Establishing a Spinal Injury Criterion for Military Seats

Abstract

Currently, military specifications require use of an acceleration-time criterion to assess the physiological acceptability of crash resistant seats and restraint systems. With the evolution of crash test dummies which now exhibit great bio-fidelic performance, military researchers are considering "direct force" measurements taken within the Hybrid III anthropomorphic test device (ATD) as an alternate evaluation criterion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA446138

Entities

People

  • Ann Schoenbeck
  • Estrella Forster
  • Leon Domzalski
  • Martin Rapaport

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Ejection Seats
  • Escape Systems
  • Load Cells
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Spinal Column
  • Spinal Injuries
  • Spine
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Materials Science
  • Theoretical Analysis.