Practical risk management for present and future spacecraft, including space stations, involves the optimization of residual risks balanced by the spacecraft operational, technological, and economic limitations. Spacecraft fire safety is approached through three strategies, in order of risk: (1) control of fire-causing elements, through exclusion of flammable materials for example; (2) response to incipient fires through detection and alarm; and (3) recovery of normal conditions through extinguishment and cleanup. Present understanding of combustion in low gravity is that, compared to normal gravity behavior, fire hazards may be reduced by the absence of buoyant gas flows yet at the same time increased by ventilation flows and hot particle expulsion. This paper discusses the application of low-gravity combustion knowledge and appropriate aircraft analogies to fire detection, fire fighting, and fire-safety decisions for eventual fire-risk management and optimization in spacecraft.


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    Title :

    Fire behavior and risk analysis in spacecraft


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; 1988 ; Chicago, IL, United States


    Publication date :

    1988-01-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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