- Author
- Hasselbrack, S. A.
- Title
- Aircraft Cabin Interior Material Needs.
- Coporate
- Boeing Commercial Airplane Co., Seattle, WA
- Book or Conf
- Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. Improved Fire Safety from Flame Retardancy. Regulations, Standards, Test Methods, Toxicity and Representative Applications. November 7-9, 1979 and March 23-26, 1980., ['Washington, DC', 'Williamsburg, VA'], 89-108 p., 1980
- Keywords
- aircraft compartments
- Abstract
- The application of fire retardants in aircraft cabin materials has progressively grown as the FAA has changed the requirements governing materials flammability. An undesirable consequence of the use of fire retardants, however, is that while suppressing flammability, their use frequently results in increased smoke evolution. The ideal solution for many applications is the development of more thermally stable materials that do not require additives. For other applications a need exists for more additives that can suppress all flammability parameters in addition to flammability. The search for interior materials with improved fire performance continues. Activities in the aircraft industry to identify improved materials, especially in the area of textiles, is described.