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The paper presents technical details of the drop test performance as well as some experimental results of tests carried out with the Japanese 'Yoyushindo-disposal' waste container for intermediate depth disposal. The tests were accompanied by various metrology to collect data as basis for safety assessment.
BAM is the responsible authority in Germany for the assessment of the mechanical and thermal design safety of packages for the transport of radioactive materials. The assessment has to cover the proof of brittle fracture safety for package components made of potentially brittle materials. This paper gives a survey of the regulatory and technical requirements for such an assessment according to BAM's new 'Guidelines for the application of ductile cast iron for transport and storage casks for radioactive materials'. Based on these guidelines, higher stresses than before will be permissible, but it is necessary to put more effort into the safety assessment procedure. The fundamentals of such a proof using the methods of fracture mechanics are presented. The recommended procedure takes into account the guidelines of the IAEA's advisory material which are based on the prevention of crack initiation. Examples of BAM's research and safety assessment practices are given. Recommendations for further developments towards package designs with higher acceptable stress levels will conclude the paper.
Test installations for the examination of CASTOR casks at the BAM test centre technical safety
(2008)
BAM as competent German government institute for the mechanical and thermal testing of radioactive material transport and storage containers, operates unique drop and fire test facilities for experimental investigations on an open-air Test Centre Technical Safety.
To be able to perform even drop tests with full-scale spent fuel or HAW casks (i. e. the German CASTOR cask designs; CASTOR in the meantime in synonym for all other spent fuel cask designs) BAM constructed in 2004 a large drop test facility capable to handle 200 tons test objects, and to drop them onto a steel plate covered unyielding target with a mass of nearly 2600 tons. Drop testing of the 181 ton CONSTOR V/TC, the 127 ton MHI-MSF 69BG, a 1:2 scale model (CASTOR HAW TB2) and of cubic containers for radioactive waste disposal will briefly be presented. The experimental BAM drop testing activities can be supported also by drop testing of smaller packages (up to 2 tons) in an in-house test facility, and by dynamic, guided impact testing inside a new drop test machine. In May 2008 a new modern fire test facility was put into operation. The facility provides two test stands fired with liquid Propane. Testing in every case has to be completed by calculational investigations where BAM operates appropriate computer codes, e. g. ABAQUS, LS-Dyna, ANSYS and other analytical tools.
A management system based on international, national or other standards acceptable to the competent authority shall be established and implemented for all activities including design, manufacture, testing, documentation, use, maintenance, inspection in accordance with IAEA SSR-6. Hereby, quality assured testing and documentation can substantially contribute to the demonstration of package design compliance with the regulations. Nowadays, a drop test campaign within the approval process of packages for radioactive materials can be a very complex and extensive project including various test and measurement techniques. On this basis of procedures and documents the experimental tests of packages and containers are performed with quality proofed results and a high reliability. A complete traceability and direct transferability of package design test results can give particular importance to the type approval procedure.
Der Beitrag konzentriert sich auf bildgebende Messverfahren, die der dreidimensionalen Bestimmung mechanischer, geometrischer und kinematischer Parameter von Materialien und Bauteilen dienen. Das sind hier insbesondere die Mehrbildfotogrammetrie sowie die Stereomessverfahren, die auf folgenden physikalisch-optischen Grundlagen beruhen: die zeit- und raumveränderliche Projektion von Lichtstreifensystemen, die Bildkorrelation mittels Grauwertmustern und die Verfolgung kontrastreich applizierter Punkttargets. Letztendlich werden aus den gemessenen Punktkoordinaten unterschiedlicher Dichte und Belastungszustände die gewünschten 3D-Parameter abgeleitet. Hierzu gehören z. B. die Oberflächengestalt und deren Verformung, approximierte 3D-Geometrielemente, veränderliche 6DoF-Starrkörperorientierungen, Vektorverschiebungsfelder, Oberflächendehnung, Koordinaten-Zeit-Funktionen, Geschwindigkeit und Beschleunigung. Diese Kenngrößen sind beispielsweise für die Ermittlung mechanischer Werkstoffeigenschaften und -kennwerte bis hin zur Form- und Verformungsmessung von Bauteilen in gezielt quasi-statisch oder dynamisch beanspruchenden Prüfeinrichtungen wichtig. Vorteilhaft für die praktische Anwendung dieser Verfahren ist insbesondere, dass sie berührungslos arbeiten, kombiniert werden können und skalierbar sind z. B. hinsichtlich Messvolumen, Auflösung, Genauigkeit und Koordinatensystemen der zu bestimmenden 3D-Punktkoordinaten an Materialoberflächen bzw. Komponenten.
