Have you ever felt nauseous reading a book in the back seat of a car? Did you ever wake up from a deep sleep feeling disoriented? Momentary incidents like these happen when the sensory systems that track the body’s orientation in space become confused.

LED Illumination in Simulation and Training

TBMG-19464

03/01/2014

Since its inception, projection has been the dominant technology for displaying large, high-resolution images. Over the years, projectors have evolved to keep pace with advances in computer graphics and video sources, following the trends toward ever higher resolutions and ever larger screens.

Training Program Guidelines for Deicing/Anti-Icing of Aircraft on Ground

ARP5149B (Historical)11/06/2013

G-12T Training and Quality Programs Committee

Intelligent Predictive Cruise Control Application Analysis for Commercial Vehicles based on a Commercial Vehicles Usage Study

2013-01-902210/20/2013

With the introduction of advanced digital road maps, which include information on the slope and curve radius of the highways, predictive control for standard and hybrid commercial vehicles, based on these maps, is about to be released by the vehicle manufacturers. For example, intelligent predictive cruise control has been announced for introduction in 2012 by Scania and Daimler. In addition, hybrid commercial city buses like MAN's Lion's City Hybrid have already been implemented. But the question remains about the type of vehicle suitable for the implementation of predictive intelligent concepts, due to the high investment cost compared to the sometimes relatively low operating cost savings. This study analyses usage and performance data collected from approximately 20,000 commercial vehicles, which include long distance trucks, distribution trucks, city buses and coaches, in order to answer the question which vehicle types should be equipped with intelligent predictive cruise control

Kock, Peter, Ordys, Andrzej, Collier, Gordana, Weller, Ralf

Aircraft Crash Axes

AIR5401A (Current)09/19/2013

This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) provides information demonstrating the need for establishing design and performance standards for aircraft crash axes.

S-9A Safety Equipment and Survival Systems Committee

Stowage of Flight Crew's Survival Emergency and Miscellaneous Equipment

ARP4101/6A (Current)07/18/2013

This document recommends general specifications for the location, accessibility and restraint for those items of survival, emergency, and miscellaneous equipment which are intended to be used by the flight crew, and which are stowed on or near the flight deck.

S-7 Flight Deck Handling Qualities Stds for Trans Aircraft

Molex

13OFHD0613_0206/13/2013

Autonomous equipment positioned to be next disruptive technology Designed to be faster and more agile than an operator relying on his five senses, unmanned vehicles and equipment are quickly gaining traction in the military, agricultural, and commercial sectors. Design engineers are tasked with developing and specifying the right blend of technologies to most effectively do so. Leveraging the mechatronic equivalents of vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, autonomous vehicles basically mimic the complex network of physiological sensory input and responses a trained driver, operator, or pilot displays when manning a vehicle.

Prescott, Dan

Commercial Vehicle Skid Distance Testing and Analysis

2013-01-077104/08/2013

Between June 2000 and September 2008 the University of North Florida, Institute of Police Technology and Management (UNF, IPTM) performed over 200 deceleration tests on over 70 commercial vehicles in a variety of configurations including various vehicle types, load conditions, and tests with and without the ABS system activated. The vehicle types tested were tractor w/van type trailer, tractor only (bobtail), straight box/service trucks, dump trucks, fire trucks, concrete mixing trucks, double trailers, articulated tankers, school and metro buses and articulated flatbeds. Vehicles were instrumented to record selected system performance parameters such as brake canister pressure rise, vehicle speed, position at brake pedal application, vehicle acceleration, etc. This paper reviews and summarizes the stopping distance data from these tests and provides insight into commercial vehicle stopping distance, drag factor for all of the tested vehicles and configurations. It will also look at

Bedsworth, Kevin, Butler, Robert, Rogers, Gary, Breen, Kevin, Fischer, William

High-Pressure Systems Suppress Fires in Seconds

TBMG-1625604/01/2013

Orbital Technologies Corp. (ORBITEC) of Madison, WI, has been a longtime NASA partner, working with the Agency on numerous projects, many through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. ORBITEC collaborated with Marshall Space Flight Center to develop products such as a cool-wall vortex combustion chamber that represents a new method of rocket engine design. By feeding liquid or gas oxidizer into the combustion chamber in a manner that generates a swirling vortex flow, the design confines the mixing and burning of the propellant to the core of the chamber, keeping the walls free from volatile thermal stresses. ORBITEC applied this innovation to an advanced vortex hybrid rocket engine that combines solid and liquid fuel to power a low-cost, highly reliable, and versatile propulsion option.

