This report addresses the potential consequences of the impact and penetration of fuel tanks by debris from uncontained engine failures on commercial jet aircraft. The report presents a brief review of accident data and of the pertinent technical literature, a detailed analysis of in-tank ignition by hot fragments, and parametric calculations using a computer code for hydrodynamic ram. the results suggest that in-tank fire and hydrodynamic ram can be produced by engine debris, though their expected probability of occurrence is very low.


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    Title :

    Potential for Fuel Tank Fire and Hydrodynamic Ram from Uncontained Aircraft Engine Debris


    Contributors:
    N. A. Moussa (author) / M. D. Whale (author) / D. E. Groszmann (author) / X. J. Zhang (author)

    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    80 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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