SHOCK ENVIRONMENTS FOR LARGE SHIPPING CONTAINERS DURING RAIL COUPLING OPERATIONS

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.

• Corporate Authors:

  Sandia Laboratories

  P.O. Box 5800
  Albuquerque, NM  United States  87115

  Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  Division of Safeguards, Fuel Cycle and Environmental Research
  Washington, DC  United States  20555

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • MAGNUSON, C F
• Publication Date: 1980-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 74 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Containers; Couplers; Crash tests; Cushioning materials; Fasteners; Force; Freight cars; Gears; Radioactive materials; Railroad transportation; Shock (Mechanics); Vehicle dynamics; Vibration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Draft gears
• Old TRIS Terms: Cushioning; Freight car dynamics
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00327158
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAND-79-2168
• Contract Numbers: DE-AC04-76DP00789
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 18 1981 12:00AM