formation.
Compare closed form solu-
tions with advanced numeri-
cal solutions for such cases.

Academic Courses and Training
Visit us at:
www.cipps.eng.ufl.edu
CRC Press, 2008
Annual Short Course
Modern Protective Structures
18-22 July 2011
Details will appear at:
http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/mps/
Please note that seating is limited,
and the registration for the course
fills up very quickly.
The University of Florida
2114 NE Waldo Rd.
P.O. Box 116580
Phone: 352-273-0690
Fax: 352-273-0186
E-mail: cipps@ce.ufl.edu