Ausgehend von der Beschreibung der messtechnischen Prinzipien dieser Verfahren sollen zwei Anwendungsbeispiele aus dem Bereich der Gefahrgutbehäl-terprüfung im Rahmen von Bauartzulassungen und der normungsbegleitenden Mate-rialforschung den Stand in der Anwendungspraxis aufzeigen und einen Eindruck hinsichtlich der flexiblen Einsatzmöglichkeiten dieser optischen 3D-Verfahren verdeutlichen.
Three drop test campaigns have been performed with DN 30 Protective Structural Packaging (PSP) developed by DAHER NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES GmbH for the transport of natural, enriched and reprocessed uranium hexafluoride (up to 5 wt%) in 30B cylinders.
The mechanical prototype testing is intended to demonstrate that the package DN30 complies with regulatory requirements under normal and hypothetical accident conditions of transport (NCT, ACT) relevant to IF, AF and B(U)F packages, respectively.
The paper includes the results of the latest test campaign carried out in 2015-2016 at the drop test facility of BAM, Germany with new full scale prototypes of the DN30 PSP and 30B cylinders. Repetition of drop test sequences became necessary after changing to Polyisocyanurate foam as shock absorbing material with variable foam densities. Furthermore, the mechanical behavior of the UF6 content of the 30B cylinder is now simulated by a mixture of cement and steel grid as modified surrogate material; instead of small steel balls. The behavior of this new content simulation is assumed to be more realistic with respect to the properties of real UF6.
Three drop test campaigns have been performed with DN 30 Protective Structural Packaging (PSP) developed by DAHER NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES GmbH for the transport of natural, enriched and reprocessed uranium hexafluoride (up to 5 wt%) in 30B cylinders.
The mechanical prototype testing is intended to demonstrate that the package DN30 complies with regulatory requirements under normal and hypothetical accident conditions of transport (NCT, ACT) relevant to IF, AF and B(U)F packages, respectively.
The paper includes the results of the latest test campaign carried out in 2015-2016 at the drop test facility of BAM, Germany with new full scale prototypes of the DN30 PSP and 30B cylinders. Repetition of drop test sequences became necessary after changing to Polyisocyanurate foam as shock absorbing material with variable foam densities. Furthermore, the mechanical behavior of the UF6 content of the 30B cylinder is now simulated by a mixture of cement and steel grid as modified surrogate material; instead of small steel balls. The behavior of this new content simulation is assumed to be more realistic with respect to the properties of real UF6.
Proper predictions of the behaviour of shock absorber materials are of utmost importance in safety assessments for licensing casks for transport and storage of highly active waste. After having identified significant discrepancies between numerical results and the actual response of polyurethane foam limiters subjected to accidental scenarios, a new research project ENREA was established by BAM. A major objective is to enhance and to develop advanced material models intended to simulate limiters under impact loading. They should account for all major factors influencing the load–deformation relationship like temperature, strain rate and specific stress state. The corresponding test program, applicable plasticity models, the overall parameter identification strategy based on local and global optimization techniques as well as experimental and numerical results are presented here in particular for closed cell foams.
In the present study, ductile cast iron from an original DCI container with a wide variety of microstructure was
investigated in order to determine the materials fracture toughness under impact loading conditions. Three-point bending
specimens with thickness of 140 mm from a cubic DCI container were investigated at elevated loading rates to
provide reliable fracture toughness parameters for the assessment procedures. In contrast to static fracture behaviour,
the fracture toughness values of thick-walled DCI at higher loading rates show a remarkable reduction with decreasing
temperature up to 50 °C and a significant shift of the transition range. The lower bound fracture toughness value used
in the BAM DCI safety concept was confirmed for impact loading conditions by these fracture mechanics tests using
large specimens. These measurements are relevant to the licensing tests for storage containers without shock absorbers,
especially to the assessment of the dynamic behaviour of crack-like defects inside a cask structure under drop test conditions.
