- Author
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Blake, D. R.
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Hill, R. G.
- Title
- Fire Containment Characteristics of Aircraft Class D Cargo Compartments. Final Report. August 1981-September 1982.
- Coporate
- Federal Aviation Admin., Atlantic City Airport, NJ
- Report
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DOT/FAA/CT-82/156,
March 1983; June 1983,
40 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Contract
- 181-350-400
- Keywords
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class D fires
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oxygen concentration
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aircraft compartments
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ceilings
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fire prevention
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smoke detectors
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fire tests
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aircraft fires
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small scale fire tests
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thermocouples
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ventilation
- Identifiers
- aircraft
- Abstract
- Eighteen tests were conducted in a 640-cubic foot simulated class D cargo compartment test article. Various ceiling lining materials, cargo loading configuration, air leakage rated, and fire sources were examined in an effort to determine the conditions likely to occur during a class D cargo compartment fire. The lining materials used in this project passed the requirements of FAR 25.853 and 25.855 (vertical and forty-five degree bunsen burner lab tests); however, they did not always successfully contain the cargo fires. The major conclusion of this study is that FAR 25.853 and 25.855 do not insure adequate burn-through resistance of class D cargo liners subjected to realistic fires.