DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND PROPOSAL FOR ARMY RESPIRATORS

Abstract

Civilian and military respirators must, for the most part, be functionally similar. However, the environments in which military respirators must operate, impose additional and more severe requirements on their mechanical design. The functional design requirements for military-type respirators are discussed in this report. Two fluid amplifier circuits, one for a pressure-cycled and the second for a volume cycled respirator, are described and discussed. The results of the initial in vitro tests on the first prototypes suggest that they can satisfy the predicated design requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 22, 1964
Accession Number
AD0450049

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People

  • Henrik H. Straub

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Flow
  • Air Pressure
  • Amplifiers
  • Biological Sciences
  • Control Knobs
  • Control Systems
  • Environment
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluidic Amplifiers
  • Gas Flow
  • Government Procurement
  • Health Services
  • Resistance
  • Respiration
  • Respiratory Physiological Phenomena

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  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design