REDUCTION OF THE MOMENTUM OF FALLING BODIES
Abstract
A means for catching free falling bodies that may be damaged upon impact is given. Several layers of floating gas-filled rubber balls are contained within a partially compartmented tank of liquid. The compartment extends from beneath the surface of the liquid to that height necessary to contain the desired number of layers of the balls. The balls and the liquid itself break the force of the fall by absorbing the kinetic energy of falling body. The body may then be retrieved from the floor of the tank by a rake that extends from outside of the tank through the free surface area and underneath the compartment wall. This arrangement is particularly useful in collecting irradiated atomic fuel rods that are discharged from a reactor at considerable height without damaging the thin aluminum jacket of the rods.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4341737
- Patent Number(s):
- 2689629
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16F - SPRINGS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-004615
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; DECOMPOSITION; FUEL CANS; FUEL ELEMENTS; GAS FLOW; LAYERS; LIQUIDS; MOTION; PATENT; REACTORS; RODS; RUBBER; SURFACES; VELOCITY; VESSELS
Citation Formats
Kendall, J W, and Morrison, I H. REDUCTION OF THE MOMENTUM OF FALLING BODIES. United States: N. p., 1954.
Web.
Kendall, J W, & Morrison, I H. REDUCTION OF THE MOMENTUM OF FALLING BODIES. United States.
Kendall, J W, and Morrison, I H. Tue .
"REDUCTION OF THE MOMENTUM OF FALLING BODIES". United States.
@article{osti_4341737,
title = {REDUCTION OF THE MOMENTUM OF FALLING BODIES},
author = {Kendall, J W and Morrison, I H},
abstractNote = {A means for catching free falling bodies that may be damaged upon impact is given. Several layers of floating gas-filled rubber balls are contained within a partially compartmented tank of liquid. The compartment extends from beneath the surface of the liquid to that height necessary to contain the desired number of layers of the balls. The balls and the liquid itself break the force of the fall by absorbing the kinetic energy of falling body. The body may then be retrieved from the floor of the tank by a rake that extends from outside of the tank through the free surface area and underneath the compartment wall. This arrangement is particularly useful in collecting irradiated atomic fuel rods that are discharged from a reactor at considerable height without damaging the thin aluminum jacket of the rods.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1954},
month = {9}
}