Crush Testing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The dynamic crush test is required in the certification testing of some small Type B transportation packages. International Atomic Energy Agency regulations state that the test article must be “subjected to a dynamic crush test by positioning the specimen on the target so as to suffer maximum damage.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Transportation Technologies Group performs testing of Type B transportation packages, including the crush test, at the National Transportation Research Center in Knoxville, Tennessee (United States). This paper documents ORNL’s experiences performing crush tests on several different Type B packages.