Your Space Suit and You-Significance of Manloading in Pressure Suit Design 851334
Design load values are a prime consideration in space suit design. Pressurized garment assemblies can be accurately modeled as a cylindrical shell under pressure to determine the resulting pressure loads. But, the resulting longitudinal loads are not a complete picture of the load environment. The man induced loads generally act longitudinally and are very often the larger loads the space suit restraint system must withstand.
This paper presents the data collected to fill out the human strength data base in the glove area along with a short description of how this data was collected. Also, a description of how this data was used in the design and flight certification of the current Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit space suit is included along with a discussion of techniques to extend this model to include future space suit design.
Citation: Rouen, M. and Gray, R., "Your Space Suit and You-Significance of Manloading in Pressure Suit Design," SAE Technical Paper 851334, 1985, https://doi.org/10.4271/851334. Download Citation
Author(s):
Michael Rouen, Robert Gray
Pages: 16
Event:
Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1985 Transactions-V94-85
Related Topics:
Restraint systems
Pressure
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