Evaluation of an Improved Flame Resistant Aircraft Window System

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• Creators:
  Geyer, George B. ; Urban, Charles H.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Technical Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Vehicle windows
  • Aircraft
  • Air transportation crashes
  • Aircraft fuels
  • Fires
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/CT-83/1 0
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Abstract:
  Information was obtained by conducting a series of representative fire modeling experiments of aircraft cabin window systems employing salvaged segments of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft. Experiments were performed in which a thermally improved window system was installed adjacent to a standard window configuration and exposed to flame impingement from a JP-4 fuel fire. The results of test 1 indicated that the thermally improved DC-10 window configuration, employing the stretched acrylic pressure pane and the new EX 112 fail-safe pane, provided an overall improvement 1.n flame resistivity over the standard all acrylic window system of at least 79 seconds (1. 3 minutes).
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92503/dot_92503_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.78 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Fire Safety ; FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
• Main Document Checksum:
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