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doi:10.3850/978-981-08-7724-8_05-04
Aircraft Scale Model to Evaluate the Thermal Attack and Fire Spread due to External Fires
J.A. Capote 1, D. Alvear1,a, M. Lázaro1, I. Saez2 and I. López2
1Group GIDAI – Fire Safety-Research and Technology, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
aalveard@unican.es
2Aeronautical Technologies Centre-CTA, Miñano, Álava, Spain
ABSTRACT
Fire tests were performed in a model of a passenger aircraft compartment. The tests were carried out on a 1/4 scaled chamber which represented a 4 m long segment of an A320 passenger cabin. The ignition source consisted of a kerosene container outside the test enclosure, next to the fuselage. The fire will enter by the opening side that simulates the door.
The materials used in the scale tests of the aircraft cabin were also tested, taking into account the different locations inside: seat materials, carpeting and honeycomb panels. These HRR bench scale tests (OSU and Cone Calorimeter) were used as an input for the computer modeling, for the purpose to characterising all the materials. Several simulations were calculated with the fire model `Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS)', developed by the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST (USA).
Keywords: Fire modelling, Scale tests, Fire tests.
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