Carbon fiber release conditions

The methodology and data sources analyzed to determine the carbon fiber release scenarios for aircraft accidents are presented. The scenarios consisted of a set of probability distributions for each of the variables judged to have impact on carbon dispersion and economic loss. Most of the distributions were independent of each other, but some were correlated. The set of probability distributions for all of the variables considered was used as input to a risk simulation. Because of this simulation approach unique, scenarios that encompassed a whole set of variables were not identified, rather, the emphasis was on a distribution for each individual variable.