AS5385C Cargo Restraint Straps - Design Criteria and Testing Methods
Reaffirmed
11/26/2012
- Features
- Issuing Committee
- Content
- This Standard aims at identifying the design criteria and testing methods adequate to guarantee the ultimate load and operational dependability of cargo restraint strap assemblies with a typical 22,250 N (5,000 lbf) rated ultimate tension load capability, as used by the airline industry in order to restrain on board civil transport aircraft during flight:
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a
cargo loaded and tied down onto airworthiness certified air cargo pallets, themselves restrained into aircraft lower deck or main/upper deck cargo systems and meeting the requirements of NAS 3610 or AS36100, or
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b
non-unitized individual pieces of cargo, or pieces of, cargo placed onto an unrestrained (“floating”) pallet into either lower deck or main deck containerized cargo compartments of an aircraft.
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a
- Content
- AS5385C has been reaffirmed to comply with the SAE five-year review policy.
- Pages
- 21
- Citation
- SAE International Technical Standard, Cargo Restraint Straps - Design Criteria and Testing Methods, SAE Standard AS5385C, Reaffirmed November 2012, Revised January 2007, Issued September 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/AS5385C.