Fuel Containment Concepts - Transport Category Airplanes.

Abstract

This report describes a four phase study to identify potential fuel containment concepts for transport category aircraft. A literature survey was performed and the relative contributions from 53 documents are noted. Transport airplane data are summarized including the results from full-scale airplane crash tests and section tests. Analyses results which depict dynamic pulses are presented. Several reports including the U.S. Army Crash Survival Design Guide and the Special Aviation Fire and Explosion Reduction (SAFER) Advisory Committee are discussed in detail. Several fuel containment structural design concepts are evaluated with regard to both wing and fuselage usage. The state-of-the-art technology is summarized in this report. Included in this summary is a priority ranking of approaches. A selection of approaches is described. The selected concepts are reviewed with regard to benefit and penalties. The concepts are prioritized in order of effectiveness. Keywords: Crash resistant fuel system (CRFS), Auxiliary tank, Wet cell, Accident data, Tests, Design studies, Criteria, FAR, BCAR, Post-crash.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA189818

Entities

People

  • Gil Wittlin

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Composite Materials
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Fuselages
  • Jet Transport Aircraft
  • Literature Surveys
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Spars
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design