Crew Rest Container for Main Deck or Lower Deck

ARP4769B (Current)01/03/2013

This document provides information about regulations and gives recommendation for the design of ULD - type main deck and lower deck mobile crew rest containers to be transported in aircraft equipped with a Class II restraint system as defined by NAS 3610.

AGE-2 Air Cargo

Washington - California Low-Emission Motor Vehicle Standards

RS-BNA-DEC_12_0912/19/2012

Final rule of the Department of Ecology amends regulations under WAC 173-423-010 through -120 (nonconsecutive) to incorporate by reference revisions to the California clean car regulations to maintain consistency with the California motor vehicle emission standards and compliance with federal law. The rule addresses the option for manufacturers to use new federal motor vehicle greenhouse gas standards to show compliance with California's greenhouse gas limits, includes the option for manufacturers to show how they meet greenhouse gas limits across multiple states in lieu of state-by-state compliance, and updates onboard diagnostic system requirements for diesel engines. The rule also eliminates reporting requirements for emission-related equipment and required corrective action repealed by California in 2008, clarifies the emergency vehicle exemption, and updates vehicle labeling requirements. The rule is effective Dec. 29, 2012. Contact: Neill Caudill; Department of Ecology; (360-407

Installation and Stowage Provisions for Emergency Equipment in the Transport Aircraft Passenger Cabin

ARP997D (Current)08/30/2012

The recommendations cover stowage of all portable cabin emergency equipment, including: a Oxygen bottles/units b Oxygen masks c Fire extinguishers d Protective breathing equipment (PBE) e First aid kits f Emergency/expanded medical kits and pouches g Megaphones h Flashlights i Life rafts j Survival kits k Life preservers l Flotation seat cushions m Emergency locator transmitters (ELT) n Automatic external defibrillators (AED) o Resuscitation/life support equipment

S-9B Cabin Interiors and Furnishings Committee

ER Doc, Sandia Engineer Join Forces to Develop Better Trauma Shears

TBMG-1409407/01/2012

An Albuquerque physician teamed with a Sandia National Laboratories engineer to improve the design of doctors' trauma shears so emergency personnel can get to the injuries they need to treat more quickly. “Sometimes seconds count. This product will make a difference for the medical community,” said Mark Reece of Sandia’s Multiscale Metallurgical Science & Technology group. “It’s neat to see something come out of Sandia that will save lives.”

Federal - Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines/Emergency Vehicles

RS-BNA-JUN_12_0406/08/2012

Proposed rule of the EPA amends regulations under 40 CFR 85, 86, and 1039 to revise the heavy-duty diesel engine programs to allow engine manufacturers to request EPA approval of modifications to emissions control systems on new and in-use engines sold for use only in emergency vehicles. The rule is intended to enable emergency vehicles, such as dedicated ambulances and fire trucks, to perform mission-critical work without risk that abnormal conditions of the emissions control systems could lead to loss of power, speed, or torque. The rule also adds provisions specifying emission-related maintenance and scheduled maintenance intervals for replenishment of consumable chemical reductant in connection with all motor vehicles and nonroad compression-ignition engines that use selective catalytic reduction technologies. In addition, the rule provides short-term relief from emission control performance inducements for any nonroad compression-ignition engine powered vehicles operating in

Expanding the Use of Aerial Downlinks

TBMG-1395206/01/2012

Today, airborne downlinks are no longer limited to strategic command applications. More and more, first responders, fire departments, EMS personnel, and others are employing airborne downlinks to meet a diverse array of needs. Through the use of digital downlink technology, these systems are easier to use, eliminating the need for highly trained technical personnel to operate them. They also now have fullfeatured infrared cameras and secure digital COFDM transmitters, allowing users to share the video intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance information across multiple organizations and agencies.

UAVs shrink as missions, and emerging technologies, grow

12AERD0118_0101/18/2012

Remotely piloted air vehicles are getting smaller in size as technology permits previously unattainable performance from smaller packages. It was inevitable that emerging technologies combining composite lightweight materials, electric motors, long-life battery power, and miniaturized electronic onboard systems would cascade the benefits of UAVs down the operational requirements chain so that real-time aerial imagery and positional data could be supplied to small combat units in the field, and even to individual soldiers. Seeing over the next hill, or around the corner of the next building, is no longer dependent on calling in valuable and scarce air assets; instead, it can be achieved by launching and monitoring the results using small localized UAVs, often looking more like radio-controlled model airplanes than serious military assets.

