An Engineering Study of the Requirements for an Acceleration Facility for Bio-Engineering Research and the Feasibility of Establishing Such in the Atlanta Area.
Abstract
This study has revealed a definite interest in acceleration research at Georgia Tech and identified potential participants in the Navy's program to determine human dynamic response to impact acceleration. The program has been recognized as one which is in the area of bioengineering and would contribute to the development and growth of this area of major thrust at Georgia Tech. Research and educational opportunities have been determined and are found to be consistent with the mission of Georgia Tech. Through the cooperative efforts of Emory University's Medical School and Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, interinstitutional collaboration was realized in conducting this study. Potential participating departments at Emory University were identified and, in particular, the role of the Primate Center in the Navy's program was formulated. A plan for early acquisition and operation of a commercially available accelerator on the Georgia Tech campus was outlined, and a cooperative research effort with the Primate Center which would contribute to the Navy's impact acceleration program was suggested. Although the research effort thus described would advance the Navy's program to determine human dynamic response to impact acceleration, the accelerator would not be capable of providing all of the impact acceleration parameters specified by the Navy. In the course of this study, the School of Aerospace Engineering developed a conceptual design for an accelerator which satisfies all of the Navy's specifications. Based on this development the A. E. School proposed a program to design and construct the accelerator and to undertake the operation of the facility. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0877254
Entities
People
- Harold Warner
- Jesse D. Walton Jr.
- Samuel B. Chyatte
- Wilfred H. Horton
Organizations
- Georgia Tech