Fire Simulation and Residual Strength Prediction Tool for Aluminum Ship Structures During and After Fire Navy SBIR FY2010.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2010.2 Topic No.: N102-173 Topic Title: Fire Simulation and Residual Strength Prediction Tool for Aluminum Ship Structures During and After Fire Proposal No.: N102-173-1200 Firm: SURVICE Engineering Company 4695 Millennium Drive Belcamp, Maryland 21017 Contact: Matthew Perini Phone: (575) 835-4800 Web Site: www.survice.com Abstract: The proposed approach is to add a fire-induced structural damage capability to an existing ship survivability simulation, specifically to the Advanced Survivability Assessment Program (ASAP) simulation. ASAP is the most advanced ship survivability simulation in the U.S. Navy. Under development by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division, since 1994, ASAP has evolved into a simulation framework for analyzing a wide array of weapon types, including semi-armor-piercing (SAP) warheads, iron bombs, anti-ship cruise missiles, torpedoes, shaped charges, mines, and so forth. ASAP analyzes numerous damage mechanisms, including air blast, mass detonation of munitions, fragment penetration, shaped charge jet penetration, hull whipping, flooding, fire spread, and smoke spread. Benefits: Commercializing the proposed technology in the DoD is straightforward; it will apply to any military equipment where fire-induced structural damage is a concern. The most obvious DoD activity/application for this is the analysis of fire-induced structural damage for ships, particularly ships with Aluminum structures. If this capability were available in ASAP today, it would be used immediately in ship survivability simulations, either to support design directly or live-fire testing. There is a high probability that following a successful Phase II development, this ONR-sponsored project will transition immediately to NSWC Carderock Division to support ongoing ship acquisition projects. By extension, the shipyards themselves (Northrop-Grumman, Lockheed, and Bath Iron Works) would also be a potential market. Additionally, aircraft manufacturers also face the threat of fire-induced structural damage, so they are another DoD-related market. Return