Aircraft Crash Survival Design Guide. Volume 5. Aircraft Postcrash Survival

Abstract

This five-volume document has been assembled to assist design engineers in understanding the problems associated with the development of crashworthy U.S. Army aircraft. Contained herein are not only a collection of available information and data pertinent to aircraft crashworthiness but suggested design conditions and criteria as well. The five volumes cover the following topics: (1) Design Criteria and Checklists; (2) Aircraft Crash Environment and Human Tolerance; (3) Aircraft Structural Crashworthiness; (4) Aircraft Seats, Restraints, and Litters; and (5) Aircraft Postcrash Survival. This volume (Volume V) contains information on the aircraft postcrash environment and design techniques that can be used to reduce postcrash hazards. Topics include the postcrash fire environment, crashworthy fuel systems, ignition source control, fire behavior of interior materials, ditching survival, emergency escape, and crash locator beacons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA082513

Entities

People

  • N. B. Johnson
  • S. H. Robertson

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion Products
  • Fuselages
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Safety Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft

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  • Aerospace Engineering
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