Download or read book Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors written by Committee on Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-08-22 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the Conference on Fire and Smoke-Resistant Materials held at the National Academy of Sciences on November 8-10, 1994. The purpose of this conference was to identify trends in aircraft fire safety and promising research directions for the Federal Aviation Administration's program in smoke and fire resistant materials. This proceedings contains 15 papers presented by distinguished speakers and summaries of the workshop sessions concerning toxicity issues, fire performance parameters, drivers for materials development, and new materials technology.