A Method for Relating Impacts with Yielding and Unyielding Targets

Conference · Fri Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6043368

Ammerman, D. J. ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

The public has questioned the severity of the regulatory 9 meter drop onto an unyielding target required for Type B radioactive material shipping packages since this drop height results in an impact velocity of only 13.3 m/s (30 MPH). It is the unyielding nature of the regulatory target which makes the 9 meter drop so severe. In this paper a method for relating higher velocity impacts with yielding targets to impacts onto an unyielding target is developed. The severity of impacts with yielding targets is decreased by the amount of the impact energy absorbed in damaging the target. There have been previous attempts to correlate impacts with yielding targets to lower velocity impacts onto an unyielding target, and this work is an expansion of those efforts.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6043368
• Report Number(s): SAND--91-2286C; CONF-920430--44; ON: DE92006801
• Resource Type: Conference paper/presentation
• Conference Information: International high level radioactive waste management (IHLRWM) conference: promoting understanding through education and communication, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 12-16 Apr 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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TARGETS
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