Results of full scale CONSTOR^® V/TC prototype 9 m horizontal drop test

Abstract

In the context of the research on the mechanical safety of packages for radioactive material, full scale drop tests with spent fuel and high activity waste transport and storage casks have been performed by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). The research reflects national and international interest in acquiring comparative knowledge of full and reduced scale model drop tests as well as in finite element calculations. This paper presents the experimental, analytical and first numerical results of the full scale drop test with the full scale CONSTOR^® V/TC prototype, manufactured by GNS, Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH, Germany. The prototype was tested by BAM in a 9 m horizontal drop test onto the unyielding target of the BAM drop test facility in Horstwalde, Germany.

Keywords:

• DROP TESTING
• IMPACT LIMITER
• FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
• FULL SCALE CASK