A New Process for the Acceleration Test and Evaluation of Aeromedical Equipment for U.S. Air Force Safe-To-Fly Certification

Abstract

Aeromedical flight equipment must meet airworthiness criteria according to Department of Defense Handbook MIL-HDBK-516, Airworthiness Certification Criteria, MIL-STD-810G, and MIL-STD- 1791, which requires restraint of any item that may potentially cause injury to personnel during emergency landings, an overwater ditching, or crash loads. Several government standards provide adequate descriptions of acceleration test methods; however, none formally documents a non-destructive test method to qualify equipment as safe-to-fly (STF). Using the USAF fixed-wing aircraft STF test criteria, this article presents a structured process developed by the Aeromedical Test Branch, 77th Aeronautical Systems Group, to assess equipment as STF. Further, it demonstrates the application of this process to meet the acceleration requirements for aeromedical evacuation equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA529302

Entities

People

  • Gary S. Beisner
  • Ismail Cicek

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Case Studies
  • Engineers
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Military Research
  • Performance Tests
  • Pull Tests
  • Sled Tests
  • Static Tests
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • Transport Aircraft

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