Modeling of Aircraft Fire Suppression

Modeling of aircraft fire suppression studies show that the theoretical equations/parameters for scaling of the required quantities of fire extinguishing agent from small test fires to large scale actual crash fires is feasible. Modeling was based on the use of the firefighting agent Aqueous Film Fo...

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Main Authors: England, Walter J, Morehouse, Edward T , Jr, Teuscher, Lynn H, Hertel, Joseph, Quon, Steven L
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AIR FORCE
AIRCRAFT FIRES
CONFIGURATIONS
CRASHES
EQUATIONS
FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS
FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENTS
FIRE SUPPRESSION
FIRES
FOAM
Military Aircraft Operations
PARAMETERS
PE62206F
PREDICTIONS
RATES
RESPONSE
Safety Engineering
TEST AND EVALUATION
TIME
WATER
WUAFESC26730044
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Summary:Modeling of aircraft fire suppression studies show that the theoretical equations/parameters for scaling of the required quantities of fire extinguishing agent from small test fires to large scale actual crash fires is feasible. Modeling was based on the use of the firefighting agent Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) which the United States Air Force currently uses in response to aircraft fires. The Fire suppression model relates fire control time to variables in the fire area, agent application rates and agent properties. This report contains the analysis data for various fire configurations resulting in good correlation between the predictive models and the actual events studied. Keywords: Fire suppression; Fire control; Fire area; Firefighting agent; Aqueous film Forming foram (AFFF); Fire modeling aircraft fires.