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Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico

5th European Cave Rescue Meeting 2011

Starigrad Paklenica, Croatia

15th – 18th September 2011

PRESENTATION OF RESULTS IN TESTING OF EQUIPMENT,

TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES OF CAVE RESCUE

CNSAS - Commissione Tecnica Speleologica

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The Commissione Tecnica Speleologica is a CNSAS committee intended to work on technical subjects

Members come from almost regions of Italy

Subjects the CTS works on:

•Design of a new stretcher

•Design of an helmet for the casualty

•Real time forces measurement system for rescue maneuver characterization

•Development of a proprietary wired telephone

What is CTS

new stretcher

helmet

rescue maneuver characterization

wired telephone

Subjects

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- Single UIAA equipment is provided with its maximum

ratings

- In a rescue system several equipment interact each

other

- The whole system behavior can hardly be predicted

by theoretical thoughts

Rescue maneuver (considerations)

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What’s going to happen, anchor by anchor, during the

execution of a rigging maneuver?

o Strength on each equipment changes instantaneously

according to the geometry that changes through the

maneuver

o Some geometries could lead to unexpected loads

What about the residual safety margins?

What’s going to happen if something breaks?

Could some configuration be simplified?

Rescue maneuver testing: why?

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An approach

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A data measurement and recording tool is proposed

Portable and on-field operable

Simultaneous multiple points acquisition

Real time acquisition and analysis

Post acquisition data processing

Requirements

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Portable and on-field operable

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Simultaneous multiple points acquisition

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The data acquisition system is composed by:

12 strain gauge load cells (0 – 3000 kg)

16 bits USB data acquisition card (National Instruments™ DAQ)

Laptop

Home made software for data recording and post-processing

System description

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System description: load cells & DAQ

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DAQ BOXDAQ BOX

USBUSB

Operating scheme

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One load cell mounted on each relevant point (belays, stretcher, pulleys, …)

All the strengths measured and saved real time

Raw graphics available on the fly

Post-processing and data filtering is allowed trough an home-made software developed by CTS

Finally some graphics are reported for the highlights

The data acquisition process

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Load cells positioning

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Home-made software

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Graphic of loads

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The data processing is followed by an in deep analysis:

- Graphics analysis and annotation- Live recorded notes- Discussion

The results of the investigation are described on a structured technical report

Data acquisition results

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Three main sections

Introduction: abstract, brief description of the

technique and its variants

Operating scheme: geometrical data (angles,

lengths,..) load cells positions,

Data analysis: graphics explanations

Conclusions and final discussion

Technical report

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Graphics analysis and annotation

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Technical report

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• Characterization of the “standard” rigging

techniques adopted and deployed within the

CNSAS

• Analysis of faults

• Analysis of new techniques (collaboration with

the SNATSS - Caving Rescue Technician

National School)

State of the art

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