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William D. Davis, Kathy A. Notarianni, Kevin B. McGrattan
The purpose of this study is to examine the predictive capabilities of fire models using the results of two fire experiments conducted in an aircraft hangar
Jeffrey W. Gilman, Takashi Kashiwagi, David L. VanderHart, S M. Lomakin, V Nagy
Additives that increase the amount of charcoal-like residue or carbonaceous char that forms during polymer combustion are very effective fire retardants
Urban/wildland intermix conflagrations occur when dry vegetative fuels of the wild areas combine with structural fuels from houses to product a combustible
The NIST Annual Conference on Fire Research has long been the prime forum for presentation and discussion of the latest advances in the science of fire and the
NIST researchers have developed a reference implementation and companion demonstration for this currently defined set of specifications to provide a concrete
The temperature glide of zeotropic mixtures during phase change provides the opportunity to limit throttling losses of the refrigerant leaving the condenser
Walter W. Jones, J. L. Bailey, P. A. Tatem, Glenn P. Forney
This paper describes a new algorithm of the Consolidated Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (CFAST) fire model and compares to data from real scale fire tests
By measuring propagation constants of coplanar waveguide transmission lines, we show the significant systematic errors of common measurement techniques when the
This paper describes the need for standardized representations of product information which are suitable for electronic communication between engineering and
Stan Woods, David Rasmussen, Michael Mattes, Kang B. Lee, Norm Lecomte, John Houldsworth, Fernando Gen_kuong, Micahel Geipel, Edwin El-kareh, Steven Cranmer, S Chen, Januz Bryzek
This paper provides a technical overview of the smart transducer interface module (STIM), the key element of the proposed IEEE-P1451.2 Draft Standard for