The study covered by this report has focused attention upon the potential means of protecting the vapor spaces of Army aircraft fuel systems from the threat of fire and explosions caused by incendiary ammunition hits. As a means of implementing and quantifying passive defense data, the fuel containment of 16 models of Army aircraft has been studied and their capacity, location, shape, surface area, empty weight, and tank material determined. These data have been used in conjunction with the parameters of the potential vapor space protection techniques to provide estimates of the weight penalties and dollar costs associated with the passive defense measures applied to the aircraft of interest. Data relative to the fuel systems of the following aircraft are presented: UH-1B, UH-1D, U-1A, U-6A, U-8D, U-8F, OH-6, OH-13, 01-F, OV-1A, OV-1B, OV-1C, CH-34, CH-37, CH-47, and CH-54. The passive defense measures which have been reviewed and considered by the study include: inert gas purging, fire detection and suppression by chemical means, collapsible internal tank bladders, reticulated foam tank fillers, and the direct addition of halocarbons to fuel.
Aircraft Fuel Cell Explosion Suppression Systems and Their Applicability to Army Aircraft
1967
182 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aeronautics , Industrial Safety Engineering , Detonations, Explosion Effects, & Ballistics , Army aircraft , Fire safety , Ammunition damage , Fuel tanks , Aircraft fires , Incendiary ammunition , Explosions , Fuel systems , Rare gases , Purging , Foam , Vulnerability , Vapors , Aviation fuels , Helicopters , Utility aircraft , Observation aircraft , Flammability , Fire extinguishers , Ignition , Fuel additives , Nitrogen , Detection , H-13 aircraft , H-1 aircraft , H-37 aircraft , H-34 aircraft , H-47 aircraft , H-54 aircraft , H-6 aircraft , Jp-4 fuel , Ov-1 aircraft , O-1f aircraft , Reticulated foams , U-6 aircraft , U-8 aircraft , U-1 aircraft
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