- Author
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Emmons, H. W.
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Mitler, H. E.
- Title
- Computer Modeling of Aircraft Cabin Fires. Final Report. June 1981-December 31, 1982.
- Coporate
- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBS GCR 83-431; Home Fire Proj. Tech. Rpt. 57,
June 1983,
93 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NB81NADA2026
- Keywords
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aircraft comparments
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aircraft fires
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aircraft fuel tanks
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aircraft fuels
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ceilings
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computer models
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crash landing
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fire gases
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gas flow
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occupants
- Abstract
- Two aspects of the fire that an occur after an aircraft crash landing were considered. Often a crash opens a hole in the cabin. Frequently, the wing damage opens a fuel tank and fuel spread on the ground catches fire. If the fire occurs below the hole in the cabin, fire gases and flames may enter the cabin and set it afire. Furthermore, after the gases enter the cabin, those gases and any generated by fire in the cabin itself flow as a non-steady ceiling jet down the length of the cabin. Finally, the nature of the fire gas flow into the cabin is influenced by whether or not and where the occupants open a door to escape. These problems have been studied and reported in detail in two reports: 1. The Investigation of Flames and Fire Gases into a Hole in an Aircraft Cabin for Arbitrary Tilt Angles and Speed - H.W. Emmons, Home Fire Project Technical Report #52. 2. The Time-Dependent Ceiling-Jet in a Corridor - H.E. Mitler, Home Fire Project Technical Report #55.