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Crash Tests of Protective Airplane FloorsEnergy-absorbing floors reduce structural buckling and impact forces on occupants. 56-page report discusses crash tests of energy-absorbing aircraft floors. Describes test facility and procedures; airplanes, structural modifications, and seats; crash dynamics; floor and seat behavior; and responses of anthropometric dummies seated in airplanes. Also presents plots of accelerations, photographs and diagrams of test facility, and photographs and drawings of airplanes before, during, and after testing.
Document ID
19860000288
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
Authors
Carden, H. D.
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0145-319X
Subject Category
Machinery
Report/Patent Number
LAR-13414
Accession Number
86B10288
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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