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.
Development of an energy absorbing passenger seat for the B-720 test aircraft
Aircraft engineering design - Design engineer''s problems are now ; 1985 ; Los Angeles, CA
1985-01-01
Conference paper
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English
Energy-Absorbing Passenger Seat for Aircraft
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