- Author
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Kuchta, J. M.
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Clodfelter, R. G.
- Title
- Aircraft Mishap Fire Pattern Investigations. Final Report. June 1, 1984 to July 31, 1985.
- Coporate
- Green International, Inc., Sewickley, PA
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
- Report
-
AFWAL-TR-85-2057; F33615-83-C-2359,
August 1985,
186 p.
- Keywords
-
aircraft accidents
- Abstract
- This manual was prepared to provide the aircraft mishap investigator with "state-of-the art" data and guidelines for investigating aircraft fires and explosions. Sections are included on investigative procedures, properties of air atmospheres, properties of aircraft combustibles (liquids, gases, or solids), properties of ordnance explosives, and damage analyses relating to fires and explosions. Procedures for accumulating, developing, and analyzing the evidence are outlined, and various combustion data are summarized for use in determining the ignition source, combustible source, and mishap scenario. To help establish the mishap scenario, damage criteria are given in terms of material or biological response to fire temperatures, explosion pressures, toxic gases, and other potentially hazardous exposures. Methods for calculating combustion quantities and damage potentials, including material failures, are included in this manual.