C-130J Breathing Resistance Study

Abstract

C-130J Program Office requested a study to determine if long breathing hoses (18 feet, 24 feet, and 30 feet) would meet the breathing resistance standards noted in Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC) Air Standard 61/101/6A, "Minimum Physiological Requirements for Aircrew Demand Breathing Systems." The aircraft oxygen system, including CRU-73 oxygen regulator and MBU-20/P oxygen mask, was setup at the On-Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS) Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB OH. The mask pressure data were compared to the mask pressure requirements for breathing resistance in the Air Standard. The study revealed the long breathing hose configurations did not provide acceptable breathing resistance in a significant majority of test conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2016
Accession Number
ADA636906

Entities

People

  • George W. Miller

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude Chambers
  • Breathing Gases
  • Chambers
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Ground Level
  • Oxygen Masks
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Regulators
  • Resistance
  • Respiration
  • Standardization
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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