Flammability on textile of flight crew professional clothing

Silva-Santos M.C.; Oliveira M.S.; Giacomin A.M.; Laktim M.C.; Baruque-Ramos J.

Flammability on textile of flight crew professional clothing

Tipo

Artigo de evento

Data de publicação

2017

Periódico

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Citações (Scopus)

3

Autores

Silva-Santos M.C.
Oliveira M.S.
Giacomin A.M.
Laktim M.C.
Baruque-Ramos J.

Resumo

© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.The issue about flammability of textile materials employed in passenger cabins of commercial aircrafts is an important part of safety routines planning. Once an in-flight emergency initiated with fire or smoke aboard, time becomes critical and the entire crew must be involved in the solution. It is part of the crew functions, notably the attendants, the in-flight firefighting. This study compares the values of textile material of flight attendant working cloths and galley curtain fabric with regard to flammability and Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI). Values to the professional clothing material indicate that they are flammable and the curtains, self-extinguishing. Thus, despite of the occurrences of fire outbreaks in aircrafts are unexceptional, the use of other materials and technologies for uniforms, such as alternative textile fibers and flame retardant finishes should be considered as well as the establishment of performance limits regarding flame and fire exposing.

Assuntos Scopus

Commercial aircraft , Flame retardant finishes , Flight attendants , Limiting Oxygen Index , Materials and technologies , Performance limits , Self-extinguishing , Textile materials