There is a need to characterize the thermal response of materials exposed to aircraft fuel fires. Large scale open fire tests are costly and pollute the local environment. This paper describes the construction and operation of a subscale fire test that simulates the heat flux levels and thermochemistry of typical open pool fires. It has been termed the Ames T-3 Test and has been used extensively by NASA since 1969 to observe the behavior of materials exposed to JP-4 fuel fires.


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    Title :

    Ames T-3 fire test facility - Aircraft crash fire simulation


    Contributors:
    Fish, R. H. (author)


    Publication date :

    1976-10-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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