Abstract
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been studying the effects of on-board explosive detonations on commercial transport-category aircraft for a number of years. In order to accurately predict and measure the structural damage that results, the loading mechanisms must be thoroughly understood. Typical passenger luggage has a significant effect on the overpressures and loading durations developed during internal explosive detonation. The results of explosive testing and computer modeling to generate accurate representations of these effects are presented. Several experiments and their outcomes are described including the development of attenuation factors for explosive charges cased in single pieces of luggage and for detonations in a typical airline luggage container under various luggage volumes and venting conditions. In parallel to the generation of test data, a semi-empirical computer program which predicts internal blast effects was modified and improved as more data became available to allow for the inclusion of luggage effects.
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