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Title:

CRASH TESTING OF NUCLEAR FUEL SHIPPING CONTAINERS

Accession Number:

00300665

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309028396

Abstract:

In an attempt to understand the dynamics of extra severe transportation accidents and to evaluate state-of-the-art computational techniques for predicting the dynamic response of shipping casks involved in vehicular system crashes, a program was organized to investigate these areas. This program, which began in 1975, encompasses the following distinct major efforts. The first of these uses computational methods to predict the effects of the accident environment and, subsequently, to calculate the damage incurred by a container as the result of such an accident. The second phase involves the testing of one-eighth-scale models of transportation systems. Through the use of instrumentation and high-speed motion photography, the accident environments and physical damage mechanisms are studied in detail. After correlating the results of these first two phases, a full-scale event, involving representative hardware, is conducted. To date two of the three selected test scenarios have been completed. Results of the program to this point indicate that both computational techniques and scale modeling are viable engineering approaches for the study of accident environments and physical damage to shipping casks. /Authors/

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Transportation of Hazardous Materials. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01411529

Authors:

Jefferson, Robert M
Yoshimura, H Richard

Pagination:

pp 35-44

Publication Date:

1978

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 693
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

57th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1978-1-16 to 1978-1-20

ISBN:

0309028396

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (21) ; Photos; References (13)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Model tests; Models

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Energy; Highways; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Nov 7 1979 12:00AM

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