Development of Fire Test Methods for Airplane Interior Materials.
Abstract
This program consisted of four study phases to develop fire test methods, ranking airplane interior materials by their probable performance during in-flight and post-crash fires. A fifth phase evaluated some experimental materials, using the laboratory and large scale fire test methods employed in the test methods study. The first of the four development stages utilized large scale tests of possible fire sources in a fire-inert 737 airplane fuselage to define 'design fire sources.' Baseline (current) airplane materials were then tested in an airplane fuselage section, to simulations of the sidewall heating by the design fire sources. In the third stage, the same baseline materials were subjected to selected laboratory fire test methods. The final step analyzed the laboratory and large scale test results on the baseline materials for possible correlation. An examination of published fire hazard limits provided a possible procedure to be used with test results for material tradeoffs in heat, smoke, and gas evolution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA304467
Entities
People
- Everett A. Tustin
Organizations
- Boeing