Gardner, Richard

Teleoperated Marsupial Mobile Sensor Platform Pair for Telepresence Insertion Into Challenging Structures

TBMG-1046507/01/2011

A platform has been developed for two or more vehicles with one or more residing within the other (a marsupial pair). This configuration consists of a large, versatile robot that is carrying a smaller, more specialized autonomous operating robot(s) and/or mobile repeaters for extended transmission. The larger vehicle, which is equipped with a ramp and/or a robotic arm, is used to operate over a more challenging topography than the smaller one(s) that may have a more limited inspection area to traverse. The intended use of this concept is to facilitate the insertion of a small video camera and sensor platform into a difficult entry area. In a terrestrial application, this may be a bus or a subway car with narrow aisles or steep stairs.

LED Lighting for Maintenance and Construction Vehicles

TBMG-871211/18/2010

LED Lighting for Maintenance and Construction Vehicles

TBMG-1436111/01/2010

Strobe or rotating beacon-type emergency lighting is a requirement on all Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) maintenance and construction vehicles. There is an effort to replace the standard warning lighting with light-emitting diode (LED)-based lights in order to reduce cost of replacement and maintenance. LEDs are well-known for their long life and low current requirements, resulting in their use in a variety of applications including emergency vehicle lighting.

The Art and Science of Systems Engineering Tightly Coupled Programs

2010-01-232110/19/2010

This paper discusses the fundamentals of architecting a major human spaceflight program and some of the lessons that can be learned from NASA's Constellation Program. This paper describes the Constellation program, whose primary objective focuses on development of a new generation of vehicles and systems to enable human exploration beyond Earth orbit. Constellation is made up of seven projects that are highly interdependent and is referred to in the NASA management system as a “tightly coupled” program. This paper will discuss the driving architectural priorities and characteristics for human exploration missions beyond earth orbit and how its building blocks are developed through initial capability missions to the International Space Station. The systems engineering challenges of simultaneously defining and developing systems that are interdependent will be discussed.

Muirhead, Brian K., Thomas, Dale

Medical Device Testing: Start With a Strategy and Plan

TBMG-813107/01/2010

Most medical device manufacturers must first receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before they can market a medical device. Device manufacturers must demonstrate that their device is safe and effective for the intended application. The tests that must be performed vary with the device, application of the device, and components of the device, such as coatings, as well as the length of time that the device may be used in a patient. To prevent delays in the FDA review process, manufacturers must ensure that they complete the necessary tests and avoid wasting time on tests that are not required or do not add to the assurance of safety of the product.

Off-Road Tire Fire Handling Guidelines

J2828_201004 (Historical)

04/23/2010

This SAE Informational report applies to tires used on off-road, rubber-tired work machines as identified in SAE J1116. This SAE document provides general guidelines for proper handling of potential and actual off-road tire fires and possible related explosions.

MTC8, Tire and Rim

Endotracheal Intubation Device with Built-in Stylet and Colormetric Indicator

TBMG-757203/01/2010

An endotracheal intubation device is utilized by doctors and paramedics to mechanically create an airway and to ventilate an injured person. The most common ventilating practice in the paramedic industry today requires assembly of a three-piece system at the time when intubation is necessary, which is typically in an ambulance at the time of an emergency. This is a cumbersome and time-consuming process. An endotracheal (ET) intubation device was invented for paramedics to save time and lives by reducing the number of parts used during endotracheal intubation.

Endotracheal Intubation Device with Built-in Stylet and Colormetric Indicator

TBMG-TB-00757203/01/2010

This device requires no assembly, saving time in life-threatening situations. An endotracheal intubation device is utilized by doctors and paramedics to mechanically create an airway and to ventilate an injured person. The most common ventilating practice in the paramedic industry today requires assembly of a three-piece system at the time when intubation is necessary, which is typically in an ambulance at the time of an emergency. This is a cumbersome and time-consuming process. An endotracheal (ET) intubation device was invented for paramedics to save time and lives by reducing the number of parts used during endotracheal intubation.

Crash Protection for Infants Transported in Incubators

2009-01-283210/06/2009

This paper reports the findings from an investigation of an ambulance crash during which an infant, occupying a transport incubator, was seriously injured. In addition, it reports on the results from the development and testing of a methodology for restraining infants being transported by an ambulance while occupying a transport incubator. During the crash, the incubator detached from the ambulance attachment system. The infant was ejected from the incubator and sustained critical head injuries. Sled testing of a similar incubator system, incorporating exemplar hook-and-pile straps (one common trade name is Velcro®) to secure the infant, demonstrated the inadequacy of this restraint for occupant crash protection as used. Additional sled testing with a five-point restraint harness, increased incubator stability, and improved incubator to ambulance attachment demonstrated the feasibility of effectively restraining an infant while being transported in an incubator during a crash. During

Whitman, Gary R., Gushue, David L., Sicher, Larry, Bull, Marilyn J.

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