Aircraft Fire Safety
A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 1290
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aircraft fire dynamic; aircraft fire suppression; aircraft evacuation; CFD modeling
Interests: fire behavior in typical environment; fire detection; fire resistant; fire suppression
Interests: aircraft fire Safety; accident analysis ; risk management
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Interests: flame retardant materials; green and durable fire-retardant materials; nanocomposite flame retardant materials; bio-inspired fire-resistant materials; polymeric materials; ceramic materials; multifunctional materials; bushfire analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aircraft fire safety is an important subject in the field of aviation safety. The wide application of new composite materials, fuels, and electronic equipment has significantly increased the complexity and potential threat of aircraft fire. Aircraft fire has strong concealment, rapid spread, and great harm, which can easily lead to system failure and major disaster accidents, especially in-flight fire. The International Civil Aviation Organization and other organizations have put forward higher requirements for aircraft fire protection design. However, in extreme environments such as high altitude, low pressure, and low oxygen, ventilation and vibration, there are still many challenges in fire evolution mechanisms, intelligent fire detection, fire risk assessment, flame-retardant performance of composite materials, clean and efficient fire suppression, accident emergency treatment, investigation technology, etc. It is urgent to conduct in-depth research on aircraft fire behaviors and their prevention and control strategies.
This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest research achievements in the field of aircraft fire safety and protection, and explore new ideas and methods in the fields of aircraft fire dynamics under special environments, new fire detection and suppression technologies, fire performance evaluations of airframe structural materials, aircraft accident investigations and emergency responses, etc., providing a platform for communication and learning for aircraft fire protection system design, research, and development, as well as airworthiness verification research.
Original research articles, reviews, and case studies showing the results of experiments, theoretical modeling, and numerical simulations are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Fire dynamic of cargo compartment, cabin, propulsion, etc.
- Aircraft fire experiment, modeling, and CFD simulations.
- Heat and mass transfer processes under aircraft fire and smoke spread.
- Lithium battery, aviation fuel, luggage, magnesium alloy. and other typical aircraft fuel fires.
- New halon replacement method of fire suppression in cargo compartment, cabin, propulsion, etc.
- Aircraft fire risk assessment.
- Intelligent and multi-method fire detection system design and validation.
- Effects of ambient pressure, ventilation. and temperature on aircraft fire behaviors, fire detection. and fire suppression.
- Airworthiness verification methods for aircraft fire protection and suppression.
- Aircraft emergency evacuation experiments, models, and simulations.
- Aircraft fire emergency response strategies and aircraft accident investigation techniques.
- Materials’ flammability and flame retardant performance evaluation.
Dr. Pei Zhu
Dr. Quanyi Liu
Dr. Zhenxiang Tao
Dr. Imrana I. Kabir
Guest Editors
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