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AIRCRAFT LOADING WALKWAYS 415-9 <br /> Table 6.4.2 Typical Furnace Time–Temperature Gradients <br /> 1000 for Fire Testing of Aircraft Loading Walkways <br /> 1800 <br /> I External floor exposure Exposed Floor Exposed Wall <br /> I temperature 900 p <br /> Section Section <br /> 1600 I Temperatures Temperatures <br /> 800 Time <br /> (min:sec) °C °F °C °F <br /> 1400 <br /> I 700 <br /> 0:00 20 68 20 68 <br /> External wall exposure 0:20 160 320 90 194 <br /> 1200 i temperature ci 0:40 300 572 165 329 <br /> o 600 1:00 440 824 235 455 <br /> 1:20 580 1076 310 590 <br /> m 1000 I m 1:40 720 1328 380 716 <br /> EE i 500 E 2:00 860 1580 450 842 <br /> aoo I E 2:20 915 1679 520 968 <br /> 400 2:40 940 1724 595 1103 <br /> I 3:00 955 1751 635 1175 <br /> 3:20 960 1760 660 1220 <br /> 600 300 3:40 965 1769 675 1247 <br /> 4:00 970 1778 685 1265 <br /> 400 200 4:20 970 1778 690 1274 <br /> 4:40 975 1787 690 1274 <br /> 5:00 975 1787 690 1274 <br /> zoo I <br /> 100 5:20 975 1787 695 1283 <br /> 5:40 980 1796 695 1283 <br /> i 6:00 980 1796 695 1283 <br /> 0 6:20 985 1805 700 1292 <br /> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6:40 985 1805 700 1292 <br /> Time(minutes) 7:00 990 1814 700 1292 <br /> FIGURE 6.4.2 Typical Furnace Tune–Temperature Curves 7:20 990 1814 705 1301 <br /> for Fire Testing of Aircraft Loading Walkways. (See Table 7:40 995 1823 705 1301 <br /> 8:00 995 1823 705 1301 <br /> 6.4.2.) 8:20 995 1823 710 1310 <br /> 8:40 1000 1832 710 1310 <br /> 6.4.4 Temperatures of Unexposed Surfaces of Floors and 9:00 1000 1832 710 1310 <br /> Wim• 9:20 1005 1841 715 1319 <br /> 6.4.4.1 Temperatures of unexposed surfaces shall be mea- 9:40 1005 1841 715 1319 <br /> sured with exposed-type thermocouples placed under felted 10:00 1005 1841 715 1319 <br /> refractory fiber pads. <br /> Note:See also Figure 6.4.2. <br /> 6.4.4.1.1 The refractory fiber pads shall be of flexible,felted <br /> material, free of organic additives,and they shall exhibit the <br /> following properties: 6.4.4.1.2 The thickness measurement shall be made under <br /> (1) Length and width shall he 6 in.±1/s in.(152 mm±3.18 mm). the light load of a 1/2 in. (13 mm) diameter pad of a dial mi- <br /> (2) Thickness shall be 0.375 in.±0.063 in. (9.5 mm±1.6 mm). crometer gauge. <br /> (3) Dry weight shall be 0.147 lb±0.053 lb(67 g±24 g). 6.4.4.1.3 The wire leads of the thermocouple shall have an <br /> (4) Thermal conductivity [at 150°F (66°2)] shall be 0.37 Btu immersion under the pad and shall be in contact with the <br /> in./hr ft •°F ± 0.03 Btu in./hr ft •°F (0.053 W/m•C unexposed surface for not less than 11/2 in. (38 mm). The <br /> ±0.004 W/m•C). hot junction of the thermocouple shall be placed approxi- <br /> (5) Hardness indentation on soft face shall be 0.075 in. mately under the center of the pad. The outside diameter <br /> ±0.025 in. (1.9 mm±0.6 mm).Indentation shall be deter- of protecting or insulating tubes shall be not more than <br /> mined in accordance with ASTM Test Method C569,Stan- 5/16 in. (8 mm). The pad shall be held firmly against the <br /> dard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Preformed Ther- surface and shall fit closely about the thermocouples. The <br /> mal Insulations. Modified Brinell values of hardness are wires from the thermocouple in the length covered by the <br /> obtained by the following relationship,where y=the mea- pad shall be not heavier than No. 18 B &S gauge 0.04 in. <br /> sured indentation in inches: (1.02 mm) and shall be electrically insulated with beat- <br /> Hardness resistant and moisture-resistant coatings. <br /> Hardness=— 6.4.4.2 Temperature readings shall be taken at not less than <br /> y nine points on the surface.Five of these shall be symmetrically <br /> (6) The pads shall be shaped by wetting,forming,and drying located: one to be approximately at the center of the walkway <br /> to constant weight to provide complete contact on sharply specimen and four to be approximately at the center of its quar- <br /> contoured surfaces. ter sections.The other four shall be located at the discretion of <br /> 2008 Edition <br />