Using extensive dynamic numerical analyses it could be shown, that for special crack configurations the dynamic
crack tip parameter (KI, or J) may be estimated by static formulae even under mechanical impact. These results
of the safety assessment were verified according to the German Konrad repository acceptance criteria by a drop test
with a cubic waste container with artificial crack-like defects from 5 m height onto a representative storage facility
foundation.
Mechanical loading conditions of transport and storage casks for radioactive materials in accidental scenarios are highly affected by the behavior of both: the impact limiters and the footing materials. To minimize potential damages during the handling of casks, a so called damping concrete is frequently used for the footings in interim nuclear facilities. It obtains its shock absorbing properties through admixing of polymer cells. For a comprehensive mechanical evaluation of casks, advanced material models are also needed for damping concrete. In order to characterize the mechanical properties and to develop numerical material models, penetration tests were carried out at different test facilities of BAM. The tests contain static and dynamic penetration tests on cubic specimen with an edge length of 100 mm as well as mortared specimen with a size of 240 x 240 x 50 cm³. Indenters with different geometries and diameters were used for these model-sized penetration tests. Subsequently a full-scale cylindrical cast-iron indenter with a diameter of 110 cm was dropped of 5 m height on a realistic damping concrete footing.
For validation of structural integrity under normal and hypothetical accident conditions during transport and storage of radioactive material the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) focuses its safety related scientific research on advanced mechanical safety assessment methods including simulation of high rate impact of model components and structures. A drop and crash test facility with an unyielding target and a load capacity of 1.200 kg was designed for materials testing of component size specimen under impact conditions at elevated and higher loading rates. The maximum drop height is 12 meters which enables impact velocities up to 15 m/s. An exactly falling test object or drop weight allows impact, bending, compression as well as crash and crush tests with maximum input energy of 118 kJ. An arresting unit has been developed to avoid multiple impacts during instrumented drop tests. The paper presents experimental techniques and examples of various measurement methods and advancements in order to assess assumption of materials and components behavior by definite displacement and stresses within mechanical testing. Instrumented drop weight tests are performed to complete materials data base and energy absorption of shock-absorbing materials and structures as well as to implement materials and structural parameters into FEA of reference structures. Furthermore, fracture mechanics parameters of thick walled DCI containers by means of dynamic bending tests are characterized by crack initiation and crack resistance behavior at the lowest operational temperature depending on the strain rate.
Mechanical design assessment approaches of actual spent fuel and HLW transport package designs
(2010)
Mechanical design assessment approaches of actual spent fuel and HLW transport package designs
(2010)
Leakage testing during lateral displacement of metallic seals under mechanical accident impact
(2013)
BAM is the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing and the competent authority for mechanical and thermal safety assessment of transport packages for spent fuel and high level waste. In context with safety assessment of RAM packages BAM performed numerous drop tests in the last decades. The tests were mostly accompanied by extensive and various measurement techniques especially by instrumented measurements with strain gages and accelerometers.
The procedure of drop testing and the resulting measurement analysis are the main methods to evaluate the safety against mechanical test conditions. Measurement techniques are dedicated to answer questions in regard to the structural integrity of a RAM package, the mechanical behavior of the prototype as well as of its content under impact conditions.
Test results like deceleration-time functions constitute a main basis for the validation of assumptions in the safety analysis and for the evaluation of numerical calculations. In this context the adequate selection of accelerometers and measurement systems for the performance of drop tests is important. Therefore it is not only necessary to find suitable positions for the accelerometers at the test specimens, but also to consider technical boundary conditions as e.g. temperature.
Internal cask content collisions during drop test of transport casks for radioactive materials
(2013)
In transport casks for radioactive materials, significantly large axial and radial gaps between cask and internal content are often present because of certain specific geometrical dimensions of the content (e.g. spent fuel elements) or thermal reasons. The possibility of inner relative movement between content and cask will increase if the content is not fixed. During drop testing, these movements can lead to internal cask content collisions, causing significantly high loads on the cask components and the content itself. Especially in vertical drop test orientations onto a lid side of the cask, an internal collision induced by a delayed impact of the content onto the inner side of the lid can cause high stress peaks in the lid and the lid bolts with the risk of component failure as well as impairment of the leak tightness of the closure system. This paper reflects causes and effects of the phenomenon of internal impact on the basis of experimental results obtained from instrumented drop tests with transport casks and on the basis of analytical approaches. Furthermore, the paper concludes the importance of consideration of possible cask content collisions in the safety analysis of transport casks for radioactive materials under accident conditions of transport.
