BS G 259:1996 PDF

Scope: This International Standard, which is applicable pri-marily to civil and transport aircraft, specifies the test requirements for aerospace equipment which could be subjected to moisture ingress, frosting and condensation, resulting from the passage through at-mospheric conditions of high humidity, in combination with or induced by changing temperature and press-ure. It specifies various test procedures which can be in-voked when required by an equipment design and requirement specification. This International Standard permits the selection of specific test conditions and methods that define ac-ceptance requirements for aerospace equipment which may be subject to induced condensation and humidity. The conditions are more likely to occur in an uncon-ditioned bay but may also occur in a conditioned bay when the equipment has a short thermal transmission path to an external airframe structure. The incidence of this form of condensation is also influenced by the duty cycle of the equipment and its thermal charac-teristics. This test is not intended to reveal the defects ensuing from prolonged exposure to high humidity such as may occur on the ground in tropical climates, a suit-able test for this environment is given in ISO 7137. Also this test is not intended to simulate the hazards of local ice formation, in which case reference should be made to the icing tests defined in ISO 7137, test procedure 1.4.

BS G 259:1996 history

1996 BS G 259:1996 Aircraft equipment. Environmental and operating conditions for airborne equipment. Humidity, temperature and pressure tests