Antimisting Fuel Kinematics Related to Aircraft Crash Landings
1978; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Volume: 15; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2514/3.58331
ISSN1533-3868
Autores Tópico(s)High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
ResumoAn approximate analysis is presented to quantitize kinematic behavior of antimisting Jet A fuel in an airstream representative of survivable aircraft crash landings. Antimisting fuel data were generated from a fuel expulsive airfoil placed in an airstream adjacent to a pulsing propane flame. Measurements of burning front velocities and accelerations were obtained from a camera located within the airfoil. These data were used in the analysis to predict the diameter, shear stress, and shearing strain rate of the average particle of antimisting fuel in the airstream under the airfoil. A description is given of the airflow-airfoil apparatus in the context of its simulation of crash landing conditions. The feasibility of using antimisting agents to suppress a fuel fire during a crash landing is evaluated.
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