Fire-Resistant Materials: Research Overview

Abstract

This report provides an overview of the research being conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop fire safe cabin materials for commercial aircraft. The objective of the Fire-Resistant Materials program is to eliminate burning cabin materials as a cause of death in aircraft accidents. Long-term activities include the synthesis of new, thermally stable, low fuel value organic and inorganic polymer systems. The synthesis effort is supported by fundamental research to understand polymer combustion and fire resistance mechanisms using numerical and analytic modeling and the development of new characterization techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA340649

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Lyon

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Passenger Aircraft
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Polymer Degradation
  • Polymeric Films
  • Resins

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.