Fire safety in the low-gravity spacecraft environment

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Friedman, Robert ^a  

^a NASA Glenn (Formerly Lewis) Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIREPROOFING; FIRES; LIQUID SLOSHING; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SPACECRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; EXTINGUISHING AGENT; FIRE PREVENTION; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; MATERIAL FLAMMABILITIES; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; STANDARD MATERIALS;

FIRE RESISTANCE;

EID: 85072451482     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-1937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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