Three load limiting seat concepts for general aviation aircraft designed to lower the deceleration of the occupant in the event of a crash were sled tested and evaluated with reference to a standard seat. Dummy pelvis accelerations were reduced up to 50 percent with one of the concepts. Computer program MSOMLA (Modified Seat Occupant Model for Light Aircraft) was used to simulate the behavior of a dummy passenger in a NASA full-scale crash test of a twin engine light aircraft. A computer graphics package MANPLOT was developed to pictorially represent the occupant and seat motion. (Wassmann)


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    Title :

    NASA general aviation crashworthiness seat development


    Additional title:

    Die Entwicklung eines aufpralldaempfenden Sitzes fuer die Verkehrsluftfahrt durch die NASA


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    11 Seiten, 17 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 15 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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