Thermostable textile materials used in emergency evacuation systems of passenger airplanes

Konstantin Kirin, Gennady Budnitskiy & Vycheslav Nikishin

Due to unexpected difficulties, the authors did not present this material at the Aircraft Fire & Cabin Safety Research Conference in November 2004.

THERMOSTABLE TEXTILE MATERIALS USED THERMOSTABLE TEXTILE MATERIALS USED IN EMERGENCY EVACUATION SYSTEMS OF IN EMERGENCY EVACUATION SYSTEMS OF

PASSENGER AIRPLANEPASSENGER AIRPLANE

KKonstantin M. Kirin onstantin M. Kirin Aviation Certification Center of State Scientific-Research Institutwe of Civil AviationAviation Certification Center of State Scientific-Research Institutwe of Civil Aviation

Gennady A. Budnitskiy Gennady A. Budnitskiy All Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Polymeric FibersAll Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Polymeric Fibers

Vycheslav A. Nikishin Vycheslav A. Nikishin Russian Correspondence Institute of Textile and Light IndustryRussian Correspondence Institute of Textile and Light Industry

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EMERGENCY EVACUATION SYSTEMSEMERGENCY EVACUATION SYSTEMS

Pyrotechnic inflation systems

Emergency evacuation slides of large internal volume

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TUBES OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDESTUBES OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDES

FAR-25FAR-25, App. F, , App. F, Part Part IVIV

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RUSSIAN HEAT-RESISTANT MATERIALSRUSSIAN HEAT-RESISTANT MATERIALS

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HEAT-RESISTANT MATERIALS WITH COATINGHEAT-RESISTANT MATERIALS WITH COATING

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SPECIFIC TOTAL HEAT RELEASE RATE SPECIFIC TOTAL HEAT RELEASE RATE (kW·min/gram)(kW·min/gram)

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- characteristics of experimental samples have shown the best results with a lower heat release rate as compared with samples made of polyester fibers. The heat release rate of foreign samples is yet to be reached.

- the use fluorine rubber coating (SKF-26), applied over the polyimide textile material (51-ZT-166), allows the test results of both experimental and foreign samples to be surpassed

0,2575 0,2586

0,1885

0,1402

0,085

0,3705

0,3244

0,2151

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0,15

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0,25

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0,35

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Armos+SKB Tverlana+SKB Arimid+SKB 8-170 8-238 M-11849 M-12040 51-ZT-166

COATING INFLUENCE ON HEAT RELEASE RATECOATING INFLUENCE ON HEAT RELEASE RATE

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COATING INFLUENCE ON HEAT RELEASE RATECOATING INFLUENCE ON HEAT RELEASE RATE

BEFOR coating application

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AFTER coating application

HEAT RELEASE RATES OF EXISTING AND HEAT RELEASE RATES OF EXISTING AND EXPERIMENTAL COATED SAMPLESEXPERIMENTAL COATED SAMPLES

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• 1. APPLICATION OF ARMOS®, ARIMID®, AND TVERLANA® HEAT-RESISTAN TEXTILE MATERIALS AS THE BASE FOR TUBE OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE, AND THE EARLIER-USED SKB SODIUM-BUTADIENE RUBBER COATING ALLOWS THE HEAT RELEASE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE SLIGHTLY IMPROVED AS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF EXISTING POLYESTER SAMPLES. HOWEVER, IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT SUFFICIENT FOR REACHING THE HEAT RELEASE RATE OF FOREIGN ANALOGUES.

• 2. THE SKB COATING HAS A CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE ON THE HEAT RELEASE RATE AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE MATERIAL TO REALIZE ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF HEAT-RESISTANT TEXTILE MATERIALS OF THE FABRIC BASE (ARMOS, ARIMID, TVERLANA).

• 3. THE USE OF ARIMID POLYIMIDE TEXTILE MATERIAL WITH THE SKF FLUORINE RUBBER COATING ALLOWS THE BETTER RESULTS WITH A LOWER HEAT RELEASE RATE TO BE ACHIEVED.

• 4. TVERLANA - THE NEW PARA-METAARAMID FIBER IS THE MOST SUITABLE MATERIAL FOR TUBE OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE, SINCE IT HAS THE MOST OPTIMAL COMBINATION OF COST-EFFICIENCY AND THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTYS.

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

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CONTACTSCONTACTS::

Konstantin M. KIRINAviation Certification Center of State Scientific-Research Institute of Civil Aviation

Tel.: 7-(095)-578-52-48, Fax: 7-(095)-578-42-92

E-mail: general@spasga.ru

Gennady A. BUDNITSKIYAll Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Polymeric Fibers

Tel.: 7-(095)-586-49-56, Fax: 7-(095)-583-19-06

Vycheslav A. NIKISHINRussian Correspondence Institute of Textile and Light Industry

Tel.: 7-(095)-943-61-18, Fax: 7-(095)-943-86-13

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