Material Flammability: Two-Dimensional Burning Model for Aircraft Materials

The purpose of this research is to understand and predict the burning rate and flame spread characteristics of typical representative aircraft interior or body materials. This will help to understand the nature of current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flammability tests and help to develop improved materials. The approach is to exercise, extend and validate a pyrolysis model called ThermaKin.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Aviation Grants

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $556976.00
• Contract Numbers:

  2009-G-018

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport
  Atlantic City, NJ  United States  08405
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Maryland, College Park

  College Park, MD  United States  20742
• Principal Investigators:

  Quintiere, James

• Start Date: 20090901
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20100831
• Source Data: RiP Project 34009

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft cabins; Aircraft operations; Aviation safety; Flammability tests; Materials by flammability; Pyrolysis
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01478826
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 2009-G-018
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Apr 19 2013 1:01AM