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Some Considerations in Physiological, Whole Body Protection in Intense Noise Fields

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Photographs of Testing Pressure Suits, P Frankenstein & Sons

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Collection of personal papers relating to Ian B Wright's employment at Frankenstein & Sons

157 items

Papers relating to the Development of a Full Pressure Suit by P Frankenstein & Sons

A report on the recent improvements in performance of the Full Pressure suit, with particular reference to the positive improvement of adding a separate compensating unit to control air pressure, on the existing helmet.

A Preliminary Report on a Series of Investigations into the Compensating problems on the Full Pressure Suit

5 items

Full Pressure Suit Component Plans

13 items

Testing and Design Papers

A report describing the development testing of the Frankenstein Full Pressure Suit Assembly including cold chamber, air ventilation and hut chamber testing, mechanical structure tests, parachuting trials, water and flotation tests, as well as tests against high speed wind blasts with illustrative black and white photocopies of photographs.

The Development Testing of the Frankenstein Full Pressure Suit Assembly

28 items

Frankenstein and Son's Development Papers

2 items

Descriptive Manuals

A manuscript copy of a report on the design problems of pressurised clothing including drawings and photographs of the Capstan Partial Pressure Suit and photographs of airmen in other pressurised suits, waistcoats and helmets. In pencil on the opening page it is annotated as being a paper for the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Some Fundamental Design Problems of Functional Pressure Clothing

A paper describing a theoretical and practical approach to standardise and accurately measure the 3D movement of Full Pressure suits, including schematic drawings of the measurement rig and a black and white photograph of it in operation.

Report - Quantitative Measurement of Movement Limitations of Full Pressure Suits and Associated Equipment

An 11 page report of testing a full pressure suit helmet in the AVRO Supersonic wind tunnel including method and results, drawings of the test plan and black and white photographic evidence of the test.

Tests performed on the 'Frankenstein Flexible Full Pressure Suit Helmet' at Transonic Speeds

A report on tests to evaluate the suitability of the Full Pressure Suit extremity heating system combined with the ventilating air heating supplied by Vulcan and Victor B. Mark II aircraft for the maintenance of aircrew in ambient to -40c conditions with an illustrative graph.

Report on Third Series of Cold Chamber Tests on a Full Pressure Suit Heating System

A draft proposal to begin assembly of the Emergency Full Pressure Suit Garment, under Phase 3 of Operational Requirement 709, including a general description of the product's design and the personnel responsible for production as well as brief sections on facilities and finances.

Proposal for Full Pressure Suit Design in Support of the 'Normalair' Unified Concept of an F.P.S System

43 items

Research and Development for a Full Pressure Suit

A report on the British Pressure Jerkin System including its design history, physiological effects and operational use with illustrative graphs and a black and white photograph of two airmen wearing the jerkin entering a cockpit.

British Pressure Jerkin System

15 items

Photographs relating to pressurised suits and lifejackets

A paper on the concept of an operational Full Pressure Suit from a design and manufacturing perspective with a brief history of the pressurised suit, criticisms of current designs and a look to future development with a particular emphasis on expanding the purpose of the suit for Space Flight.

A Mission Full Pressure Suit

A report on investigative work carried out on the electrical heating problems with the Full Pressure Suit between May and September 1957 with illustrative graphs and drawings.

Report on the Investigation & Development of an Integral Electrical Heating System for the Full Pressure Suit

A paper on the theoretical and practical approaches to ensuring mobility within pressure suits, with particular reference to arm movement including illustrative black and white photographs and graphs.

Applications of a System of Functional Anthropometry in Pressure Suit Design