ISO/TS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 17929 First edition 2014-09-15 Biomechanical effects on amusement ride passengers Effets biomécaniques sur les passagers des maneges Reference number IS0/TS 17929:2014(E) LSO IS02014 IHS under itted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0/TS 17929:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved No reproductic networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0/TS 17929:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms and definitions 4 Degrees of potential biomechanical risks for amusement rides ..3 5 Measures for elimination or reduction of hazards due to biomechanical effects ..5 6 Effects of accelerations on passengers .7 7 Zones of potential biomechanical risk in the reach envelope of passengers for motion risk analysis and unscheduled braking risk analysis. Annex A (informative) Body dimensions of passengers from 1,20 m up to 2,0 m tall for motion risk analysis and unexpected braking risk analysis 8 Annex B (informative) Recommended acceleration limits .13 Annex C (informative) Hazard of passengers being held in an upside-down position inemergency 20 Annex D (informative) Use of amusement rides considering the state of health or well-being of passengers- - Warning signs to advise passengers Bibliography .23 iii cense from IHS Not for Resale