25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-9.8.2

DETERMINATION OF SMOKE QUANTITIES TO BE USED FOR SMOKE DETECTION PERFORMANCE GROUND AND FLIGHT TESTS

K. Behle
Airbus, Germany

Keywords: Fire, Smoke Generation, Certification, Paraffin, Resin Block

For obtaining aircraft certification it is mandatory to show compliance with the applicable requirements. For cargo smoke detection systems, the time for smoke detection is clearly specified by the authorities, the quantity of (simulated) smoke for showing compliance is not. An approach is presented for determination of applicable smoke amounts.

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