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原文传递 Infrared Radiation Transmittance and Pilot Vision Through Civilian Aircraft Windscreens

题名：	Infrared Radiation Transmittance and Pilot Vision Through Civilian Aircraft Windscreens
作者：	Nakagawara, Van B;Montgomery, Ronald W;Marshall, Wesley J;
关键词：	CIVIL AVIATION, ZCIVIL AVIATIONZ, INFRARED RADIATION, ZINFRARED RADIATIONZ, VISION, ZVISIONZ, WINDSHIELDS, ZWINDSHIELDSZ, PILOTS, ZPILOTSZ, PROTECTION, ZPROTECTIONZ, LAMINATED GLASS, ZLAMINATED GLASSZ, PLASTICS, ZPLASTICSZ, EXPOSURE PHYSIOLOGY , ZEXPOSURE
摘要：	In support of a Department of Homeland Security project, the Federal Aviation Administration's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute measured the optical transmittance properties of aircraft windscreens. This paper focuses on windscreen transmittance in the infrared (IR) spectral region (780 - 4000 nm) of the electromagnetic spectrum. Transmission measurements were performed on eight aircraft windscreens. Three windscreens were from large commercial jets (MD 88, Airbus A320, and Boeing 727/737); two from commercial, propeller-driven passenger planes (Fokker 27 and the ATR 42); one from a small private jet (Raytheon Aircraft Corporation Hawker Horizon); and two from small general aviation (GA), single-engine, propeller-driven planes (Beech Bonanza and Cessna 182). The two GA aircraft windscreens were plastic (polycarbonate); the others were multilayer (laminated) composite glass. The average transmittance for both glass laminate and plastic windscreens in the IR-A region (780 - 1400 nm) varied considerably (47.5%11.7%), with glass windscreens consistently attenuating more IR than plastic windscreens. The average difference in transmittance between the two materials fluctuated (27.3%15.9%) throughout the first half of the IR-B spectrum (1400 - 3000 nm) up to approximately 2200 nm when transmittance dropped below 7%. The average transmittance for glass and plastic windscreens became negligible beyond 2800 nm. Aircraft windscreens provide a level of protection from potential ocular and skin hazards due to prolonged or intense exposure to IR radiation. The amount of protection is dependent on the type of windscreen material, the wavelength of the radiation, and angle of incidence. On average, laminated glass windscreens attenuate more IR than plastic.
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报告类型：	科技报告