SMOKE AND GASES PRODUCED BY BURNING AIRCRAFT INTERIOR MATERIALS.

Abstract

Measurements are reported of the smoke produced during both flaming and smoldering exposures on 141 aircraft interior materials. Smoke is reported in terms of specific optical density, a dimensionless attenuation coefficient which defines the photometric obscuration produced by a quantity of smoke accumulated from a specimen of given thickness and unit surface area within a chamber of unit volume. A very wide range in the maximum specific optical density was observed. For the majority of materials, more smoke was produced during the flaming exposure test. However, certain materials produced significantly more smoke in the absence of open flaming. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0675513

Entities

People

  • Dustin E. Gross
  • J. J. Loftus
  • T. G. Lee
  • V. E. Gray

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Attenuation
  • Coefficients
  • Combustion
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Obscuration
  • Smouldering
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.