- Author
- Elkins, W.
- Title
- Research on Instrumented Mannikin. First (1st) Monthly Progress Report. July 1, 1971-July 31, 1971.
- Coporate
- Aerotherm Corp.
- Sponsor
- AFSC Aeronautical Systems Div., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
- Report
- 1st Monthly Progress Report; Aerotherm Project 7051, 1971, 21 p.
- Contract
- F33657-71-C-1179
- Keywords
- mannequins | protective clothing | fire tests | data analysis | instruments | skin (human)
- Identifiers
- data acquisition
- Abstract
- The Research on Instrumented Mannikin Program is a 15-month effort which will yield two instrumented mannikins for use in fire test of protective clothing and their associated data acquisition and data reduction systems. This report covers progress from 1 July 1971 through 31 July 1971. Primary accomplishments for this reporting period were: 1. Acquiring background information through literature search in the areas of: a. skin simulants; b. physiological factors; c. data acquisition; d. mannikin art; e. materials selection; 2. Sources have been investigated for: a. data acquisition and reductions systems; b. mannikin systems; c. instrumentation systems; 3. Preliminary analysis of thermal characteristics of candidate materials and their similarity to human skin has been accomplished. 4. On-site observation of fire testing of protective clothing was accomplished on July 21-22, 1971. 5. A program kick-off meeting was held on July 21, 1971.