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Title: Advisory Group For Aerospace Research & Development
Author: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Abstract: This paper summarizes a series of improved fire safety standards for transport aircraft adopted or proposed by the United States Federal Aviation Administration over the past five years and describes the technical development of those standards. Important test results and analyses employed to develop the new standards are described. Reference is made to technical publications issued by the FAA for each fire safety area. Emphasis is placed on recent and high-impact rulemaking actions such as the heat release standard for large surface area interior panels (based on the Ohio State Rate-of-Heat-Release Apparatus). Other activities summarized include heat resistance evacuation slides, smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, cargo compartment fire protection, seat cushion fire blocking layers, floor proximity lighting, and crewmember protective breathing equipment.
Report: FSR-0083 Pages: 15 Size: 1.09 MB
Title: Aircraft Cabin Water Spray System
Author: C.P. Sarkos, R.G. Hill, T.R. Marker
Abstract: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and British Civil Aviation (CAA) have been engaged in a joint program since l989 to determine the effectiveness and practicability of an onboard aircraft cabin water spray system for improving survival during a postcrash fire Aviation authorities from Canada and other European countries also participated in the program.
Report: FSR-0001 Pages: 10 Size: 576 KB
Title: Aircraft Fire Safety Conference
Author: Constantine Sarkos, Richard G. Hill
Abstract: This paper discusses full-scale transport aircraft cabin fire tests conducted in the United States under postcrash fire conditions. The logic behind the development of fire test scenarios is described, including a comparison of fire involvement by external fuel fire penetration through an opening or by fuselage burnthrough. Early full-scale tests in the 1960's and 1970's that furnished data on the characteristics of cabin fires are briefly described. Past test activities addressing facets of the fuselage burnthrough problem are also discussed. The impact of environmental. Factors (such as wind, door opening configuration, and fuselage orientation) on fire penetration through openings and the resulting cabin hazards is discussed on the basis of past test activities. The majority of the data presented in the paper are. from a recent full-scale test to determine fire/hazard progression in a postcrash cabin fire environment with emphasis on post-flashover conditions, to examine factors affecting occupant survivability, and to evaluate the performance of a protective breathing equipment filter. The paper often discusses and cites past studies addressing important cabin fire characteristics and concepts, such as flashover, stratification, and survivability.
Report: FSR-0092 Pages: 15 Size: 1.14 MB
Title: Aircraft Flight Recorders
Author: Department of Transportation
Abstract: The Federal Aviation Administration is considering amending Part 37 of the Federal Aviation Regulations by adding a new Technical Standard Order (TSO) concerning aircraft flight recorders that have the capability of recording the additional flight data required by the Federal Aviation Regulations.
Report: FSR-0237 Pages: 20 Size: 857 KB
Title: An Intumescent Coating For Im0proved Fuel Fire Protection Of Heat Sensitive Articles
Author: P.M. Sawko
Abstract: Intumescent coating compositions have been prepared using the ammonium salt of 4-nitroaniline-2-sulfonic acid and a copolymer of polysulfide-epoxy resin as the binder, into which have been dispersed various fillers. The fillers used in the study were low density microballoons for density control and fibers for controlled intumescences on contoured substrates. The filler effect on the thermal-physical efficiency of coatings has been measured. The coating utilizing short length silica fibers has been shown .to have superior mechanical, environmental, and thermal properties. The coating applied to the exterior of loaded weapons has increased the time-to-detonation from three minutes for the unprotected weapon to 10-13 minutes.
Report: FSR-0219 Pages: 5 Size: 483 KB

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