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Author
Shelbourn, E. H.
Title
Improved Smoke Generator for Aircraft Testing.
Coporate
McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, CA
Book or Conf
Society of Flight Test Engineers. Annual Symposium, 15th. August 12-16, 1984, St. Louis, MO, 14/1-4 p., 1984
Keywords
smoke generators | aircraft safety | simulation | smoke detectors | heaters
Identifiers
generators; performance tests
Abstract
An improved smoke generator is described for on-aircraft testing of smoke detection systems and smoke clearning and peetration rates. A heater is added to an existing smoke generator in order to produce smoke that more realistically simulates real fire conditions. Tests demonstrated significantly earlier detection than with the unmodified generator.