Modelling of Fire Behaviour of an Aeronautical Composite

The airframes are dimensioned according to specific fire scenarios and they have to meet the requirements of certification Authorities. The aircraft manufacturers have to demonstrate the respect of safety requirements mainly through experimental certification tests. In the other hand, the amount of composite in aircraft structure has increased and is reached more than 50% in the coming aircraft generation Airbus A350 XWB and Boeing 787. So there is a need to explore more in details the behaviour of composites under fire conditions.