Military vehicles equipped with upright fuel tanks are subject to near-explosion type fires when enemy projectiles pass through the tank. It is herein proposed to provide a source of pressurized fire suppressant near the fuel tank. Discharge of suppressant toward the emergent fireball is controlled by a squib valve that is triggered to the open condition by a pressure-responsive sensor mounted on the tank; the sensor responds to the shock wave generated by passage of the enemy projectile through the tank. Suppressant is directed toward the fireball by a bladder stretched across the inboard wall of the tank. Such a bladder advantageously has no metallic components that could fragment into dangerous lethal particles. (Author)


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    Title :

    Fire Suppression Bladder System for Fuel Tanks


    Contributors:
    A. J. Monte (author)

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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