DAYTON AIRCRAFT CABIN FIRE MODEL. VOLUME II. LABORATORY TEST PROGRAM

A basic mathematical model and computer simulation program have been developed to assess the smoke and toxic gas emissions resulting from the burning of cabin interior materials of a wide-body transport aircraft in a full-scale cabin fire. The simulation is based on laboratory test data on the cabin materials. This report presents the results of a laboratory test program which was conducted in support of the model development. Various flammability and combustion toxicity properties were measured for several wide-body cabin materials by The Boeing Commercial Airplane Company under a subcontract to the University of Dayton Research Institute. The measurements were made using the OSU Combustion Analyzer, the NBS Smoke Chamber, and the Boeing Burn-Through Apparatus. This report describes the test procedures, the test results, the analysis of the test data, and the development of a set of material properties input data for the cabin fire simulation program. This report consists of three volumes; Volume I is entitled 'Basic Mathematical Model' and Volume III is entitiled 'Computer Program User's Guide.' (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, AD-A033 682.
• Corporate Authors:

  Dayton University

  Research Institute, 300 College Park Avenue
  Dayton, OH  United States  45409
• Authors:
  • Reeves, J B
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 269 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Aircraft cabins; Aviation safety; Fires; Flames; Flammability; Gases; Hazards; Jet transports; Laboratory tests; Materials; Mathematical models; Simulation; Smoke; Toxicity; Transport aircraft; Wide body aircraft
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Aircraft fires; Toxic hazards
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Materials; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00150730
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-RD-76-120-2 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA74WA-3532
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM