Construction features of energy-absorbing seats used in the armored and aviation vehicles

Abstract

The article provides an overview of energy-absorbing seats, used in the armored and aviation vehicles since the 60s of the twentieth century till the present day. There were shown some different types of energy-absorbing elements used in seats. Constructions of mine seats developed at scientific technical center “Spetstekhnika” of Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering (MAMI) were presented.

Keywords

armored vehicles / vertical overloads / injury prevention of crew / energy-absorbing seat / energy-absorbing element

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Kulakov N.A., Gavrilov E.V.