Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors

This book describes the Conference on Fire and Smoke-Resistant Materials held at the National Academy of Sciences on November 8-10, 1994. The purpose of this conference was to identify trends in aircraft fire safety and promising research directions for the Federal Aviation Administration's program in smoke and fire resistant materials. This proceedings contains 15 papers presented by distinguished speakers and summaries of the workshop sessions concerning toxicity issues, fire performance parameters, drivers for materials development, and new materials technology.Table of ContentsFront MatterPart I - Invited PapersChapter 1. Federal Aviation Administration Fire-Safety MissionChapter 2. Airplane Accidents and FiresChapter 3. Heat Exposure and Burning Behavior of Cabin Materials . . .Chapter 4. Fundamental Fire Properties of Combustible MaterialsChapter 5. Fire Tests and Hazard EvaluationChapter 6. Fire Properties of MaterialsChapter 7. Fire-Screening Results of Polymers and CompositesChapter 8. Fire Properties of Future Material CandidatesChapter 9. Meeting FR Goals Using Polymer Additive SystemsChapter 10. An Overview of Inorganic and Organometallic PolymersChapter 11. Flame-Retarding Wool Textile Materials and the Evaluation of Thermally Stable...Chapter 12. Smoke ToxicityChapter 13. In-Service Performance Criteria for Aircraft InteriorsChapter 14. Design of Aircraft InteriorChapter 15. Processing and Manufacturing of Interior ComponentsPart II - Workshop SummarySession I: ToxicitySession II: Fire Performance ParametersSession III: Drivers for Materials DevelopmentSession IV: New Materials TechnologyAppendix A: Conference ProgramAppendix B: Conference Participants and Speakers