Experimental validation of the Finite Element-Multibody model of a cryomodule during road transportation

The aim of the present activity is to test the Transportation Tooling (TT) designed for the Cryomodule SSR1 at Fermilab facilities. The tests consisted in road transportation trials of a cryomodule sub-assembly, suspended on a truck using the designed TT. The truck drove along a path inside Fermilab facilities. The trial was performed at an approximate speed of about 25 km/h, which is close to the transportation conditions of the complete Cryomodule. Several accelerometers were mounted on the Transportation Tooling frame and on the cryomodule subassembly. This allowed to compare the vibration behaviour of the inner frame of the TT with the solicitation coming from the truck loading bed, to assess the filtering capabilities of the tooling. Also, the acceleration of the main components could be monitored during the whole transportation, to obtain a validation of the developed numerical model.