Fire Protection for Military Ground Vehicles

Abstract

SUMMARY: Fire remains a significant risk to military ground vehicles and their crews * Fire protection improvements continue to be made on tactical, as well as combat, vehicles * Passive fire protection techniques needed to operate effectively in emerging combat conditions * Further advances are required in the following areas: external fire protection * environmentally superior extinguishing agents * smaller and lighter components * more field-supportable products.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA497234

Entities

People

  • Steve Mccormick

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Environment
  • Extinguishing
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Fire Protection
  • Fire Safety
  • Fire Suppression
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Fuels
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Hearing Protection
  • Heat Flux
  • Safety
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Systems Analysis and Design