This paper describes the analytical, numerical and experimental investigations on the phenomenon of
interactions between cask components and content of packages for the transport of radioactive material during drop
tests required according to the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material.
Radial and axial gaps between cask components and content are usually necessary for thermal reasons but larger
gaps can exist because of the geometrical dimensions of the specified content. Consequently interactions between
content and cask components (lid system, cask body, etc.) are possible and can not be excluded during drop tests.
Interactions in this context are relative movements between cask and content which are mainly due to elastic spring
effects after releasing the cask for the free drop. These relative movements can cause interior collisions between
content and cask during the main impact of the package onto the unyielding target.
Drop tests with various types of Type A and Type B packages fully instrumented with strain gauges and
accelerometers showed that these interactions respectively interior collisions can be considerable relating to high forces
acting on cask lids, lid bolts and the content. Of course the real quantitative consequences of the interactions depend
upon different conditions, among others the drop orientation, the design characteristics of the impact limiters, the
dimensions of the gaps, the material characteristics of the contents, etc. .
In order to investigate more precisely the phenomenon of interactions BAM carried out finite element
calculations for the named casks using the ABAQUS/ Standard and ABAQUS/ Explicit computer code comparing them
with results obtained from experiments. Additionally, tests with a simplified model instrumented with accelerometers
were carried out accompanied by finite element calculations and analytical calculations using MATHEMATICA.
The investigations on the mentioned phenomena of interaction show that they should be considered in approval design
tests and/ or calculations.
Instrumented measurements on radioactive waste disposal containers during experimental drop testing
(2011)
In context with disposal container safety assessment of containers for radioactive waste the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) performed numerous drop tests in the last years. The tests were accompanied by extensive and various measurement techniques especially by instrumented measurements with strain gages and accelerometers. The instrumentation of a specimen is an important tool to evaluate its mechanical behavior during impact. Test results as deceleration-time and strain-time functions constitute a main basis for the validation of assumptions in the safety analysis and for the evaluation of calculations based on finite-element methods. Strain gauges are useful to determine the time dependent magnitude of any deformation and the associated stresses. Accelerometers are widely used for the measuring of motion i.e. speed or the displacement of the rigid cask body, vibration and shock events. In addition high-speed video technique can be used to visualize and analyze the kinematical impact scenario by motion analysis. The paper describes some selected aspects on instrumented measurements and motion analysis in context with low level radioactive waste (LLW) container drop testing
The combination of tomographic, microstructural data with other experimental techniques and with modeling is paramount, if we want to extract the maximum amount of information on material and component properties. In particular, quantitative image analysis, statistical approaches, direct discretization of tomographic reconstructions represent concrete possibilities to extend the power of the tomographic 3D representation to insights into the material and component performance. This logic thread holds equally for industrial and academic research, and valorizes expensive experiments such as those carried out at synchrotron sources, which cannot be daily repeated. We shall show a few examples of possible use of X-ray tomographic data for quantitative assessment of damage evolution and microstructural properties, as well as for non-destructive testing. We will also show how X-ray refraction computed tomography (CT) can be highly complementary to classic absorption CT, being sensitive to internal interfaces.
For dangerous goods packagings, drop testing onto an essential unyielding target can be used to assess the mechanical resistance to impact loads. Adopted regulations like ADR/RID require that the impact surface provided shall be integral with a mass at least 50 times than that of the heaviest package to be tested. The problem is that many manufacturers do not possess impact targets that satisfy the required 50 times mass ratio for regulative drop tests during series production. The objective of this work is to verify existing and define improved criteria for impact target structures based on systematic investigations. Previous evidence highlights the relevance of other parameters in addition to the mass ratio. Therefore, in this research, a variation of drop test parameters was carried out experimentally. Furthermore, numerical vibration analysis was applied to investigate the deformability of the impact surface. The results conclude that the mass ratio of 1:50 cannot be defined as a decisive criterion. In order to determine the influence of further drop test parameters, the research findings were used to validate a parametric model which assesses impact target deflection. An approximation quality of over 90 % was achieved. As a result, new evaluation criteria are proposed. Firstly, a method for identifying critical impact target designs is provided. Secondly, a new comprehensive formula compares the approximated maximum deflection of a real impact target to the respective theoretical threshold derived from a worst-case assumption. In practice, this leads to great advantages in the evaluation of already installed impact targets for dangerous goods packagings.
