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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
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
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
M Y. Choi, George W. Mulholland, Anthony Hamins, Takashi Kashiwagi
The accurate measurement of flame-generated particlates is a problem of current interest to researchers in the fire and combustion community. Within the flame
The purpose of the Invitational Workshop on Information Technology (IT) Assurance and Trustworthiness was to identify crucial issues on assurance in IT systems
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) co-hosted the first Custom Footwear Manufacturing
A state-of-the-art (SOTA) survey was performed for visualization software application (VAs) in the context of a rapid response manufacturing (RRM) environment