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Books

Evaluation of Fire Service Positive Pressure Ventilation Tactics on High-Rise Buildings.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Stephen Kerber

Numerical Study of Thermal Decomposition and Pressure Generation in Charring Solids Undergoing Opposed-Flow Flame Spread.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

W Park, A A. Atreya, Howard R. Baum

Assessing the Accuracy of a Physical Fire Model for Obtaining Smoke Toxic Potency Data.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Jason D. Averill, Nathan D. Marsh, Marc R. Nyden

Reconstructing the Station Nightclub Fire: Computer Modeling of the Fire Growth and Spread

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, William L. Grosshandler

On February 20, 2003, during a band performance, pyrotechnics ignited foam insulation lining the walls and ceiling of the platform that was being used as a...

Reconstructing the Station Nightclub Fire: Materials Testing and Small-Scale Experiments.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, William L. Grosshandler

On February 20, 2003, during a band performance, pyrotechnics ignited foam insulation lining the walls and ceiling of the platform that was being used as a...

On the Use of a Firebrand Generator to Investigate the Ignition of Structures in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, John R. Shields, Jiann C. Yang, Yoshihiko Hayashi, Daisaku Nii

An experimental apparatus has been constructed to generate a controlled and repeatable size and mass distribution of glowing firebrands. The present study...

Numerical Micromagnetics: Finite Difference Methods

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

J. Miltat, Michael J. Donahue

Micromagnetics is based on the one hand on a continuum approximation of exchange interactions, including boundary conditions, on the other hand on Maxwell...

Effects of Fuel Absorption on Radiative Heat Transfer in Methanol Pool Fires.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Kaoru Wakatsuki, G S. Jackson, Anthony Hamins, Marc R. Nyden

Vortex-Coupled Oscillations of Edge Diffusion Flames in Coflowing Air With Dilution.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

F Takahashi, Gregory T. Linteris, Vishwanath R. Katta

Extinguishment Mechanisms of Coflow Diffusion Flames in a Cup-Burner Apparatus.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

F Takahashi, Gregory T. Linteris, Vishwanath R. Katta

Adiabatic Surface Temperature for Calculating Heat Transfer to Fire Exposed Structures.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

U Wickstrom, Dat Duthinh, Kevin B. McGrattan

Developing Extinction Criteria for Fires.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

J W. Williamson, A W. Marshall, Arnaud Trouve

Multiple Parameter Mixture Fraction With Two-Step Combustion Chemistry for Large Eddy Simulation.

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

J E. Floyd, Kevin B. McGrattan

Microwave generation in magnetic multilayers and nanostructures

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

William Rippard, Matthew Pufall

We present an overview of the coherent magnetic precessional dynamics induced by the spin transfer effect in magnetic nanostructures. The precessional...

Test Methods and Knowledge Representation for Urban Search and Rescue Robots

August 17, 2007

Author(s)

Craig I. Schlenoff, Elena R. Messina, Alan M. Lytle, Brian A. Weiss, Ann M. Virts

In this paper, we described an effort in which NIST is working with FEMA Task Force members to define performance requirements and standard test methods as well...

Molecular Understanding of Nanofriction of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Silicon Using AFM

June 6, 2007

Author(s)

S Sambasivan, S Hsieh, Daniel A. Fischer, Stephen M. Hsu

Metallurgical Interconnections for Extreme High and Low Temperature Environments

June 1, 2007

Author(s)

George G. Harman

The material properties and requirements for wire bond and flip chip interconnections that can be used in packaging chips for extreme high and low temperature...

Electrical Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers

May 30, 2007

Author(s)

Wenyong Wang, Takhee Lee, Mark Reed

Electrical characterization of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) has been performed using a nanometer-scale device structure. Temperature-variable...

Structure Characterization of Nanoporous Interlevel Dielectric Thin Films With X-Ray and Neutron Radiation

March 6, 2007

Author(s)

Christopher L. Soles, Hae-Jeong Lee, B D. Vogt, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu

The structure characterization of nanoporous interlevel dielectric (ILD) thin films is challenging because of the small sample volumes and nanometer dimensions...

Scanning Capacitance Microscopy for Electrical Characterization of Semiconductors and Dielectrics

February 1, 2007

Author(s)

Joseph J. Kopanski

A Scanning Capacitance Microscope (SCM) combines an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) with a 1-GHz tuned-LCR circuit to measure the capacitance between a conducting...

Combinatorial Materials Science: Measures of Success

January 30, 2007

Author(s)

Michael J. Fasolka, Eric J. Amis

points across parameter space. When designed effectively, combinatorial libraries explore a range of parameters in a rational and reliable manner. Second, where...

Spatial InAs Quantum Dot Positioning in GaAs Microdisk and Posts, edited by O. G. Schmidt

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Glenn S. Solomon, Z G. Xie

Spatial InAs Quantum Dot Positioning in GaAs Microdisk and Posts, edited by O. G. Schmidt

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Glenn S. Solomon, Z G. Xie

Helium Ion Microscopy: A New Technique for Semiconductor Metrology and Nanotechnology

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, John A. Kramar, L A. Stern, John Notte, Sean McVey

The Helium Ion Microscope (HIM) offers a new, potentially disruptive technique for nano-metrology. This methodology presents an approach to measurements for...

Diagnostic Spectrometers for High Energy Density X-Ray Sources, ed. by J.D. Gillaspy, J.J. Curry, and W. Wiese

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Lawrence T. Hudson, Albert Henins, J F. Seely, G E. Holland

The Spectrum of Th-Ar Hollow Cathode Lamps in the 900 nm to 4500 nm Region: Establishing Wavelength Standards for the Calibration of VLT Spectrographs, ed. by Christiaan Sterken

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

F Kerber, Gillian Nave, Craig J. Sansonetti, P Bristow, Michael R. Rosa

The Spectrum of Th-Ar Hollow Cathode Lamps in the 900 nm to 4500 nm Region: Establishing Wavelength Standards for the Calibration of VLT Spectrographs, ed. by Christiaan Sterken

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

F Kerber, Gillian Nave, Craig J. Sansonetti, P Bristow, Michael R. Rosa

Thin Films for Microelectronics and Photonics: Physics, Mechanics, Characterization, and Reliability

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

David T. Read, Alex Volinsky

Thin films of various types are a key component of modern microelectronic and photonic products. Conducting films form the interconnect layers in all chips, and...

Development of Compton r Radiography using High-Z Backlighters Produced by Ultra-intense Lasers, ed. by J.D. Gillaspy, J.J. Curry, and W. Wiese

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

R Tommasini, H-S Park, P.K. Patel, B.R. Maddox, S Le pape, S P. Hatchett, B A. Remington, M H. Key, N. Izumi, M Tabak, J A. Koch, O L. Landen, D. Hey, A. MacKinnon, J Seely, G Holland, Csilla Szabo-Foster

Role-Based Access Control, Second Edition

December 31, 2006

Author(s)

David F. Ferraiolo, David R. Kuhn, Ramaswamy Chandramouli

[ISBN-13: 978-1-59693-113-8] This newly revised edition of "Role-Based Access Control" offers the latest details on a security model aimed at reducing the cost...

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