HEL Thermal Kill (5kW.AL.800)

ADVANTAGES2 · dim 8

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HEL Thermal Kill (5kW.AL.800) benchmark in the defense-autonomy domain.

Defense autonomy

Problem definition

Canonical benchmark implementation

Canonical RHS excerpt from the registered callable used for this benchmark cell. Expand it to verify the state equations; it is not a standalone runnable fixture.

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def rhs(t, y):
    T_tgt = max(y[0], T_ambient)
    T_bat = max(y[1], T_ambient)
    T_pc  = max(y[2], T_ambient)
    sig_d = y[3]
    R     = max(y[5], 1.0)
    eps   = max(abs(y[7]), 1e-10)

    d = np.empty(8)

    # Atmospheric transmission (Beer-Lambert)
    tau_atm = np.exp(-beta_ext * R / 1000.0)

    # Tracking efficiency (Gaussian beam, fraction on target)
    spot_var = 2.0 * (eps * R) ** 2
    eta_track = 1.0 - np.exp(-A_target / max(spot_var, 1e-20))

    P_beam = P_laser * tau_atm * eta_track

    # Target surface heating
    Q_laser = alpha_abs * P_beam
    Q_conv = h_conv * A_t * (T_tgt - T_ambient)
    Q_rad = epsilon_t * _SIGMA_SB * A_t * (T_tgt**4 - T_ambient**4)
    d[0] = (Q_laser - Q_conv - Q_rad - k_cond_bt * (T_tgt - T_bat) - k_cond_pt * (T_tgt - T_pc)) / C_t

    # Battery heating (conduction from target + self-heating)
    d[1] = (k_cond_bt * (T_tgt - T_bat) + I_batt**2 * R_internal - h_b * (T_bat - T_ambient)) / C_b

    # PCB heating
    d[2] = (k_cond_pt * (T_tgt - T_pc) + P_electronics - h_pcb * (T_pc - T_ambient)) / C_pcb

    # Arrhenius damage accumulation
    d[3] = A_arrhenius * np.exp(-E_activation / (_K_B * max(T_tgt, 200.0)))

    # Beam power state (for diagnostics)
    d[4] = (P_beam - y[4]) / 0.01

    # Range decreasing
    d[5] = -V_close

    # Track angle rate (simplified LOS)
    d[6] = V_close * 0.01 / max(R, 1.0)

    # Tracking error settling
    d[7] = -(y[7] - sigma_jitter * 0.5) / tau_track

    return d
Parameters
  • A_arrhenius = 1e+08
  • A_t = 0.02
  • A_target = 0.05
  • C_b = 200
  • C_pcb = 80
  • C_t = 500
  • E_activation = 1.2e-19
  • I_batt = 20
  • P_electronics = 15
  • P_laser = 5000
  • R_internal = 0.05
  • T_ambient = 293
  • V_close = 20
  • _K_B = 1.38e-23
  • _SIGMA_SB = 5.67e-08
  • alpha_abs = 0.3
  • beta_ext = 0.3
  • epsilon_t = 0.9
  • h_b = 10
  • h_conv = 25
  • h_pcb = 8
  • k_cond_bt = 5
  • k_cond_pt = 3
  • sigma_jitter = 2e-05
  • tau_track = 0.1
Initial condition
y(0) = [293, 293, 293, 0, 0, 800, 0, 2e-05]
Horizon
t ∈ [0, 10]

Canonical RHS excerpt captured from the same registered callable used for the published benchmark. Frozen closure values are summarized below; helper imports and solver settings are intentionally omitted.

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Spread: high

Default noise: medium

Recommendation snapshot

Clean best: SciPy Radau

Noisy best: SolvSRK

Coverage

14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels

Ranked on survival, precision, and speed

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Freeze
2026-08-13
libsolvsrk
2.3.0
SciPy
1.14
SUNDIALS
CVODE (bundled backend)

20 seeds/cell default · 14 arms · TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · this page: HEL Thermal Kill (5kW.AL.800) (hel-thermal-kill-5kw-al-800)

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Results matrix

Pick an objective and a noise level to rank all arms on survival, median SCD, median nfev, and median wall time. Medians across seeds.

Objective

Best overall trade-off of survival, precision, and speed.

Noise level

#SolverSurvivalSCDnfevWallScore
1SciPy RadauSciPy
100%
11.898625 ms0.899
2SciPy DOP853SciPy
100%
9.63,02632 ms0.848
3SolvSRK
88%
12.192325 ms0.844
4SciPy LSODASciPy
100%
9.33273 ms0.839
5SciPy BDFSciPy
100%
8.755320 ms0.826
6CVODE Adamsexternal
100%
8.542412 ms0.821
7SciPy RK45SciPy
100%
8.52,17424 ms0.821
8Tsit5external
100%
8.42,412992 ms0.820
9CVODE BDFexternal
100%
8.225910 ms0.815
10SciPy RK23SciPy
100%
7.92,86137 ms0.807

At Clean, best balanced arm is SciPy Radau · SolvSRK survival 88%, SCD 12.1.

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@misc{resonix_evidence_hel_thermal_kill_5kw_al_800_2026,
  title        = {Resonix Evidence Portal: HEL Thermal Kill (5kW.AL.800)},
  author       = {{Resonix Labs (Canada) Inc.}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://resonix.tech/evidence/problems/hel-thermal-kill-5kw-al-800}},
  note         = {Self-reported vendor benchmark; internally generated by Resonix Labs and not independently verified. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD. Freeze 2026-08-13; libsolvsrk 2.3.0; SciPy 1.14.}
}

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TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · 398 problems · 14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels

Freeze: 2026-08-13 · scipy 1.14 · libsolvsrk 2.3.0 · Methodology

Self-reported by Resonix Labs · not independently verified · Verification status