Fire Safety Aspects of Polymeric Materials. Volume 8. Land Transportation Vehicles

Abstract

This is the eighth volume in a series. The fire safety aspects of polymers are examined with primary emphasis on human survival. This volume is concerned with the polymeric materials used in subway, surface, and elevated urban railway vehicles; railroad vehicles; other rail vehicles (including unattended and semicontrolled type); buses, trucks; passenger automobiles; and miscellaneous vehicle types (including motorcycles and snowmobiles). This report examines the fire safety aspects of those polymeric materials currently used, or expected to be used, in land vehicles that transport people and materials. Excluded from consideration are specific materials such as fuels, engine lubricants and other engine polymers and hydraulic fluids.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA179320

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Polymer Degradation
  • Polymeric Films

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Polymer Science and Technology