- Author
- Williams, F. W.
- Title
- Electrical Cable Fires. Full Scale Shipboard Testing.
- Coporate
- Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC
- Book or Conf
- Naval Sea Systems Command. Advancement of Passive Fire Protection in the Navy. Passive Fire Protection Symposium, 2nd. November 4-6, 1985, Alexandria, VA, 106-122 p., 1985
- Keywords
- cables
- Abstract
- The Naval research Laboratory under the sponsorship of the Naval Sea Systems Command conducted a series of full scale cable fire tests to compare the difference between the new Military Specification Cables MIL-C-24640 and 24643 and the old cables MIL-C-915E Amend 2. The fire properties that were compared included burning rate, smoke, toxic and corrosive gas production. During this test program a protective coating for cables was sought. In addition the impact of 15 to 20% RF cables in a typical cable bundle was evaluated.