For medical reasons, astronauts in space need to have their mass measured. Currently, this measurement is performed using a mass-spring system. The current system is large, inaccurate, and uncomfortable for the astronauts. NASA is looking for new, different, and preferably better ways to perform this measurement process. After careful analysis our design team decided on a linear acceleration process. Within the process, four possible concept variants are put forth. Among these four variants, one is suggested over the others. The variant suggested is that of a motor-winch system to linearly accelerate the astronaut. From acceleration and force measurements of the process combined Newton's second law, the mass of an astronaut can be calculated.
Proposal for an Astronaut Mass Measurement Device for the Space Shuttle
1994
50 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Technology , Stress Physiology , Aerospace medicine , Astronauts , Body fluids , Body weight , Density (Mass/volume) , Equations of motion , Gravitational effects , Human factors engineering , Linear accelerators , Physiological effects , Weightlessness , Angular momentum , Calibrating , Loads (Forces) , Space shuttles , Ullage
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