For dangerous goods packagings, drop testing onto an essential unyielding target can be used to assess the mechanical resistance to impact loads. Adopted regulations like ADR/RID require that the impact surface provided shall be integral with a mass at least 50 times than that of the heaviest package to be tested. The problem is that many manufacturers do not possess impact targets that satisfy the required 50 times mass ratio for regulative drop tests during series production. The objective of this work is to verify existing and define improved criteria for impact target structures based on systematic investigations. Previous evidence highlights the relevance of other parameters in addition to the mass ratio. Therefore, in this research, a variation of drop test parameters was carried out experimentally. Furthermore, numerical vibration analysis was applied to investigate the deformability of the impact surface. The results conclude that the mass ratio of 1:50 cannot be defined as a decisive criterion. In order to determine the influence of further drop test parameters, the research findings were used to validate a parametric model which assesses impact target deflection. An approximation quality of over 90 % was achieved. As a result, new evaluation criteria are proposed. Firstly, a method for identifying critical impact target designs is provided. Secondly, a new comprehensive formula compares the approximated maximum deflection of a real impact target to the respective theoretical threshold derived from a worst-case assumption. In practice, this leads to great advantages in the evaluation of already installed impact targets for dangerous goods packagings.
At the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) full scale specimens for nuclear transport and storage containers (casks) are tested for their structural integrity in a series of drop tests on the Test Site Technical Safety in Horstwalde, 50 km south of Berlin. These drop tests cause a major stress not only on the casks, but also on the steel tower structure of the test facility, itself. The load pattern makes the structure very interesting for detailed investigation. The focus of the monitoring lies on the bolted joints of the flange connections that are a typical connection for cylindrical elements if welding is technical or economical unfavorable. The definition of the monitoring takes was done by investigating the existing documents and inspection results accompanied by building an initial digital representation of the structure, consisting of two finite element (FE) models and a geometrical 3D point cloud representation. As a first step the structures behavior during static and dynamic loading was analyzed using measurement data and an updated numerical FE Model. The idea behind is to use models for a digital planning and operation/evaluation of the structural health monitoring. A static FE simulation and a dynamic FE simulation are generated, to investigate how the structure behaves under the load conditions.
BAM safety related research of containers for radioactive material focuses on advanced mechanical safety assessment methods for verification of the structural integrity and leak tightness under normal conditions of transport and hypothetical accident conditions during transport and storage. An essentially unyielding target with a rigid surface is required for impact tests performed for package approval according to IAEA regulations. In addition to specification of a target, e.g. with a combined mass more than 10 times that of the specimen for drop tests, unyielding target characteristics have been investigated with various package designs and different impact tests. The unyielding target of the BAM drop test facility, a reinforced concrete block together with an embedded and anchored mild steel plate, provides relatively large mass and stiffness with respect to the packages being tested. For monitoring reasons accelerometers and strain gauges are embedded in the concrete block of the foundation at several positions. Additionally, dynamic impact responses like vibrations and rigid body motion can be measured by seismic accelerometers. The mechanical characterisation of the target's rigidity is based on experimental results from various drop tests. Test containers with weights of 181 000 kg, 127 000 kg and 8010 kg hit the target with velocities up to 13·5 m s-1 in the horizontal and vertical drop positions. The rigidity of the impact target can be demonstrated with experimental results confirmed by analytical approaches. Some conclusions can be drawn about experimental testing as well as analytical calculations in order to compare impact effects.
BAM is the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing and the competent authority for mechanical and thermal safety assessment of transport packages for spent fuel and high level waste. In context with safety assessment of RAM packages BAM performed numerous drop tests in the last decades. The tests were mostly accompanied by extensive and various measurement techniques especially by instrumented measurements with strain gages and accelerometers. The procedure of drop testing and the resulting measurement analysis are the main methods to evaluate the safety against mechanical test conditions. Measurement techniques are dedicated to answer questions in regard to the structural integrity of a RAM package, the mechanical behavior of the prototype as well as of its content under impact conditions.
Test results like deceleration-time functions constitute a main basis for the validation of assumptions in the safety analysis and for the evaluation of numerical calculations. In this context the adequate selection of accelerometers and measurement systems for the performance of drop tests is important. Therefore it is not only necessary to find suitable positions for the accelerometers at the test specimens, but also to consider technical boundary conditions as e.g. temperature.
