Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors : a Proceedings /

Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors : a Proceedings / Committee on Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Matierls for Commercial Aircraft Interiors, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council. - Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995. - 1 online resource (viii, 250 pages) : illustrations - Publication NMAB ; 477-2 . - Publication NMAB ; 477-2. .

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Improved Fire- and Smoke- Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- PART I INVITED PAPERS -- Federal Aviation Administration Fire Safety Mission -- Airplane Accidents and Fires -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMERCIAL JET TRANSPORT ACCIDENT STATISTICS -- Background for Accident Data-Collection Processes -- Aviation Accident Data for Hull Losses and Fatalities -- Hull-Loss Data -- Fatality Data -- COMMERCIAL JET TRANSPORT FIRE STATISTICS -- SELECTED FIRE SCENARIOS -- Example: 727, Salt Lake City Example: DC-9, CincinnatiExample: 737-200, Calgary and Manchester -- SUMMARY -- Heat Exposure and Burning Behavior of Cabin Materials During an Aircraft Post-Crash Fuel Fire -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- FULL-SCALE FIRE TESTS -- Pool Fire -- Pool Fire/Fuselage Impact -- Radiant Heating of Cabin through Fuselage Opening -- Effects of Wind on Cabin Heating -- Fuel-Fire Hazards Accumulation within Cabin -- Characteristics of Burning Cabin Materials -- DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED FIRE-TEST CRITERIA FOR CABIN MATERIALS -- References Fundamental Fire Properties of Combustible MaterialsABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BURNING PROCESS -- FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES THAT INFLUENCE FIRE BEHAVIOR -- Physical Properties -- Chemical Properties -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Fire Tests and Hazard Evaluation -- INTRODUCTION -- HAZARDS DUE TO FIRE -- MEASURES OF HAZARD -- FLASHOVER AND VENTILATION-LIMITED FIRES -- Development Fire -- Onset of Flashover -- Ventilation-Limited Fire -- THE DEVELOPING FIRE ON MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS -- FLAMMABILITY COMPONENTS -- Dependent Factors FLAMMABILITY HAZARD CLASSIFICATIONClassification by Traditional Tests -- Evaluation by Scientific Methods -- IMPORTANCE OF HEAT FLUX -- Effect of Heat Flux on Fire-Growth Components -- Heat Flux in Fire Scenarios -- TESTING STRATEGIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Fire Properties of Materials -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PYROLYSIS -- Heat of Gasification -- Surface Re-Radiation Loss -- COMBUSTION -- IGNITION -- Ignition of Thermally Thick Materials -- Ignition of Thermally Thin Materials -- Thermal Response Parameter (TRP) -- FIRE PROPAGATION Fire-Propagation IndexGENERATION OF HEAT AND FIRE PRODUCTS -- Heat Release Rate -- Heat Release Parameter -- The Effect of Ventilation on the HRP -- Mass Generation Rate of a Product -- Product Generation Parameter -- The Effect of Ventilation on the PGP -- Preferential Conversion of Carbon in the Material to CO with Decrease in Fire Ventilation -- Preferential Conversion of Carbon in the Material to Smoke with Decrease in Fire Ventilation -- THERMAL AND NONTHERMAL DAMAGE -- CORROSION -- SMOKE DAMAGE -- FLAME EXTINCTION -- SUMMARY -- NOMENCLATURE

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Aircraft cabins--Materials--Fire testing.
Aircraft cabins--Fire testing.
Avions--Cabines--Essais de comportement au feu.
TRANSPORTATION--Aviation--General.
Aircraft cabins--Materials--Fire testing.


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