- Author
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Beck, C.
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Sorathia, U.
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Rollhauser, C.
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Morrison, D.
- Title
- Test Results of EBDiv Candidate Composite Materials Using MIL-STD-2031 and the Associated Manager's Guide.
- Coporate
- Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Bethesda, MD
Advanced Systems Technology, Arlington, VA
- Sponsor
- Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC
- Report
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CARDIVNSWC-TR-54-95/07
October 1995
122 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Defense Technical Information Center LIMITED DISTRIBUTION to authorized U.S. Government agencies
- Keywords
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boats
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composite materials
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flammability
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smoke generation
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heat release
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fire tests
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test methods
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submarines
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hazard assessment
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toxicity
- Identifiers
- smoke generation; EBdiv candidate materials; fire performance of EBDiv candidate materials
- Abstract
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division performed a series of fire tests on General Dynamics Electric Boat Division composite materials in accordance with the fire test methods of MIL-STD-2031. The fire tests are used to determine the acceptability of the materials for a pump motor aboard Naval submarines. This report summarizes the data taken during the fire tests, and compares the results to the requirements of MIL-STD-2031. In addition, the in-service fire hazard of one of the candidate materials is estimated using hazard assessment techniques from a proposed manager's guide to MIL-STD-2031. The fire tests showed that Samples A, G and I were the better of the seven composite materials tested, having passed more of the MIL-STD-2031 test requirements than the other samples. The hazard estimate performed on the Sample A material suggests that the intended application would not present an unacceptable risk.