Sandia Laboratories has conducted a 96 kph (60 mph) full scale truck impact test for ERDA's Environmental Control Technology Division. Rockets propelled a 20, 500-kg (22-ton) cask mounted on its shipping trailer, coupled to a conventional cab-over tractor, into a massive, heavily reinforced concrete target. This summary report describes and compares the results of the computer analysis, scale model, and full scale tests. (ERA citation 03:024839)
Crash Test of a Nuclear Spent Fuel Cask and Truck Transport System
1978
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
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