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NASA General Aviation Crashworthiness Seat Development
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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.
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Fasanella, E. and Alfaro-Bou, E., "NASA General Aviation Crashworthiness Seat Development," SAE Technical Paper 790591, 1979, https://doi.org/10.4271/790591.Also In
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