MEASURES OF PILOT RESPONSE TO A CHANGING THERMAL LOAD UNDER PROTECTED AND UNPROTECTED CONDITIONS

Abstract

A series of test exposures of pilot subjects to the simulated thermal environment of a very high performance aircraft cockpit are reported herein. The effectiveness of a current ventilated, full-pressure suit was tested in terms of its capability for successfully protecting the pilot subjects from the experimental temperature profile. Detailed physiological and performance data for the subjects under both test and control conditions are presented, as is a description of the numerous instrumentation problems posed by the dynamic simulation of cockpit thermal conditions. The tests were restricted to a rather small sample of subjects, but there are indications that some peculiar physiological reactions to changing temperature profile may set a different level of tolerance than that shown for steady temperature states.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 08, 1959
Accession Number
AD0834037

Entities

People

  • E. G. Aiken
  • R. C. Armstrong
  • W. L. Wu

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Arteries
  • Blood
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Environment
  • Health Services
  • Heart Rate
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Suits
  • Respiration
  • Safety Equipment
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Materials Science
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.