A risk assessment was conducted to estimate the potential economic losses through 1993 due to the electrical effects of carbon fibers released from U.S. general aviation aircraft. The usage of carbon fiber (CF) composites in aircraft structures is expected to increase substantially by 1993. Aircraft accidents often involve fires or explosions that could conceivably release minute carbon fibers, which might disperse in the atmosphere, penetrate buildings or enclosures, and cause ...
A risk assessment was conducted to estimate the potential losses through 1993 due to the usage of carbon fiber (CF) composites in U.S. motor vehicles, including automobiles and trucks. Motor vehicle fires could conceivably release minute carbon fibers, which might disperse in the atmosphere, penetrate buildings or enclosures, and cause damaging shorts to electronic equipment. Of a total estimated 310,000 vehicle fires per year in the U.S., approximately 94,000 could ...
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