U.S.N. Procedures for Testing the Breathing Characteristics of Open Circuit Scuba Regulators

Abstract

Military Specifications, MIL-R-24169A (Single-Hose) and MIL-R-19558A (Double-Hose) list the specifications which open-circuit SCUBA regulators proposed for U.S. Naval service must meet. The Navy Experimental Diving Unit is the government agency which tests the breathing resistance characteristics of proposed SCUBA regulators for conformance with the applicable military specification. The procedures and standards used by NAVXDIVINGU in the testing of open-circuit SCUBA regulators and their relation to the appropriate military specifications are described. Also discussed are changes being proposed in those procedures and standards and changes recommended in the Military Specifications themselves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 11, 1973
Accession Number
ADA002726

Entities

People

  • Stephen D. Reimers

Organizations

  • United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Pressure
  • Breathing Apparatus
  • Flowmeters
  • Gases
  • High Pressure
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Regulators
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Regulators
  • Resistance
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Transducers

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