Accession Number:

ADA114652

Title:

Pulmonary Function Measures before and after Exposure of Human Subjects to +G(z) and +G(x) Acceleration Loads.

Descriptive Note:

Phase rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER WARMINSTER PA AIRCRAFT AND CREW SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Hendler,Edwin

Report Date:

1981-09-28

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

Baseline dynamic lung volume measurements were determined on four subjects seated upright or reclined, both with and without inflation of an anti-G suit AGS. Additional measurements were made before and after exposing the subjects to double acceleration pulses using the NADC Dynamic Flight Simulator. During the acceleration exposures, the subjects were either seated upright or were reclined they wore an inflated AGS and either did or did not perform the M-1 maneuver. Acceleration pulses lasted 20 or 40s, and ranged in magnitude from 3 to 7 G. The effects of body position, G-protective clothing, and acceleration exposure on pulmonary function measures derived from flow-volume loops are described.

Descriptors:

• *G suits
• *Pulmonary function
• Acceleration
• Exposure(Physiology)
• Inflating
• Measurement
• Lung
• Volume

Subject Categories:

• Stress Physiology
• Protective Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE