Publications Portal

You searched on:
Topic Area: Building and Fire Research
Sorted by: date

Your search results exceeded 1,000 records. Please refine your search and try again.
Displaying records 991 to 1000.
Resort by: Date / Title

991. Analysis of Published Accounts of the World Trade Center Evacuation. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-7A)***DRAFT for Public Comments***
Series: National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)
Report Number: 1-7
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Authors: R F Fahy, Guylene Proulx
Abstract: Published stories of the survivor's of the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks were collected to document the event and as background material to guide the development of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Investigation on occupan ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909182

992. Approach to Modeling Flame Spread Over Polyurethane Foam-Covered Walls. (POSTER ABSTRACTS)
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Authors: Daniel Madrzykowski, Stephen Kerber, Nelson P Bryner, William L. Grosshandler
Abstract: Computer simulation has been demonstrated to be credible, when properly applied, as a tool to help fill in critical details of a fire incident and to demonstrate the value of alternative building designs and fire safety measures. This poster presents ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=900068

993. Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Analysis of the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-2) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***
Series: National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)
Report Number: 1-2
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Author: Fahim H Sadek
Abstract: The baseline structural performance and aircraft impact damage analysis of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Investigation of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster had two primary tasks: (1) to develop reference structural mod ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909038

994. Comparison of Building Code Structural Requirements. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center (NIST NCSTAR 1-1B) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***
Series: National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)
Report Number: 1-1
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Authors: S K Ghosh, X Liang
Abstract: This report provides a comparison of the structural provisions of: (1) the New York City Building Code, 1968 edition, (2) the New York City Building Code, 2001 edition, (3) the New York State Building Construction Code, 1964 edition, (4) the Municipa ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=908971

995. Comparison of Codes, Standards and Practices in Use at the Time of the Design and Construction of World Trade Center 1, 2 and 7. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-1E) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***
Series: National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)
Report Number: 1-1
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Authors: J C Razza, R A Grill
Abstract: This report was prepared to support the goals and objectives of the analysis of building and tire codes and practices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology World Trade Center (WTC) Investigation. The report provides a comparison and s ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=908999

996. Comparison of the 1968 and Current (2003) New York City Building Code Provisions. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-1F) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***
Series: National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)
Report Number: 1-1
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Authors: J C Razza, R A Grill
Abstract: This report was prepared to support the analysis of building and fire codes and practices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology World Trade Center (WTC) Investigation. The report provides a comparison and summary of significant diff ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=908956

997. Component, Connection, and Subsystem Structural Analysis. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-6C) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***
Series: National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)
Report Number: 1-6
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Authors: Mehdi S Zarghamee, S Bolourchi, D W Eggers, Omer O Erbay, F W Kan, Yasuo Kitane, P R Barrett, John L Gross, Therese P McAllister, A A Liepins, M Mudlock, W I Naguib, R P Ojdrovic, Andrew T Sarawit
Abstract: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. (SGH) developed finite element models of the components, connections and subsystems of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers to study their structural performance in the fire environment that followed the aircraft impact ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909153

998. Computer Simulation of the Fires in the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5F) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***
Series: National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)
Report Number: 1-5
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Authors: Kevin B McGrattan, Charles E. Bouldin, Glenn P Forney
Abstract: This report presents the results of numerical simulations of the fires in World Trade Center (WTC) 1 and WTC 2 on September 11, 2001. The calculations were performed with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fire Dynamics Simulat ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909128

999. Contemporaneous Structural Steel Specifications. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-3A) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***
Series: National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)
Report Number: 1-3
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Authors: William E Luecke, Thomas Allen Siewert, Frank W Gayle
Abstract: This report reviews the contemporaneous (1960s era) steel and welding standards used to construct the 110-story World Trade Center (WTC) towers. It describes the major structural elements in the towers and the many grades of steels relevant to the WT ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909040

1000. Damage and Failure Modes of Structural Steel Components (Appendices A-G). Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-3C) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***
Series: National Construction Safety Team Act Reports (NIST NCSTAR)
Report Number: 1-3
Topic: Building and Fire Research
Published: 9/1/2005
Authors: Stephen W Banovic, Timothy J Foecke
Abstract: This report describes damage characteristics, failure modes, and fire-related degradation of the recovered structural components from the World Trade Center (WTC) 1 and WTC 2. Assessment of the structural components was divided into pre- and post-col ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909049