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INTRODUCTION
Federal regulations allow package designers to use analysis, testing, or a combination of
analysis and testing to support certification of packages used to transport hazardous or
radioactive materials. In recent years, many certified packages were subjected to a
combination of analysis and testing. A major part of evaluating structural or thermal
package response is the collection, reduction and presentation of instrumentation
measurement data. Sandia National Laboratories, under the sponsorship of the U.S.
Department of Energy, has developed a comprehensive analysis and plotting package
(known as KAPP) that performs digital signal processing of both transient structural and
thermal data integrated with a comprehensive plotting package designed to support
radioactive material package testing.
The host of data analysis software packages currently available on the market, as well as
those currently in use at Sandia National Laboratories, are typically constrained by their
ease of use or their limited plotting capabilities. KAPP was developed to meet the needs
for a documented and verified computer code with enhanced capabilities tailored for use in
supporting testing of radioactive and hazardous material packages. In all cases the user of
any data analysis software package must have the experience and background to correctly
process the collected data. Many of the available packages evaluated during the initial
phase of this program constrained the user with awkward syntax and undesirable user
interfaces. The KAPP data analysis package was designed as a user friendly software
package that guides the user through the steps necessary to perform complex data analysis.
This includes the use of a graphical interface allowing for easy selection of data elements,
functions as well as an intuitive interface that graphically represents the selection of
algorithms and process flow.
The analysis package uses a graphical interface that simplifies the operation and usage of
the software. The window based software uses a simple mouse driven means of producing
data analysis functional paths and easily allows changes to these paths and reevaluation of
the experimental data sets. The analysis package contains options to output data in single ort
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Ludwigsen, J. S.; Uncapher, W. L.; Arviso, M.; Lattier, C. N.; Hankinson, M. & Cannone, D. J. The development of a digital signal processing and plotting package to support testing of hazardous and radioactive material packages, article, December 31, 1995; Albuquerque, New Mexico. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc624981/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.