Working Area Fire Protection

Conflagration training of the fire brigade using a fire pool

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Burn-through test of the 1:1 fuselage model
Function:

To realise Laboratory and Full Scale Tests:

Standard certification tests (NBS, OSU) of aviation equipment (LBA test centre)
Fire detection and suppression tests in cargo-compartments (1:1 Airbus A340 model)
Burn-through tests with an Airbus fuselage model (1:1)
Conflagration tests in 2,5 sq.m up to 200 sq.m fire pools
Several specific test rigs for material and extinction tests

The experimental facilities and the test centre are located in

DLR Trauen
Eugen-Sänger-Str. 50
D-29328 Fassberg

Technical Specifications of the primary test facilities:

Model section of an aircraft fuselage for miscellanous fire protection tests (Numbers are mm)

Airbus A340 front cargo compartment (full size) for fire detection and suppression experiments (Numbers are mm)

Aircraft fuselage model for burn-through tests of fuselage panels and constructional elements (Numbers are mm)

Author: Martin Plohr, DLR AT

Contact

Peter Dunklau
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Propulsion Technology, Triebwerk
Köln
Tel.: +49 2203 601-3236
Fax: +49 2203 64395

Bernd Müller
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Propulsion Technology, Triebwerk
Köln
Tel.: +49 2203 601-2168
Fax: +49 2203 64395

Pauline Boeijink-Grefte
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Propulsion Technology, Triebwerk
Köln
Tel.: +49 5055 596-11
Fax: +49 5055 596-49

Michael Meyer
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Propulsion Technology, Triebwerk
Köln
Tel.: +49 5055 596-11
Fax: +49 5055 596-49

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