- Author
- Botteri, B. P.
- Title
- Aircraft Fire Protection Technology.
- Coporate
- Air Force Aero-Propulsion Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
- Report
- AGARD-CP-166,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD). Aircraft Fire Safety. 45th Meeting of the AGARD Propulsion and Energetics Panel. AGARD-CP-166. April 11, 1975, Rome, Italy, Catiller, J. B., Editors, 18/1-15 p., 1975
- Keywords
- aircraft fires | fire protection | hazard analysis | fire prevention | overheating | explosion hazards | void spaces
- Identifiers
- aircraft
- Abstract
- The United States Air Force (USAF) has pursued a modest but, nevertheless, continuous technical development program to enhance aircraft fire protection under natural and hostile (combat) flight environment conditions. Achievement of fire protection capability is initially dependent upon a knowledge of the ignition, flammability, and reaction severity characteristics of the combustible materials present. This information then must be utilized early in the design of aircraft to prevent the presence of ignition sources proximate to combustibles and to maximize the margin of safety by judicious application of fluid drainage and ventilation provisions. Where a significant fire risk still exists, preventive measures must be supplemented with effective, reliable, and minimum performance penalty active and passive protection measures. The combat environment greatly complicates the fire protection problem. This paper will review the technical progress of the USAF program during the past seven years. Specific areas which will be addressed include fire and explosion hazard assessment (including fire safe fuels), fire prevention design measures, advanced fire and overheat detection systems, void space and dry bay fire suppression techniques, and fuel tank fire and explosion protection systems.