Crash resistant container

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869445

Pierce, Jim D ^[1]

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1. Albuquerque, NM

A container for hazardous materials capable of protecting the enclosed materials from high speed impact. Energy absorption is provided by a multiplicity of crushable layers of either wire mesh or perforated metal sheets which thin and flow together under impact loading. Layers of a higher tensile strength material are interspersed within the crushable layers to confine them and increase performance.

• Research Organization: AT&T
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• Assignee: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
• Patent Number(s): US 5337917
• OSTI ID: 869445
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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