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This report examines several methods for coupling the partial differential equations that arise in conductive heat transfer with the ordinary differential...
The NIST Algorithm Testing System is a software package for testing geometric fitting software. In order to create realistic test scenarios, the ATS provides...
This document reports on the findings from a collaborative effort by J. P. Hsu of the University of Texas at El Paso, T. W. Hsu (also of the same affiliation)...
Thomas G. Cleary, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, K M. Villa
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A study was conducted to develop a sprinkler fire suppression algorithm for use with sprinkler activation time models. Large scale experiments were performed to...
This report describes the 1992 technical program of the Factory Automation Systems Division (FASD), one of four technical divisions in the Manufacturing...
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Building and Fire Research Publications, 1991 is the second edition to reflect the combined publictions of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) for...
Kevin B. McGrattan, Ronald G. Rehm, Hai C. Tang, Howard R. Baum
A 2-D Boussinesq model describing heat-driven buoyant convection in a polygonal enclosure is presented. The hydrodynamics is based on the time-dependent Navier...