Shock absorbing effect of the BUSS cask cooling fins
Description
The structural response of the Beneficial Uses Shipping System (BUSS) cask to the hypothetical accident puncture test was determined using large deformation finite element analyses. Three orientations were considered to ensure that the most severe orientation was analyzed. These were the end, side, and center-of-gravity over corner puncture of the cask. The side puncture event, which was initially analyzed without the circumferential cooling fins, produced the most severe decelerations in the cask. Subsequent analyses, which included the cooling fins, showed a significant reduction in acceleration and yielding in the cask body. This demonstrates the viability for using cooling fins for the puncture protection of monolithic walled casks
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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A03/MF A01; 1 as DE86012784.
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 43 p.
- Report number
- SAND--86-0317
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18002297
- Subject category
- S42: ENGINEERING;
- Descriptors DEI
- CASKS; DEFORMATION; IMPACT TESTS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; SHOCK ABSORBERS
- Descriptors DEC
- CONTAINERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL TESTS; TESTING
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- Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted.