Current Data Compilation on Aircraft Fire-Kill Methodology.

Abstract

This report presents the results of three recent test series conducted to investigate the response of aircraft structures and flight controls to attack by small-arm and small-arm incendiary fire. The first test series explored the response of nearly empty fuel cells when impacted in the ullage region by armor-piercing incendiary gunfire. The second was designed to determine the response of full fuel tanks to the hydraulic ram phenomenon when subjected to small-arm fire. The third examined the damage to pressurized hydraulic lines and subsequent ignition of hydraulic fluid when subjected to small-arm incendiary fire. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0920247

Entities

People

  • Phillip A. Kimble
  • William R. Day

Organizations

  • Booz Allen Hamilton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Fires
  • Aircrafts
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Cells
  • Fires
  • Fluids
  • Fuel Cells
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Gunfire
  • Hydraulic Fluids
  • Ignition
  • Mechanical Structure
  • Small Arms

Readers

  • Petroleum Engineering
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology