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DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Number: EZFC-CSB-16-001
Date: 28 Nov 2016
Subject: USAF Revision of MIL-HDBK-516C section 9.1.1Escape system
safety compatibility criteria standard; supporting data and legacy criteria.
References:
Parr, Jeffrey, “A Method to Develop Neck Injury Criteria to Aid Design and Test of
Escape Systems Incorporating Helmet Mounted Displays,” AFIT/DS/ENV/14-01.
Rowson, Steven and Duma, Stefan, “Brain Injury Prediction: Assessing the
Combined Probability of Concussion Using Linear and Rotational Head
Acceleration,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, No.5, May 2013.
Gennarelli, Thomas & Wodzin, Elaine, editors, “Abbreviated Injury Scale 2005,
Updated 2008,” Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Oct
2008.
Joint Service Specification Guide, 2010-11, Crew Systems Emergency Egress
Handbook, 30 Oct 1998.
Joint Service Specification Guide, 2010-12, Deployable Aerodynamic Decelerator
Handbook, 30 Oct 1998.
Background:
Airworthiness change notice 516CN-5 implements updates to the Air Force
standard for airworthiness criteria in section 9.1.1 of MIL-HDBK-516. In order to
accommodate the format of MIL-HDBK-516 and associated templates much of
the supporting data for the new criteria could not be included directly in the
document. Consequently it is being presented in this bulletin, below, in section 1.
In addition, there was a desire to present legacy criteria for instances where
minor modifications may be made to legacy systems, which do not justify the
Crew Systems Bulletin
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