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The dynamic performance of a variety of seat cushion materials under vertical impact loads / D.R. Day.: D68-25/18-1988E-PDF

"A series of twenty-nine impacts using the HyGe Crash Simulator at the Impact Studies Facility of the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (DCIEM) was performed in order to determine the effectiveness of a variety of seat cushion materials in preventing spinal injuries during high accelerative loading. These commonly occur during helicopter crashes with relatively large vertical velocity components, hard landings of Schweizer training gliders, and ejections from jet aircraft"--Abstract, page iv.

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Department/Agency
  • Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (Canada), issuing body.
  • Canada. Department of National Defence, issuing body.
TitleThe dynamic performance of a variety of seat cushion materials under vertical impact loads / D.R. Day.
Series title
  • DCIEM ; No. 88-TR-53
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Defence Research and Development Canada].
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 10).
Publishing information
  • Downsview, Ontario : Defence Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Department of National Defence - Canada, December 1988.
Author / Contributor
  • Day, D. R., author.
Description1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : charts, illustration.
Catalogue number
  • D68-25/18-1988E-PDF
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