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AS 4758.3:2022
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Lifejackets, Part 3: Test methods
Provide manufacturers with the methods for testing the performance of lifejackets [also known as personal flotation devices (PFDs).
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Terms and definitions
2 Resistance to water and oil
2.1 Resistance to water
2.1.1 Principle
2.1.2 Apparatus
2.1.3 Procedure
2.1.4 Report
2.2 Resistance to oil
2.2.1 Principle
2.2.2 Apparatus
2.2.3 Procedure
2.2.4 Report
3 Strength
3.1 Horizontal strength
3.1.1 Principle
3.1.2 Apparatus
3.1.3 Procedure
3.1.4 Report
3.2 Vertical strength
3.2.1 Principle
3.2.2 Apparatus
3.2.3 Procedure
3.2.4 Report
3.3 Rotating shock bin test for hybrid and fully inflatable lifejackets
3.3.1 Acknowledgements
3.3.2 Principle
3.3.3 Apparatus
3.3.4 Procedure
3.3.5 Report
4 Buoyancy
4.1 Principle
4.2 Apparatus
4.3 Procedure
4.4 Report
5 Inflatable buoyancy chambers
5.1 Principle
5.2 Apparatus
5.3 Procedure
5.4 Report
6 General performance
6.1 Temperature cycling
6.1.1 Principle
6.1.2 Apparatus
6.1.3 Procedure
6.1.4 Report
6.2 Oral inflation
6.2.1 Principle
6.2.2 Test subjects
6.2.3 Procedure
6.2.4 Report
6.3 Double inflation
6.3.1 Principle
6.3.2 Apparatus
6.3.3 Procedure
6.3.4 Report
6.4 Inadvertent inflation
6.4.1 Principle
6.4.2 Apparatus
6.4.3 Procedure
6.4.4 Report
7 In-water performance
7.1 General
7.2 Test observer and test subjects
7.2.1 Test observer
7.2.2 Test subjects
7.2.2.1 Requirements for adults
7.2.2.2 Requirements for children
7.2.2.3 Gender and dress
7.3 Donning
7.3.1 Principle
7.3.2 Test subjects
7.3.3 Procedure
7.3.4 Report
7.4 Water entry
7.4.1 Principle
7.4.2 Test subjects
7.4.3 Apparatus
7.4.4 Procedure
7.4.5 Report
7.5 Self-righting
7.5.1 Principle
7.5.2 Test subjects
7.5.3 Apparatus
7.5.4 Procedure
7.5.5 Report
7.6 Vertical stability
7.6.1 Principle
7.6.2 Test subjects
7.6.3 Apparatus
7.6.4 Procedure
7.6.5 Report
7.7 In-water stability
7.7.1 Principle
7.7.2 Test subjects
7.7.3 Apparatus
7.7.4 Procedure
7.7.5 Report
7.8 Freeboard
7.8.1 Principle
7.8.2 Test subjects
7.8.3 Apparatus
7.8.4 Procedure
7.8.5 Report
7.9 Spray hood carbon dioxide level
7.9.1 Principle
7.9.2 Test subjects
7.9.3 Apparatus
7.9.4 Procedure
7.9.5 Report
7.10 Automatic inflation
7.10.1 Principle
7.10.2 Test subjects
7.10.3 Apparatus
7.10.4 Procedure
7.10.5 Report
Appendix A
A.1 General
A.2 Choice of manikin for testing
A.3 Required performance of manikins
A.4 Example of a manikin design specification
A.5 Details of harness and swimsuit requirements
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
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| Published | 04/03/2022 |
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| Pages | 32 |
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