ARMOR PROTECTION FOR PILOT/COPILOT SEAT WITH CRASH SAFETY FEATURES FOR CH-47A HELICOPTER

Abstract

Pilot/copilot protected crash-safety seat was designed and manufactured. Optimum seat and torso protection was attempted. Detail load and stress analysis for accelerations of 20 g vertically and 45 g longitudinally and laterally was made. By using crushable honeycomb type material, an improved torso restraint system and a variable attenuation mechanism were adopted. The feasibility of using protection media as a load bearing structure was demonstrated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0610587

Entities

People

  • David F. Thompson
  • Philip Harper

Organizations

  • Boeing Rotorcraft Systems

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Armor Plate
  • Attenuation
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Engineering Drawings
  • Engineers
  • Fiberglass
  • Helicopters
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Pilot Seats
  • Safety
  • Stress Analysis
  • Stresses
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transportation

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  • Explosive Engineering.