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Journals

Measuring Pressures With Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

Author(s)
Roger D. van Zee, J P. Looney, Joseph T. Hodges
The industrial demand for sensitive and noninvasive tools with which to measure pressure has spurred the use of optical methods to make these measurements. This

Simplified Fire Growth Calculations

Author(s)
E K. Budnick, D D. Evans, H Nelson
This work is one chapter of the 19th NFPA Fire Protection Handbook directed at giving the user simplified methods to estimate quantities used in fire protection

High-Speed Machining

Author(s)
Matthew A. Davies, S J. Smith
Increasing the power and speed of machining operations has several advantages. These include: [1] shorter machining time; [2] improved surface finish; [3]

Estimating Local Dimensionality

Author(s)
D L. Banks, R Olszewski
This paper suggests that one can use principal components analysis to assess the local dimensionality in a complex dataset. If this is large, then data mining

Life-Cycle Costs of New Construction Materials

Author(s)
M A. Ehlen
New high-performance construction materials are being developed for transporation structures. Economic methods are needed for assessing the life-cycle cost
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