KINEMATICS NOMENCLATURE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL ACCELERATIONS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VESTIBULAR APPLICATIONS

Abstract

A mathematical nomenclature in the language of kinematics was formulated to provide precise, man-referenced identifications of the real accelerations comprising the basic vestibular stimuli and of certain selected vestibular response measures. The system is based on establishing anatomical landmarks in the form of three mutually orthogonal cardinal head axes and planes to which the magnitude and direction characteristics of both the acceleration stimuli and the vestibular responses can be referenced. Notation is provided to describe separately the resultant linear acceleration and the resultant angular acceleration arising in any force environment in terms of their components acting along and about, respectively, the three cardinal axes. The notation and application format of the nomenclature has application in the general acceleration physiology field as well as the vestibular area.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 08, 1966
Accession Number
AD0646581

Entities

People

  • Forma I. Niven
  • Manning J. Correia
  • W. C. Hixson

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Angular Motion
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Celestial Brightness
  • Centrifuges
  • Classification
  • Contractors
  • Ear
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Frequency
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Kinematics
  • Nomenclature
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.