The study was undertaken to define in a quantitative nonjudgmental technical manner the abnormal environments to which a large package (total weight over 2 tons) would be subjected as the result of a transportation accident. Because of this package weight, air shipment was not considered as a normal transportation mode and was not included in the study. The abnormal transportation environments for shipment by motor carrier and train were determined and quantified. In all cases the package was assumed to be transported on an open flat-bed truck or an open flat-bed railcar. In an earlier study, SLA-74-0001, the small-package environments were investigated. A third transportation study, related to the abnormal environment involving waterways transportation, is now under way at Sandia Laboratories and should complete the description of abnormal transportation environments. Five abnormal environments were defined and investigated, i.e., fire, impact, crush, immersion, and puncture. The primary interest of the study was directed toward the type of large package used to transport radioactive materials; however, the findings are not limited to this type of package but can be applied to a much larger class of material shipping containers. (ERA citation 03:050821)


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    Title :

    Severities of Transportation Accidents Involving Large Packages


    Contributors:
    A. W. Dennis (author) / J. T. Foley (author) / W. F. Hartman (author) / D. W. Larson (author)

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    174 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English