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Conferences

Suppression of Ignition Over a Heated Metal Surface

September 10, 1995

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, P. Borthwick, Cary Presser

The objective of this work is to investigate the effectiveness of various agents in suppressing flame ignition. Experiments were conducted to determine the

Study of Occupant Behavior During the World Trade Center Evacuation: Preliminary Report of Results

September 10, 1995

Author(s)

R F. Fahy

On February 26, 1993, shortly after noon, a bomb exploded in a subterranean garage below the World Trade Center plaza in New York City. The explosions and

Calculating Combined Buoyancy- and Pressure-Driven Flow Through a Shallow, Horizontal, Circular Vent; Application to Problem of Steady Burning in a Ceiling-Vented Enclosure.

September 10, 1995

Author(s)

Leonard Y. Cooper

A model was developed previously for calculating combined buoyancy- and pressure-driven (i.e., forced) flow through a shallow, circular, horizontal vent where

Acetylene Air Diffusion Flame Computations: Comparison of State Relations Versus Finite Rate Kinetics

September 10, 1995

Author(s)

Z Zhang, O A. Ezekoye

Fire propagation is driven by the coupling of heat and mass transfer processes between the gaseous and the condensed phases. A significant portion of the heat

Inhibition of Premixed Methane-Air Flames by Halon Alternatives

September 10, 1995

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, L Truett

Halogenated hydrocarbons are effective and widely used as fire suppressants. Because of their suspected destruction of stratospheric ozone, however, the

Computing the Effect of Sprinkler Sprays on Fire Induced Gas Flow

September 10, 1995

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney, Kevin B. McGrattan

Over the last twenty years there has been much debate concerning the interaction of sprinklers and draft curtains in large storage facilities. At issue is

Heat Transfer in an Intumescent Material Using a Three-Dimensional Lagrangian Model

September 10, 1995

Author(s)

Kathryn M. Butler, Howard R. Baum, Takashi Kashiwagi

The addition of heat transfer calculations to a three-dimensional, time-dependent numerical model of intumescent materials is described. Intumescent materials

Scaling Compartment Fires - Reduced- and Full-Scale Enclosure Burns.

September 10, 1995

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Erik L. Johnsson, William M. Pitts

An extensive series of over 140 natural gas fires in a 2/5ths-scale model of a standard room has been previously reported. This work extends the earlier reduced

Superconductor-Normal-Superconductor Junctions for Digital/Analog Converters

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Samuel P. Benz

Keeping Up With the Reality of Today's Surge Environment

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Francois D. Martzloff

Real-Time Quantized Optical Flow

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Theodore(Ted) Camus

Virtual Assembly Design Environment

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Kevin W. Lyons

Virtual reality is a technology which is often regarded as a natural extension to 3D computer graphics with advanced input and output devices. This technology

1/N Feynman Machines as a Path to Ultraminiaturization

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

E C. Teague

The possibility of implementing Feynman''s proposal for achieving ultraminiaturization by an iterative process of three-dimensional machines making ever-smaller

Generic Technology, Measurement and Standards Issues in Micromachining and Microfabrication

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Dennis A. Swyt

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are integrally-fabricated hybrids of micromechanical and microelectronic elements which serve together as sensors

CALS Technologies Make Business Sense for the Customer, Therapeutic Footwear Industry

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Howard T. Moncarz

The commercialization and integration of emerging technologies for custom, therapeutic footwear (CTF) manufacturing will provide economic and health-care

Application of the Prototype NIST SRM 2090a SEM Magnification Standard in a Manufacturing Environment

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

B Newell, Michael T. Postek, J VanDerZiel

The first NIST-traceable SEM magnification calibration standard designed to meet the particular needs of the micromanufacturing industry has been fabricated and

Comparison of UV Photosensitivity and Fluorescence During Fiber Grating Formation

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

H. Patrick, Sarah L. Gilbert

Fiber Coating Diameter: Toward a Glass Artifact Standard

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Dylan Williams, M. Young, L. A. Tietz

Kinetic-Energy Distributions of Ions Sampled from Radio-Frequency Discharges in Helium, Nitrogen, and Oxygen

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Richard J. Van Brunt, James K. Olthoff, S. B. Radovanov

Measurement of S2F10, S2OF10, and S2O2F10 Production Rates from Spark and Negative Glow Corona Discharge in SF6/O2 Gas Mixtures

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Richard J. Van Brunt, James K. Olthoff, Samara L. Firebaugh, I. Sauers

Fundamental Processes in Gas Discharges

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Loucas G. Christophorou, Richard J. Van Brunt, James K. Olthoff

Controlling the Critical Current Density of High-Temperature SNS Josephson Junctions

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Ronald H. Ono, Leila R. Vale, Carl D. Reintsema, G. Kunkel, S. J. Berkowitz

Issues of Manufacturing Engineering Data Validation in Concurrent Engineering Environment

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Swee K. Leong, C Chen

Manufacturing engineering data validation is a critical engineering activity in the product realization process. This paper identifies a set of manufacturing

Rapidly Renewable Polishing Lap

September 1, 1995

Author(s)

Christopher J. Evans, R E. Parks

Textured laps can be created by slumping uniform thin films of appropriate materials over textured substrates that have been generated to the required figure

Multiresolutional Intelligent Controller for Baby Robot

August 29, 1995

Author(s)

James S. Albus, Alberto Lacaze, Alex Meystel

Algorithm of Nested Clustering for Unsupervised Learning

August 29, 1995

Author(s)

James S. Albus, Alberto Lacaze, Alex Meystel

Understanding Sensitivity Analysis for Complex Fire Models

August 21, 1995

Author(s)

Walter W. Jones, Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Glenn P. Forney, M. M. Kostreva

Compensation of Errors Detected by Process-Intermittent Gauging

August 10, 1995

Author(s)

Herbert T. Bandy, David E. Gilsinn

This paper describes a software design for implementing compensation of errors detected by process-intermittent gauging. This is the function of one control

Computational Study of State Relationships for Acetylene-Air Diffusion Flames With Soot Radiation.

August 6, 1995

Author(s)

Z Zhang, O A. Ezekoye

Time history effects are suspected to affect the dynamics of soot evolution within heavily sooting non-premixed flames. The majority of soot chemistry

Workshop Report 3: Edge Positions From Scanning Electron Microscope Signals by Comparing Models With Measure

August 6, 1995

Author(s)

J R. Lowney, Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar

There is a pressing need in the semiconductor industry to determine the dimensions of lithographically produced features on wafers and masks down to the l0?nm

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