This document provides general information about the Latin NCAP initiative which aims to provide consumers across the Latin American & Caribbean region with independent and impartial safety assessments of new cars; encourage manufacturers to improve the safety performance of the vehicles they...

Many structural components designed to support static loads must also demonstrate the ability to withstand low probability events that can produce impact loading. For some constructs the structure is not only subjected to the initial impact, but is also subjected to rebound impacts as well. In...

The CTH Eulerian hydrocode, and the SPHINX smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code were used to model a shock tube, two long rod penetrations into semi-infinite steel targets, and a long rod penetration into a spaced plate array. The results were then compared to experimental data. Both SPHINX...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approves new package designs for shipping fissile quantities of UF{sub 6}. Currently there are three packages approved by the NRC for domestic shipments of fissile quantities of UF{sub 6}: NCI-21PF-1; UX-30; and ESP30X. For approval by the NRC, packages must...

Measurements made by a penetrator structure penetration of some medium may not measure the penetration environment directly. In general, the measurements quantify the penetrator`s structural response to the penetrator force environment. This paper reports laboratory testing and analysis...