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Introduction

The International Aircraft Materials Fire Test Forum meets three times per year. One meeting is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, area, one meeting is held at a host organization at another location in North America, and one meeting is hosted by an organization outside the United States. Issues and concerns in the area of aircraft materials fire safety testing are discussed with emphasis on the current test methods.

For the upcoming meeting, topics to be discussed will include the OSU/NBS test methods, Bunsen burner test method, oil burner for seats and cargo liners. Presentations and updates of round robin tests.

Forum attendees are welcome to open a discussion on any new topic in the aircraft materials fire safety area. This forum is open to anyone in the international community in industry, government , and academia with an interest in aircraft materials fire safety and testing. See below for past meeting minutes and next meeting details.


Updates & Downloads

*** Older updates and downloads can be found here ***


Meetings

The spring Forum meeting has been cancelled. Further information on the possible rescheduling of this Forum will be shared as soon as is possible.


Presentations / Minutes / Attendee Lists

  PPTX files may contain embedded video files. ZIP files contain video and Powerpoint files
Date Presentation Minutes / Attendee List
6/3/2015
  1. Development of a New Flammability Test for Magnesium-Alloy Seat Structure
    PPT (51 MB) View Online
  2. Magnesium in Aircraft Seats SAE Update
    PDF (1.5 MB) View Online
  3. Seat Cushion and Cargo Liner Oil Burner Update
    PDF (963 KB) View Online
  4. Development of a Flame Propagation Test Apparatus for Inaccessible Area Materials
    PDF (2 MB) View Online
  5. Composite Fuselage Flammability: Intermediate Scale Testing
    PPT (450 MB) View Online
  6. Inaccessible Area Materials - Riser Duct Tests
    PPT (754 MB) View Online
  7. AIRBUS Project FaBLE
    PPT (46 MB) View Online
  8. HEAT RELEASE RATE Updates
    PDF (749 KB) View Online
  9. OSU Round Robin 2015
    PDF (1.8 MB) View Online
  10. Numerical Acquisition of OSU Airflow Data and Its Effects on Heat Release Results
    PDF (714 KB) View Online
  11. Radiant Panel Update
    PDF (1.3 MB) View Online
  12. RTCA Update
    PDF (362 KB) View Online
  13. Evacuation SlideTest Method - Round Robin 4
    PDF (1 MB) View Online
  14. Microscale Combustion Calorimeter
    PDF (600 KB) View Online

*** Presentations and Minutes prior to December 2006 ***