The Principles of Protection of the Human Body as Applied in a Restraining Harness for Aircraft Pilots

Abstract

A restraing harness for aircraft pilots has been developed which has successfully protected volunteers against 2500 foot-pounds delivered on the impact decelerator by dropping a 500 pound weight five feet. This impact force expended in 0.15 seconds on a dummy enclosed in a semi-rigid harness is featured by 10,000 pound peaks as measured by strain gages.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 1946
Accession Number
AD0740692

Entities

People

  • Harper K. Hellems
  • Howard R. Bierman
  • Russell M. Wilder Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abdomen
  • Absorption
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Energy
  • Gages
  • Health Services
  • Human Body
  • Impact Loads
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motion Pictures
  • Shoulder
  • Strain Gages
  • Volunteers

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Explosive Engineering.