Evaluation of impact tests of solid steel billet onto concrete pads, and application to generic ISFSI storage cask for tipover and side drop

Witte, M C; Chen, T F; Murty, S S; Tang, D T; Mok, G C; Fischer, L E; Carlson, R W

Title: Evaluation of impact tests of solid steel billet onto concrete pads, and application to generic ISFSI storage cask for tipover and side drop

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Twelve tests were performed at LLNL to assess loading conditions on a spent fuel casts for side drops, end drops and tipover events. The tests were performed with a 1/3-scale model concrete pad to benchmark the structural analysis code DYNA3D. The side drop and tipover test results are discussed in this report. The billet and test pad were modified with DYNA3D using material properties and techniques used in earlier tests. The peak or maximum deceleration test results were compared to the simulated analytical results. It was concluded that an analytical model based on DYNA3D code and has been adequately benchmarked for this type of application. A generic or represented cask was modified with the DYNA3D code and evaluated for ISFSI side drop and tipover events. The analytical method can be applied to similar casks to estimate impact loads on storage casks resulting from low-velocity side or tip impacts onto concrete storage pads.

Authors:: Witte, M C; Chen, T F; Murty, S S; Tang, D T; Mok, G C; Fischer, L E; Carlson, R W

Publication Date:: 1997-05-01

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 328520

Report Number(s):: UCRL-JC-127378; CONF-970726-
ON: DE98050764; TRN: 99:003625

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) pressure vessel and piping conference, Orlando, FL (United States), 27 Jul - 1 Aug 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 1997

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; SPENT FUEL CASKS; IMPACT TESTS; ACCIDENTS

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                    Witte, M C, Chen, T F, Murty, S S, Tang, D T, Mok, G C, Fischer, L E, and Carlson, R W. Evaluation of impact tests of solid steel billet onto concrete pads, and application to generic ISFSI storage cask for tipover and side drop.  United States: N. p., 1997. 
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                    Witte, M C, Chen, T F, Murty, S S, Tang, D T, Mok, G C, Fischer, L E, & Carlson, R W. Evaluation of impact tests of solid steel billet onto concrete pads, and application to generic ISFSI storage cask for tipover and side drop.  United States.

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                    Witte, M C, Chen, T F, Murty, S S, Tang, D T, Mok, G C, Fischer, L E, and Carlson, R W. 1997.  
        "Evaluation of impact tests of solid steel billet onto concrete pads, and application to generic ISFSI storage cask for tipover and side drop".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/328520.

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  abstractNote = {Twelve tests were performed at LLNL to assess loading conditions on a spent fuel casts for side drops, end drops and tipover events. The tests were performed with a 1/3-scale model concrete pad to benchmark the structural analysis code DYNA3D. The side drop and tipover test results are discussed in this report. The billet and test pad were modified with DYNA3D using material properties and techniques used in earlier tests. The peak or maximum deceleration test results were compared to the simulated analytical results. It was concluded that an analytical model based on DYNA3D code and has been adequately benchmarked for this type of application. A generic or represented cask was modified with the DYNA3D code and evaluated for ISFSI side drop and tipover events. The analytical method can be applied to similar casks to estimate impact loads on storage casks resulting from low-velocity side or tip impacts onto concrete storage pads.},

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