Approximately 50% of the fatalities in survivable airplane crashes are due to postcrash fires. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a new low-density (LD) reticulated polyurethane foam (LD foam) to mitigate postcrash airplane fires. Currently, reticulated foam is used in the fuel tanks of the C-130, A-10, and F-15 military aircraft for explosion protection. However, documentation on the use of reticulated foam to mitigate postcrash fires is limited and does not exist for the new LD foam. A series of sled tests were conducted to determine the effectiveness of LD foam to mitigate postcrash fuel-fed fires. LD foam was placed inside a simulated fuel tank and exposed to dynamic inertial forces experienced in a survivable airplane crash.


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    Titel :

    Evaluating of Low-Density Reticulated Foam to Mitigate Postcrash Fuel Fires


    Beteiligte:
    K. L. Dowell (Autor:in) / S. Jankiewicz (Autor:in) / L. Lombardo (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011


    Format / Umfang :

    62 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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