SURVEY OF VISUAL SIGNALLING DEVICES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A TESTING PROGRAM

This report documents a literature search to determine that information which is available, and to identify additional information required to establish baseline carriage requirements for distress signals by the recreational boater. The literature search covers desired ranges, visibility conditions and operational, reliability, and safety requirements from the standpoint of the recreational boater. It also considers the visual search parameters associated with SAR operations. Visual signal device characteristics and capabilities are then documented for typical pyrotechnics, lights, and passive devices such as mirrors and flags. Typical field test results are also presented for these devices. A qualitative evaluation is made of the information uncovered by the search, defining information gaps to be filled, and a test program supported by additional literature search to fill these information gaps is then outlined. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Operations Research Incorporated

  Silver Spring, MD  United States 
• Authors:
  • CORNELL, M
  • Pieper, A
• Publication Date: 1975-12-22

Media Info

• Pagination: 88 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boats; Distress signals; Light; Passive restraint systems; Pyrotechnics; Recreation; Reliability; Signals
• Uncontrolled Terms: Light sources
• Old TRIS Terms: Passive systems; Visual signals
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133007
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ORI-TR-1003, USCG-D-28-76
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-31446-A
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2002 12:00AM