A. Murty Kanuary, Stanley B. Martin

This paper explores the potential of the heat-release rate calorimeter as a tool to develop information useful in assessing fire hazard of materials as they are used in construction. Details are given of concepts for deducing from a typical heat-release rate versus exposure time curve, a variety of basic and applied physicochemical properties of materials in fires. The practical significance of these properties is discussed in relation to the combustion processes occurring in a fire. Among the properties considered are: thermo physical properties of the tested material, time of piloted and spontaneous ignition, fire spread with external radiation, fire endurance of slabs, rate of heat-release, extinguish ability, B-number, self-heating and smoke production.

A. Frank Taylor

In the 1975 and 1989 AGARD Symposia statistics were presented concerning the survival aspects of transport aircraft accidents.

John R. Facey

Initiated as Masters Degree thesis project at Princeton University, with Dr. Irvin Glassman as advisor. br>
Technical Director of the Aeronautical Turbine Laboratory, Dr. Joseph S. Dirende, expressed an interest in the thesis subject as a foundational research project.

Dr. Glassman and the investigator agreed that the area, which most needed attention, was external burning on aerodynamic bodies as a means of producing thrust. Fuel to be used at the beginning is hydrogen.

H. Gupta

Recent advances in the phenolic prepreg systems suitable for aircraft interior's applications are described.

William D. Bachalo

The applications of spray and mists for extinguishing fires requires further research to establish the most effective application parameters. Some of these conditions are the water flow rate directed onto the fuel; drop size distribution, velocity of the entrained air, and the drop velocity. The phase Doppler instrument is capable of providing these data in realistic environments, including measurements within the fire. Details of the local drop size, size distribution, drop size velocity correlations; gas phase velocity, number density and volume flux can be measured. A brief description of the phase Doppler method is given with the validations of the measurement capabilities.