Abstract
AbstractIn Germany, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is the competent authority for the mechanical and thermal design safety assessment of transport packages for radioactive material according to IAEA regulations. The combination of experimental and numerical safety proof forms the basis for a state of the art evaluation concept. Reduced scale models are often used in experimental investigation for design assessment of transport packages corresponding to IAEA regulations. This approach is limited by the fact that a reduced scale model cask can show different behaviours from a full scale cask. The paper focuses on the peculiarities of wood filled impact limiter of reduced scale models. General comments on drop testing with reduced scale models are given, and the relevant paragraphs of the IAEA regulations and Advisory Material are analysed. Possible factors likely to influence the energy absorbing capacity of wood filled impact limiting devices are identified on the basis of s...
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