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Author
Mowrer, D. W. | Bernier, R. G. | Enoch, W. | Lake, R. E. | Vikestad, W. S.
Title
Aircraft Fuel System Fire and Explosion Suppression Design Guide. Appendix C. Working Data Base. Part 1. September 1986-September 1989.
Coporate
SURVICE Engineering Co., Aberdeen, MD
Sponsor
Army Aviation Research and Technology Activity, Fort Eustis, VA
Report
SURVICE-TR-89-008
February 1990
403 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Contract
DAAJ02-86-C-0026
Keywords
aircraft fuel systems | explosion suppression | fire suppression
Identifiers
fuel/fire explosions; fuel/fire suppression; aircraft protection; fuel system hazards/protection
Abstract
This study was sponsored by the Fuel Committee of the JTCG/AS to obtain an up-to-date review of, and guidance toward, usage of techniques or materials which would contribute to the elimination of, or reduction of, the fuel fire/explosion hazard resulting from ballistic impacts on aircraft. While fuel fire/explosion is a primary hazard, there are other considerations which require concurrent examination, as they can be just as responsible for aircraft loss. There have been similar guides of various types published in the past, but for the most part they were oriented to vulnerability analysts. This Design Guide is specifically oriented to the fuel system designer and as such, addresses the vulnerability aspect from the design viewpoint rather than the vulnerability analysis aspect.