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H Liu, Tsai H. Hong, Martin Herman, Rama Chellappa
Traditional optical flow algorithms assume local image translational motion and apply simple image filtering. Recent studies have taken two separate approaches...
William D. Davis, Glenn P. Forney, Richard W. Bukowski
The rapid activation of fire detection and suppression systems in response to a growing fire is one of the important factors required to provide for life safety...
Anthony P. Hamins, D. Baghdadi, P. Borthwick, M Glover, William L. Grosshandler, D L. Lowe, L Melton, Cary Presser
The engine nacelle encases the jet engine compressor, combustor and turbine. A nacelle fire is typically a turbulent diffusion flame stabilized behind an...
The study which is the subject of this record was carried out in two stages. The objective of the first phase was to investigate the effect of electron beam...
Mark A. Kedzierski, J. M. Crowder, A. M. Jacobi, L. Zhang
This report records a visual measurement technique for analyzing bubbles formed by nucleate flow boiling. The purpose of measuring these bubbles is to expand...
This white paper gives 1) a brief overview of the concepts of enterprise integration, 2) defines a national strategy for enterprise integration that involves...
The agents which are currently being considered as replacements for fire suppressant agent CF3Br are mostly fluorinated hydrocarbons and perfluorinated alkanes...
Halogenated fire extinguishing agents such as CF3Br decompose in flames to form hydrogen halides such as HF and HBr and other toxic and corrosive products...
Kathryn M. Butler, Howard R. Baum, Takashi Kashiwagi
An intumescent coating protects the underlying surface from fire by swelling into a thick insulating char. Design of intumescent materials has proceeded largely...
Roughly two thirds of all deaths resulting from enclosure fires can be attributed to the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) which is the dominant toxicant in fire...
Thomas G. Cleary, M D. King, Jiann C. Yang, William L. Grosshandler
The evaluation of alternative agents for application in engine nacelle fire protection includes delivery efficiency of agent from a remote storge bottle through...
C A. Womeldorf, Jiann C. Yang, William L. Grosshandler
Until recently halon 1301 has been regularly discharged in Navy aircraft engine nacelles to certify that the fire suppression systems distribute the fire...
Jiann C. Yang, Thomas G. Cleary, Roy A. McLane, William L. Grosshandler
Discharge of the three selected alternative agents for aircraft dry bay fire protection has been conducted in a simulated dry bay (i.e., in an unconfined space)...
Erik L. Johnsson, Nelson P. Bryner, William M. Pitts
Enclosure fires are of great interest because of the resulting loss of life and property, yet the fluid dynamic and chemical behaviors of fires within...
Nelson P. Bryner, Erik L. Johnsson, William M. Pitts
Recent studies attribute a large percentage of fire injuries and deaths to the generation of carbon monoxide (CO) and indicate that in roughly two-thirds of the...
Kenneth D. Steckler, Anthony P. Hamins, Takashi Kashiwagi
We are in the process of developing a burning-rate model for char-forming materials. Currently, the combustion of a horizontal slab of wood, exposed to an...
The elimination of new production of halon 1301 has forced the manufacturers, owners, and users of aircraft to search for an alternative. The program described...
This paper established to first order the sensitivity of the center coordinates and radius of a circle through three points in terms of small, random...
A fundamental property of interest in characterizing the effectiveness of fire suppressants is the effect of addition of inhibitors on the laminar flame speed...
I Vazquez, C I. Boyer, B D. Breuel, L A. Weber, M Huber, Jiann C. Yang
This study is a continuation of a U.S. Air Force/Navy/Army and FAA sponsored program, currently being conducted at NIST, to further evaluate some thermodynamic...