Eighteen tests were conducted in a 640-cubic foot simulated class D cargo compartment test article. Various ceiling lining materials, cargo loading configuration, air leakage rates, and fire sources were examined in a effort to determining the conditions likely to occur during a class D cargo compartment fire. The lining materials used in this project passed the requirements of FAR 25.853 and 25.855 (vertical and forty-five degree bunsen burner lab tests); however, they did not always successfully contain the cargo fires. The major conclusion of this study is that FAR 25.853 and 25.855 do not insure adequate burn-through resistance of class D cargo liners subjected to realistic fires. (Author)


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    Title :

    Fire Containment Characteristics of Aircraft Class D Cargo Compartments


    Contributors:
    D. R. Blake (author) / R. G. Hill (author)

    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    40 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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