In Germany model tests have been performed for the utilization of a resisting type barrier instead of an energy absorbing type barrier, the latter used in nuclear merchant ships up to now only. After reviewing the model technique the results of nine tests with te new barrier are discussed. Calculations performed to the newly raised questions of the shock accelerations of the reactor plant and of possible overstressing of the hull are reported. The new design has many advantages with respect to safety and to the arrangement of a reactor plant in a ship too. Some questions partly remain unanswered at the moment concerning oblique collions to the ends of the barrier and the possible effects of bulk cargo in holds close to the bow in striking ships of smaller size. (Se)
Conclusions from collision examinations for nuclear merchant ships in the FRG
Erkenntnisse aus Untersuchungen ueber Kollisionen von Kernkraft-Handelsschiffen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
1978
11 Seiten, 1 Bild, 16 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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