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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Failure Analysis of the WWVB Tower

Author(s)
Joseph D. McColskey, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo
A failure analysis was conducted on the collapse of the NIST WWVB tower. The analysis included mechanical testing, chemical analysis, and metallographic...

Fire Safety Research at NIST

Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins
The Fire Research Division is one of four Divisions in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Community-Scale Fire Spread

Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, Anthony P. Hamins, Howard R. Baum, Kevin B. McGrattan, D D. Evans
This paper addresses community-scale fires, which have also been called urban/wildland interface or intermix fires. These fires arise when wildlandfires invade...

Planning with Incrementally Created Graphs

Author(s)
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Otto H. Herzog
A framework for planning algorithms that is both optimal and complete will be presented that allows for the planning of optimal paths through a multi-level...

Gas-Phase Mechanisms of Fire Retardants

Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris
Fire retardants are added to polymers to increase their ignition time and reduce their heat release rates when burning. They are often described as acting...

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers (NISTIR 6879)

Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, Howard R. Baum, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Based on preliminary assumptions and analysis, mathematical models have been used to estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade...

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers (NISTIR 6879)

Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, Howard R. Baum, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Based on preliminary assumptions and analysis, mathematical models have been used to estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade...

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers

Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Mathematical models have been used to provide an initial estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11...

Final Report: Effective Non-Toxic Metallic Fire Suppressants

Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris, M D. Rumminger, Valeri I. Babushok, Harsha K. Chelliah, A K. Lazzarini, P N. Wanigarathne
The purpose of the project was to: a.) identify which metal species would be effective flame inhibitors, and then b.) attempt to find non-toxic forms of the...
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