Human Crashworthiness and Crash Load Limits

Abstract

The assessment of the hazard to a crewmember in a potential aircraft crash requires information about human tolerance to mechanical forces, a method for the identification and evaluation of the contributing factors to potential injury in a crash and a means of estimating the environmental forces on an occupant and the resultant responses of the occupant. Results of research in the US Air Force in these three areas are discussed. Specifically, 1) the rationale for and formulation of a dynamic response six degree-of-freedom whole body impact tolerance specification, 2) a detailed head-spine structural mechanics and a vehicle occupant gross motion rigid body dynamics model and their areas of applicability in crash analysis, and 3) features of the newly developed US Air Force Advanced Dynamic Anthropomorphic Manikin (ADAM) are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADP005814

Entities

People

  • Henning E. Von Gierke
  • James W. Brinkley

Organizations

  • Armstrong Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Body Regions
  • Bone Fractures
  • Connective Tissue
  • Corporations
  • Dynamic Response
  • Ejection
  • Ejection Seats
  • Joints (Anatomy)
  • Mechanical Structure
  • Probability
  • Spinal Column
  • Spine
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Theoretical Analysis.