Analysis, scale modeling, and full-scale testing of shipping containers for radioactive materials

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5813714

Yoshimura, H R; Huerta, M

This paper reviews numerical analysis and scale modeling techniques used to analyze the response of spent-nuclear-fuel shipping containers in severe impact environments. Illustrations of how these techniques have been utilized to analyze two extremely severe hypothetical accident environments are presented. The accident environments include the headon impact of a tractor trailer system and cask into a rigid barrier at 129 km/h (80 mph) and the broadside impact of a cask by a locomotive traveling at 129 km/h (80 mph). The results of the analysis techniques are discussed and compared to results of full-scale tests of the accident scenarios conducted subsequent to the analyses. It is shown that the analyses successfully predicted the response of the full-scale hardware.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Southwest Engineering Associates, El Paso, TX (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5813714
• Report Number(s): SAND-81-1314C; CONF-811073-2; ON: DE82001916; TRN: 82-000813
• Resource Relation: Conference: Mechanical failures prevention group conference, Washington, DC, USA, 21 Oct 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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