- Author
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Fontenot, J. A.
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Fish, R. H.
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Riccitiello, S. R.
- Title
- Lightweight Fire Barrier Development for Aircraft. Technical Memorandum.
- Coporate
- Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- Sponsor
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
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NASA TM X-73-143,
June 1976,
57 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Defense Technical Information Center LIMITED DISTRIBUTION to authorized U.S. Government agencies
- Keywords
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fire barriers
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foam barriers
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fire resistant materials
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aircraft safety
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fire spread
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material properties
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formulations
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acceptance criteria
- Identifiers
- lightweight thermal barrier
- Abstract
- A study was conducted on various lightweight thermal barrier materials to ascertain whether a thermal protection system could be devised which could be used in air superiority aircraft to prevent fire propagation through the aircraft and thus affecting critical components. The paper describes various materials, material properties, and thermal performance in simulated environments of lightweight foam materials. The paper also describes the thermal performance criteria the materials must attain to be acceptable and formulations for several compositions which were considered satisfactory in meeting the pre-established criteria.