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 Contents


Front Matter
Part I - Invited Papers
Chapter 1. Federal Aviation Administration Fire-Safety Mission
Chapter 2. Airplane Accidents and Fires
Chapter 3. Heat Exposure and Burning Behavior of Cabin Materials . . .
Chapter 4. Fundamental Fire Properties of Combustible Materials
Chapter 5. Fire Tests and Hazard Evaluation
Chapter 6. Fire Properties of Materials
Chapter 7. Fire-Screening Results of Polymers and Composites
Chapter 8. Fire Properties of Future Material Candidates
Chapter 9. Meeting FR Goals Using Polymer Additive Systems
Chapter 10. An Overview of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers
Chapter 11. Flame-Retarding Wool Textile Materials and the Evaluation of Thermally Stable...
Chapter 12. Smoke Toxicity
Chapter 13. In-Service Performance Criteria for Aircraft Interiors
Chapter 14. Design of Aircraft Interior
Chapter 15. Processing and Manufacturing of Interior Components
Part II - Workshop Summary
Session I: Toxicity
Session II: Fire Performance Parameters
Session III: Drivers for Materials Development
Session IV: New Materials Technology
Appendix A: Conference Program
Appendix B: Conference Participants and Speakers