A Research Study of the Assessment of Escape Impairment by Irritant Combustion Gases in Postcrash Aircraft Fires

Kaplan, Harold L.; Grand, Arthur F.; Rogers, Walter R.; Switzer, Walter G.; Hartzell, Gordon E.

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A Research Study of the Assessment of Escape Impairment by Irritant Combustion Gases in Postcrash Aircraft Fires

1984-09-01
By Kaplan, Harold L. ; Grand, Arthur F. ; Rogers, Walter R.

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Creators:

Kaplan, Harold L. ; Grand, Arthur F. ; Rogers, Walter R. ; Switzer, Walter G. ; Hartzell, Gordon E.
Corporate Creators:

Southwest Research Institute
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Technical Center
Subject/TRT Terms:
- Escape systems
- Aircraft
- Fires
- Gases
- Primates
- Toxicity
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT/FAA/CT-84/16
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:

The primary objective of this research program was to assess the potential of representative combustion gases to impair human escape from a post-crash aircraft fire environment. A non-human primate model (juvenile savannah baboon) and an operant behavioral task were used to measure the individual effects of hydrogenchloride (HCL), carbonmonoxide (CO) and acrolein. A secondary objective was to evaluate the validity of laboratory tests with rodents to predict human escape impairment by combustion gases.
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DTFA03-81-00065
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92582/dot_92582_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 15.14 MB]
Collection(s):

FAA Fire Safety ; FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
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