An evaluation is made of the experimental results obtained in the 720B airliner flight crash testing of an energy-absorbing passenger seat design, which has been derived through modification of a standard three-passenger commercial aviation seat. The highly instrumented 720B aircraft was crashed at the end of a remotely controlled flight on a specially prepared, gravel-covered ground site. In order to limit acceleration upon impact, the seat tested had been designed and fabricated to collapse under a controlled load. The aircraft impact's shock pulse is absorbed by tubes which crush under load as axial columns.


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    Title :

    Development of an energy absorbing passenger seat for the B-720 test aircraft


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aircraft engineering design - Design engineer''s problems are now ; 1985 ; Los Angeles, CA


    Publication date :

    1985-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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