Investigation of the Effects of Restraint Design Variations on Human Responses to Impact

Abstract

Design criteria that are available for the development of personnel restraint systems are frequently based upon individual judgment or limited testing with anthropometric dummies or the precedence of existing operational equipment designs. Recent United States Air Force (USAF) accident investigation findings have focused attention upon the fact that the design criteria are, in some cases, not supported data that are based upon human test results. Increasing cost of equipment changes make it vital that requirements for such changes and the guidance provided for personnel protective equipment design be fully substantiated by adequate data. In view of this situation, the Aerospace Medical Research laboratory (AMRL) has initiated an experimental research program to investigate the influence of specific, fundamental restraint system design configuration variations on human inertial and kinematic responses to impact acceleration. There variations include the mechanical properties of harness materials, shoulder harness and lap belt attachment geometry, and restraint harness configuration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA459796

Entities

People

  • J. H. Powers
  • James H. Raddin Jr.
  • James W. Brinkley

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accident Investigations
  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Biomedical Research
  • Body Weight
  • Carriages
  • Cells
  • Design Criteria
  • Impact Acceleration
  • Impact Loads
  • Load Cells
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Protective Equipment
  • Shoulder
  • United States

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space