An Assessment of Simplified Methods To Determine Damage From Ship-to-Ship Collisions·

Year
1995
Author(s)
M.B. Parks - Sandia National Laboratories, USA
D.J. Ammerman - Sandia National Laboratories
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85.PDF2 MB
Abstract
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is studying the safety of shipping radioactive materials (RAM) by sea, the SeaRAM project (McConneJI et a!. 1995), which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The project is concerned with the potential effects of ship collisions and fires on onboard RAM packages. Existing methodologies are being assessed to determine their adequacy to predict the effect of ship coJlisions and fires on RAM packages and to estimate whether or not a given accident might lead to a release of radioactivity. The eventual goal is to develop a set of validated methods, which have been checked by comparison with test data and/or detailed finite element analyses, for predicting the consequences of ship coJlisions and fires. These methods could then be used to provide input for overall risk assessments of RAM sea transport. The emphasis of this paper is on methods for predicting effects of ship collisions.