- Author
- Primeaux, G. R.
- Title
- Flammability Testing of Components.
- Coporate
- National Aeronautics and Space Admin., Houston, TX
- Report
- NASA CR TM X-14330,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- National Aerospace and Space Administration. NASA Conference on Materials for Improved Fire Safety. May 6-7, 1970., Houston, TX, 4/1-4 p., 1970
- Keywords
- flammability testing | apollo spacecraft | insulation | electrical wires | tests
- Identifiers
- materials flammability
- Abstract
- The selection of safe materials for use in the Apollo spacecraft required a thorough nonmetallic-materials test program that was conducted in three phases. After the preliminary screen tests and before any full-scale mockup testing began, a series of tests classified as component flammability tests were performed. The purpose of the component flammability testing was to determine the flammability characteristics of a variety of different sizes, shapes, and configurations of nonmetallic materials of similiar or different types that make up a functional assembly, subsystem, or system in the spacecraft.