- Author
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Parker, W. J.
- Title
- Assessment of Correlations Between Laboratory and Full-Scale Experiments for the FAA Aircraft Fire Safety Program. Part 6. Reduced-Scale Modeling of Compartments at Atmospheric Pressure.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City Airport, NJ
- Report
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NBSIR 82-2598; DOT/FAA/CT-82/160,
March 1983,
59 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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aircraft fires
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fire tests
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flashover
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room fires
- Abstract
- The temperatures, heat fluxes, air velocities, and times to flashover were compared between a number of previously reported full- and reduced-scale room fire tests. The model tests tests. The model tests were usually similar but somewhat less severe than their full-scale counterparts. A simplified analysis is presented to account for the lower temperatures observed in the models. Some recommendations are made with regard to physical modeling of the aircraft postcrash fires.