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A new type of computer-aided engineering environment is envisioned which will improve the productivity of manufacturing/industrial engineers. This environment...
Computer generated "Quality Index" for the selection of spectra for the inclusion to the NIST/EPA/NIH mass spectral library is abandoned. We have undertaken a...
Jiann C. Yang, B D. Breuel, William L. Grosshandler
As part of the USAF-sponsored halon replacement project, solubility measurements of nitrogen and Freon-23 in eleven potential halon replacement agents and...
William M. Pitts, Jiann C. Yang, B D. Breuel, W G. Cleveland, G. Gmurczyk
Halon 1301 has been widely employed on military and commercial aircraft for fire fighting purposes. Unfortunately, due to the deleterious effects of chlorine...
Recent international agreements call for a halt to the manufacture of CF3Br (Halon 1301), a commonly used halon fire suppressant, due to its high ozone...
The phaseout of CFC and HCFC refrigerants requies determination of substitute refrigerants for use in domestic heat pumps and refrigerators. This paper presents...
The heat transfer characteristics of horizontal nucleate flow boiling of R12, R134a, and R134a/Ester Lubricant mixtures were investigated both visually and...
Recent research demonstrating greater performance of Faraday effect sensors based on iron garnet crystals is described. Bulk crystals are coupled to high...
M. N. Deeter, Gordon W. Day, R. Wolfe, V. J. Fratello
Iron garnet films which exhibit perpendicular uniaxial magnetic anisotropy are promising materials for magneto-optic magnetic field sensing. In an optical...
Depolarization phenomena in demagnetized bulk iron garnet crystals are investigated with the aid of a photoelastic modulator. An experimental configuration...
William M. Pitts, Nelson P. Bryner, Erik L. Johnsson
Roughly two thirds of all deaths resulting from enclosure fires can be attributed to the presence of carbon monoxide (CO), which is known to be the dominant...
Radiative heat transfer processes in large fires govern the burning rate, the flame spread rate and the potential for fire hazards. These processes are...
It has been shown that a criteria for flame extinction can be described by the Damkohler Number which is the ratio of a characteristic flow or diffusion time to...
Molecular dynamic simulations and Cone Calorimeter measurements were used to assess the effects of electron beam irradiation and heat treatments on the...
Takashi Kashiwagi, Thomas G. Cleary, G C. Davis, J H. Lupinski
Various flammability properties of a siloxane-containing bisphenol-A polycarbonate sample, with the siloxane as an additive or as a copolymer, were measured and...
Robert Gregory Downing, Cynthia J. Zeissler, Heather H. Chen-Mayer
A charge injection device (CID) camera and image processing system have been used as a position sensitive detector for energetic charged particles and low...