Crash-Resistant Fuel Systems for General Aviation Aircraft

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Edwards, W. Thomas, author.

Conference Name:

Business Aircraft Meeting and Exposition (1979-04-03 : Wichita, Kansas, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1979

Summary:

A significant percentage of general aviation aircraft accidents result in postcrash fires due to the ignition of spilled fuel. This condition often causes further injury or even death to the occupants.Testing was undertaken to examine the performance of light-weight, flexible, crash-resistant fuel cells with frangible fuel line couplings. Included in the experiments were four full-scale crash tests of a typical light twin-engined aircraft. In three of these tests, the crash-resistant fuel system performed satisfactorily. However, the fourth test, which used the lightest weight tanks, resulted in tank failures which indicated a possible lower strength limit to the tank material

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Publisher Number:

790592

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