FIRE- AND SMOKE-RESISTANT INTERIOR MATERIALS FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Materials -- Component Design and Manufacturing -- Fire Testing, Evaluation, and Modeling -- Long-Term Research Program -- REPORT ORGANIZATION -- 1 Introduction -- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM -- ACCIDENT STATISTICS -- STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES -- 2 Design and Function Requirements for Aircraft Interior Materials -- MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION -- SAFETY -- Fire Resistance -- Strength and Stiffness Requirements -- WEIGHT -- COST -- MANUFACTURABILITY AND PRODUCIBILITY -- Processing Labor -- Processing Equipment and Tools -- COMFORT -- Seat Ergonomics -- Acoustics -- MAINTAINABILITY -- Cleanability -- Durability -- Repairability -- AESTHETICS -- 3 Evaluation of Materials Fire Performance -- FIRE SAFETY -- Flammability -- Toxicity -- FIRE SCENARIOS -- Post-Crash External Fuel Fires -- In-Flight Fires -- Fire Dynamics and Fire Load -- FIRE MODELS -- TESTING AND FIRE-SAFETY ASSESSMENT -- Validation with Full-Scale Testing -- 4 Development of Candidate Materials for Future Interiors -- COMBUSTION OF POLYMERS -- Thermal Degradation -- Char Formation -- Transport of Degradation Products -- Ignition -- Fire Growth -- DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS -- Approach -- Thermosets -- Thermoplastics -- Organic/Inorganic Polymers -- Inorganic Materials -- New and Modified Materials -- Flame-Retardant Additives -- Toxicant Suppressants -- MANUFACTURING -- Manufacturing Processes -- Environmental and Health Considerations -- THEORETICAL MODELING OF POLYMER COMBUSTION -- Heat Transfer Models -- Thermal Degradation Models -- Transport Models -- Ignition Models -- Fire-Growth Models -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations Research Opportunities -- MATERIALS -- COMPONENT DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING.

FIRE SCENARIOS -- Testing and Evaluation -- Modeling -- Long-Term Research Program -- References -- APPENDIX A Glossary of Terms -- REFERENCES -- Appendix B FAA Research and Development -- ORIGINAL MANDATES -- NEW MANDATES -- The Aviation Safety Research Act of 1988 -- The Aircraft Catastrophic Failure Prevention Research Act of 1990 -- FAA RESPONSE TO THE NEW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANDATES -- Aircraft Safety Research Program -- Fire Research Program -- FAA Interim Materials Development Criteria -- Synthesis -- Characterization -- Modeling -- Processing -- REFERENCES -- Appendix C Current Fire-Modeling Capabilities -- ZONE MODELS -- FIELD MODELS -- Fire-Hazard Assessment Models -- REFERENCES -- Appendix D Toxicity Modeling Testing -- TOXICITY MODELS -- TOXICITY TESTING -- REFERENCES -- Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.