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Investigations of the Performance of Ejection Seat Cushions for Safety and Comfort
Technical Paper
2005-01-3263
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Two series of tests were conducted to investigate the performance of ejection seat cushions for safety and comfort, respectively. In the safety study, seven operational and prototype cushions were tested on the vertical deceleration tower, where the cushions were placed between the seat pan and the occupant (a 50th percentile Hybrid III manikin) and subjected to +Gz impact at 8, 10, and 12 g, respectively. In the comfort investigation, twenty volunteer subjects (12 females and 8 males) with a range of anthropometry were tested on four operational and prototype cushions over eight-hour durations. The safety performance of a cushion is evaluated by the impact transmissibility from the carriage acceleration to the peak lumbar load, whereas the sitting comfort performance is assessed in terms of the peak contact pressure and subjective survey data.
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Cheng, Z. and Pellettiere, J., "Investigations of the Performance of Ejection Seat Cushions for Safety and Comfort," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-3263, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-3263.Also In
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