- Author
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McCaffrey, B. J.
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Walton, W. D.
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Rinkinen, W. J.
- Title
- Model Study of Fire Environment in Aircraft Cabins Under Forced Ventilation Conditions--Test Data.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Federal Aviation Administration, International Airport, NJ
- Report
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NISTIR 4663
September 1991
208 p.
- Distribution
- NOT AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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aircraft compartments; ventilation; aircraft fires; compartment fires; fire growth; fire tests; room fires; toxicity
- Abstract
- This report contains 15 complete sets of test data from a series of experiments performed in a reduced scale simulated aircraft cabin for the determination of the effects of ventilation on the environment created by an interior fire. Measurements reported include gas temperature and gas species concentrations in both the cabin and the ventilation exhaust, light attenuation by smoke, and heat transfer to the walls and ceilings. Experimental parameters include the effects of fire size, ventilation rate, and ceiling vent position (central or near wall), the direction of ventilation (inlet at the ceiling, exhaust at the floor and inlet at the floor, exhaust at the ceiling), and also the effects of open exhaust hatches in the wall near the ceiling.