Packaging test capabilities of the SNL aerial cable facility
Impact and puncture testing are frequently used to simulate hypothetical accident environments on packagings for transporting radioactive materials. The Sandia National Laboratories' 760-meter aerial cable facility is frequently used by the Transportation Technology Center for this testing. The aerial cable facility incorporates a novel application of rocket power and free all to provide a means of duplicating air-to-ground impact testing under controlled, well-instrumented conditions. Test units can be impacted within centimeters of intended impact points at velocities approaching 244 m/s. Flight trajectories can range from vertical to 30/sup 0/ from the horizontal. The accuracy of impact speed, attitude angle, and impact point enhance photometric recording and data acquisition. To date, the facility has been instrumental in the development of the PAT-1, PAT-2, and TRUPACT Systems. In addition, other packaging systems have been tested in full- and subscales at the cable facility.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 5968037
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-82-1946C; CONF-830528-47; ON: DE83013996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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