Aircraft Ground Fire Suppression and Rescue Systems. Basic Relationships in Military Fires. Phases 3, 5, 6, and 7

Abstract

The suppression of class B fuel fires with aqueous film forming foam was was studied as a function of fuel, environment, and mode of agent application. Cooling, insulating, and isolating the fuel were examined as functions of conventional foam quality parameters, such as expansion ratio, drainage rate, and agent concentration. In field tests on fires ranging in area from 1500 to 48,000 sq ft suppression efficiency and burnback protection were measured as a function of foam quality and mode of application from various crash trucks. Yardsticks were defined to evaluate the efficiency of equipment and techniques, and two simple extinguishment models were developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA014228

Entities

People

  • Ervin L. Capner
  • R. S. Alger

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Attenuation
  • Body Weight
  • Boiling Point
  • Burning Rate
  • Combustion
  • Fire Suppression
  • Fires
  • Geometry
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • High Temperature
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Measurement
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene