COOLING EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE FIRE FIGHTING AGENTS,

Abstract

Four fire fighting tests were conducted with an instrumented warhead section of a steel cased inert Mk 101 Depth Bomb engulfed in an aircraft fuel fire. The tests were performed to determine the relative cooling effectiveness of three fire fighting agents; water fog, straight stream water, and low expansion foam (two tests using different nozzle configurations were performed with foam). Of the three agents, straight stream water was the most effective in cooling the inside of the weapon; however, neither method of water application could extinguish the fire. Foam, though capable of extinguishing the fire, was ineffective in cooling the inside of the weapon. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1966
Accession Number
AD0486964

Entities

People

  • R. L. Clark

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Bombs
  • Depth Bombs
  • Extinguishing
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fires
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.
  • ballistics.