Rocket Plume Burn Hazard.

Abstract

By use of miniature rocket engines, the burn hazard posed by exposure to ejection seat rocket plume flames was determined in the anaesthetized rat. A reference chart is provided for predicting equivalent effects in human skin based on extrapolation of earlier direct measurements of heat input for rat and human burns. The chart is intended to be used in conjunction with thermocouple temperature measurements of the plume environment for design and modification of escape seat systems to avoid thermal injury on ejection from multiplace aircraft. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 03, 1980
Accession Number
ADA081965

Entities

People

  • A. M. Stoll
  • J. R. Piergallini
  • M. A. Chianta

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Animals
  • Burns
  • Calorimeters
  • Combustion
  • Computers
  • Ejection
  • Ejection Seats
  • Energy
  • Engineers
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Rocket Engines
  • Square Waves
  • Standards

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine