1. Thermostable textile materials used in emergency evacuation systems of passenger airplanes Konstantin Kirin, Gennady Budnitskiy & Vycheslav Nikishin Due to unexpected difficulties, the authors did not present this material at the Aircraft Fire & Cabin Safety Research Conference in November 2004.

2. THERMOSTABLE TEXTILE MATERIALS USED IN EMERGENCY EVACUATION SYSTEMS OF PASSENGER AIRPLANE Konstantin M. Kirin Aviation Certification Center of State Scientific-Research Institutwe of Civil Aviation Gennady A. Budnitskiy All Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Polymeric Fibers Vycheslav A. Nikishin Russian Correspondence Institute of Textile and Light Industry The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004

3. EMERGENCY EVACUATION SYSTEMS Pyrotechnic inflation systems Emergency evacuation slides of large internal volume The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004

4. TUBES OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDES FAR-25, App. F, Part IV The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004

5. RUSSIAN HEAT-RESISTANT MATERIALS The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004

6. HEAT-RESISTANT MATERIALS WITH COATING The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004

7. SPECIFIC TOTAL HEAT RELEASE RATE (kW·min/gram) The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004 - characteristics of experimental samples have shown the best results with a lower heat release rate as compared with samples made of polyester fibers. The heat release rate of foreign samples is yet to be reached. - the use fluorine rubber coating (SKF-26), applied over the polyimide textile material (51-ZT-166), allows the test results of both experimental and foreign samples to be surpassed

8. COATING INFLUENCE ON HEAT RELEASE RATE The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004

9. COATING INFLUENCE ON HEAT RELEASE RATE BEFOR coating application The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004 AFTER coating application

10. HEAT RELEASE RATES OF EXISTING AND EXPERIMENTAL COATED SAMPLES The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004

11. 1. APPLICATION OF ARMOS ®, ARIMID ®, AND TVERLANA ® HEAT-RESISTAN TEXTILE MATERIALS AS THE BASE FOR TUBE OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE, AND THE EARLIER-USED SKB SODIUM-BUTADIENE RUBBER COATING ALLOWS THE HEAT RELEASE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE SLIGHTLY IMPROVED AS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF EXISTING POLYESTER SAMPLES. HOWEVER, IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT SUFFICIENT FOR REACHING THE HEAT RELEASE RATE OF FOREIGN ANALOGUES. 2. THE SKB COATING HAS A CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE ON THE HEAT RELEASE RATE AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE MATERIAL TO REALIZE ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF HEAT-RESISTANT TEXTILE MATERIALS OF THE FABRIC BASE (ARMOS, ARIMID, TVERLANA). 3. THE USE OF ARIMID POLYIMIDE TEXTILE MATERIAL WITH THE SKF FLUORINE RUBBER COATING ALLOWS THE BETTER RESULTS WITH A LOWER HEAT RELEASE RATE TO BE ACHIEVED. 4. TVERLANA - THE NEW PARA-METAARAMID FIBER IS THE MOST SUITABLE MATERIAL FOR TUBE OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE, SINCE IT HAS THE MOST OPTIMAL COMBINATION OF COST-EFFICIENCY AND THERMO- MECHANICAL PROPERTYS. CONCLUSIONS The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004

12. CONTACTS: Konstantin M. KIRIN Aviation Certification Center of State Scientific-Research Institute of Civil Aviation Tel.: 7-(095)-578-52-48, Fax: 7-(095)-578-42-92 E-mail: general@spasga.ru Gennady A. BUDNITSKIY All Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Polymeric Fibers Tel.: 7-(095)-586-49-56, Fax: 7-(095)-583-19-06 Vycheslav A. NIKISHIN Russian Correspondence Institute of Textile and Light Industry Tel.: 7-(095)-943-61-18, Fax: 7-(095)-943-86-13 The Fourth Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 November 2004