The document is comprised of the papers presented at the symposium. They include: Jet fuel specifications; Fuels for supersonic and hypersonic aircraft; Cooling of advanced engines by endothermic reactions of hydrocarbon fuels; Application of analytical techniques for the analysis of additives and contaminants in advanced hydrocarbon fuels; The possibilities of actually testing the combustion characteristics of aviation fuels with appropriate equipment; Low emission fuels and devices for aviation engines; Fuel cleanliness; Fuel related problems in aircraft fuel systems; Aircraft fuelling operations and quality control; Aviation fuel lubricity; Flame inhibition chemistry; Flammability properties of jet fuels and techniques for fire and explosion suppression; Ignition of fuels by a hot projectile; Flame spreading across liquid fuels; Contribution to the selection of fire extinguishing systems and agents for aircraft fires; Electrostatic charging in the handling of aviation fuels; Crash-safe turbine fuel development by the federal aviation administration (1964-1970); Emulsified fuels and aircraft safety; Fire hazard evaluation of thickened aircraft fuels; Fire and explosion protection of fuel tank ullage; Investigation of fire extinguishing powders by means of a new measuring procedure; Simulated crash tests as a means of rating aircraft safety fuels; Surface active considerations in fuel fires; Lubricant and fuel interactions in advanced aircraft gas turbines; Stability of synthetic aviation gas turbine lubricants at high temperatures; Lubricant experience and duties in a civil supersonic gas turbine engine; Early-stage detection of oil changes in aircraft engines; Solid lubrication for aero propulsion system; Synthetic lubricants for supersonic aircraft.


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    Title :

    Aircraft Fuels, Lubricants, and Fire Safety


    Publication date :

    1971


    Size :

    285 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English