TY - JOUR A1 - Lengas, Nikolaos A1 - Schlick-Hasper, Eva A1 - Müller, Karsten A1 - Neitsch, Marcel A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Zehn, M. T1 - Development of an analysis and testing concept for the evaluation of impact targets in the mechanical safety testing of dangerous goods packagings T2 - Packaging technology and science N2 - The mechanical and geometrical properties of impact targets greatly influence the outcome of a drop test. The International Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) as well as ISO 2248 describe the characteristics of impact targets for drop tests of dangerous goods packagings. According to these regulations, the impact target’s surface needs to be unyielding, under testing conditions non-deformable, flat, and integral with a mass at least 50 times that of the heaviest packaging to be tested. The problem is that many production facilities, especially manufacturers of corrugated fibreboard boxes, do not have their own testing device with the required 50 times mass ratio of the impact target for a regulation compliant drop test during series production. Furthermore, at UN level it is considered necessary to revise these requirements. In the present paper, the impact target requirements are examined in detail and compared with those in other technical areas (e.g., impact target for container for the transport of radioactive materials). A research method is being developed to investigate the dependency between the mass ratio of the packaging and the target as well as the damage resistance of a drop tested package in relation to specific design characteristics. The results are of high relevance for industry purposes and intended to ensure a uniform level of safety assessment for the mechanical testing of dangerous goods packagings. PB - Wiley CY - New York, NY KW - Corrugated fibreboard boxes KW - Dangerous goods packagings KW - Drop test KW - Impact target KW - Structural dynamics PY - 2022 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/54966 AN - OPUS4-54966 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-549660 SN - 0894-3214 SN - 1099-1522 VL - 35 IS - 9 SP - 689 EP - 700 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany