The probability of damage and the potential resulting hazards are analyzed for a representative rail shipping container for three several rail accident scenarios. The scenarios are: (1) the rupture of closure bolts and resulting opening of closure lid due to a severe impact, (2) the puncture of container by an impacting rail-car coupler, and (3) the yielding of container due to side impact on a rigid uneven surface. The analysis results indicate that scenario 2 is a physically unreasonable event while the probabilities of a significant loss of containment in scenarios 1 and 3 are extremely small. Before assessing the potential risk for the last two scenarios, the uncertainties in predicting complex phenomena for rare, high-consequence hazards needs to be addressed using a rigorous methodology.
Shipping container response to three severe railway accident scenarios
1998
8 Seiten, 3 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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