Sandia National Laboratories participated in a study to define the shock environments to which large, fissile material shipping containers may be exposed during rail-coupling operations. Tests were conducted using impact velocities up to 17.98 km/h (11.17 mph). The cargo on the rail cars consisted of a 36-tonne (40-ton) cask mounted on a skid or a 64-tonne (70-ton) cask. The rail cars were equipped with either standard draft gear, hydraulic end-of-car draft gear, or a sliding center sill cushion underframe. The maximum peak acceleration and its pulse duration were determined for the longitudinal, transverse, and vertical axes of the two casks.
Shock Environments for Large Shipping Containers during Rail Coupling Operations
1980
74 pages
Report
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Englisch