Fire testing is an essential part of the hypothetical, cumulative mechanical and thermal test conditions that shall guarantee package safety in severe accidents. Within regulatory approval of transport or storage packages for radioactive material, specific thermal load tests are required in accordance to licensing conditions and international standards, respectively. The specifications of these thermal tests are based on test conditions with equivalent heat input to that of a hydrocarbon fuel fire. In the past, light heating oil, diesel or kerosene was mostly used as the fuel to generate the pool fire. In accordance with IAEA regulations for a fire in an accident, the temperature of 800 °C over a period of 30 minutes must be fulfilled. Furthermore, the delivery acceptance criteria for containers in nuclear waste repositories could reach for example average temperatures of 800 °C during a period of one hour in combination with defined requirements on activity release. BAM as a scientific and technical German federal government institute operates an open air Technical Safety Test Site for experimental investigations of dangerous good and its containment. In this areal a large fire test facility is under operation. Liquid Propane is utilized as fuel which is pumped via pipelines from a central storage tank to the fire exposed test facility areas. In the ring burner system, the gas is released from nozzles, and ignited by ignition burners. The paper includes examples of fire test performance with prototypes of a transport package and a storage container, respectively. In preparation of the thermal load, calorimeter tests have been performed using test specimens of appropriate size and behavior. For the fire test scenario is demonstrated that the IAEA thermal test requirements are fulfilled.
Fire testing is an essential part of the hypothetical, cumulative mechanical and thermal test conditions that shall guarantee package safety in severe accidents. Within regulatory approval of transport or storage packages for radioactive material, specific thermal load tests are required in accordance to licensing conditions and international standards, respectively. The specifications of these thermal tests are based on test conditions with equivalent heat input to that of a hydrocarbon fuel fire. In the past, light heating oil, diesel or kerosene was mostly used as the fuel to generate the pool fire. In accordance with IAEA regulations for a fire in an accident, the temperature of 800 °C over a period of 30 minutes must be fulfilled. Furthermore, the delivery acceptance criteria for containers in nuclear waste repositories could reach for example average temperatures of 800 °C during a period of one hour in combination with defined requirements on activity release. BAM as a scientific and technical German federal government institute operates an open air Technical Safety Test Site for experimental investigations of dangerous good and its containment. In this areal a large fire test facility is under operation. Liquid Propane is utilized as fuel which is pumped via pipelines from a central storage tank to the fire exposed test facility areas. In the ring burner system, the gas is released from nozzles, and ignited by ignition burners. The paper includes examples of fire test performance with prototypes of a transport package and a storage container, respectively. In preparation of the thermal load, calorimeter tests have been performed using test specimens of appropriate size and behavior. For the fire test scenario is demonstrated that the IAEA thermal test requirements are fulfilled.
Packagings for the transport of dangerous goods need to meet special requirements to get an approval. This includes free fall drop testing onto an essentially unyielding surface as a means to assess a package’s resistance to mechanical damage. A main requirement for drop tests is that the impact target’s mass shall be at least 50 times that of the heaviest package to be tested. Nevertheless, many manufacturers do not possess foundation structures with the required mass ratio. Previous evidence highlights that the mass ratio is not a decisive criterion on its own. Parameters such as the impact target foundation’s connection and the impulse experienced by the impacting object are essential as well. However, these factors are not easily verifiable since experimental measurements are not possible at most facilities. The objective of this work is to provide a detailed analysis on the interaction between impact target foundation and subgrade in dynamic impact testing using validated finite-element (FE) models. This research is highly beneficial for industrial application since it allows manufacturers to make informed predictions about the mechanical response of installed impact target foundations.
Methoden der Bauartprüfung und –zulassung von Behältern für radioaktive Stoffe, Sicherheitsnachweis von RAM –Behältern;
Versuchstechnische Anlagen der BAM für Gefahrgutverpackungen im Originalmaßstab; Durchführung experimenteller Untersuchungen mit Transport- und Lagerbehältern für radioaktive Stoffe; Fallprüfungen mit Prüfmustern und Modellbehältern; Beanspruchungsanalyse von Behälterkomponenten und Sicherheitsbewertung der Behälterkonstruktion; Vorstellung der BAM und des Testgeländes Technische Sicherheit