NASA General Aviation Crashworthiness Seat Development

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 pro...

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Published in:	SAE transactions Vol. 88; pp. 2075 - 2085
Main Authors:	Fasanella, Edwin L., Alfaro-Bou, Emilio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, INC 01-01-1979
Subjects:	Aircraft Aircraft pitch Computer graphics Crashworthiness General aviation Light aircraft Passengers Pelvis Sleds Speed
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