NIST Tool Will Help Military Aircraft Fight Fires Using Less Harmful Chemicals
Credit: U.S. Army The U.S. Army uses NIST’s PROFISSY computer program to help understand the performance and calculate the maximum charging pressure for this automatic fire extinguishing system, which protects the crew in an armored ground vehicle from explosive fires. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, interactive spreadsheet that will help the U.S. military extinguish aircraft and vehicle fires using the latest environmentally friendly chemicals. While it may sound old-school, the spreadsheet is actually an upgrade of a...
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