Accession Number:

ADA142806

Title:

Simulated Crash Decelerations in a Light Aircraft Cabin,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH LABS MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA)

Personal Author(s):

• Sarrailhe,S. R.

Report Date:

1983-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

A light aircraft cabin containing a seat and anthropometric dummy was subjected to a vertical deceleration to simulate a minor crash. Several alternatives seats were used, all typical of those in light aircraft. The tests showed that with most seats a moderate rate of desert 5 ms could produce potentially injurious forces in the spine, but one seat limited the forces to a safe value. Author

Descriptors:

• *AIRCRAFT SEATS
• *CRASHWORTHINESS
• *AIRCRAFT CABINS
• SIMULATION
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY
• STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
• TEST METHODS
• HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• AVIATION ACCIDENTS
• LIGHTWEIGHT
• SURVIVAL(PERSONNEL)
• AVIATION SAFETY
• AUSTRALIA

Subject Categories:

• Aircraft
• Safety Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE