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NIST Pubs

Engineering Algorithm for the Estimation of Carbon Monoxide Generation in Enclosure Fires (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

William M. Pitts

Roughly two thirds of all deaths resulting from enclosure fires can be attributed to the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) which is the dominant toxicant in fire...

Pipe Flow Characteristics of Alternative Agent/Nitrogen Mixtures (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

Thomas G. Cleary, M D. King, Jiann C. Yang, William L. Grosshandler

The evaluation of alternative agents for application in engine nacelle fire protection includes delivery efficiency of agent from a remote storge bottle through...

Halon 1301 Surrogates for Engine Nacelle Fire Suppression System Certification (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

C A. Womeldorf, Jiann C. Yang, William L. Grosshandler

Until recently halon 1301 has been regularly discharged in Navy aircraft engine nacelles to certify that the fire suppression systems distribute the fire...

Experimental Studies on Discharge of Alternative Agent/Nitrogen Mixtures in a Simulated Dry Bay (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

Jiann C. Yang, Thomas G. Cleary, Roy A. McLane, William L. Grosshandler

Discharge of the three selected alternative agents for aircraft dry bay fire protection has been conducted in a simulated dry bay (i.e., in an unconfined space)...

Fire-Induced Mass Flow Into a Reduced-Scale Enclosure (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

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

Enclosure fires are of great interest because of the resulting loss of life and property, yet the fluid dynamic and chemical behaviors of fires within...

Carbon Monoxide Production in Compartment Fires: Full-Scale Enclosure Burns (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

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

Recent studies attribute a large percentage of fire injuries and deaths to the generation of carbon monoxide (CO) and indicate that in roughly two-thirds of the...

Model for the Burning of a Horizontal Slab of Wood: Status Report (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

Kenneth D. Steckler, Anthony P. Hamins, Takashi Kashiwagi

We are in the process of developing a burning-rate model for char-forming materials. Currently, the combustion of a horizontal slab of wood, exposed to an...

Flame Suppression Effectiveness of Halon Alternatives (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler, Anthony P. Hamins

The elimination of new production of halon 1301 has forced the manufacturers, owners, and users of aircraft to search for an alternative. The program described...

A Bibliography of the NIST Electromagnetic Fields Division Publications

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

Ruth-Marie Lyons

Comparison of FFT Fingerprint Filtering Methods for Neural Network Classification

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson, Gerald T. Candela, Patrick J. Grother

A Domain Analysis of the Alarm Surveillance Domain, Version 1.0

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

Christopher E. Dabrowski, James W. Watkins

Computer Security Training & Awareness Course Compendium

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

Kathie A. Everhart

Laminar Flame Speeds of CF3H-Propane-Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

S Hochgreb, Y. E. Hsin, Gregory T. Linteris

A fundamental property of interest in characterizing the effectiveness of fire suppressants is the effect of addition of inhibitors on the laminar flame speed...

Measurements of Some Thermodynamic Properties of Alternative Agent/Nitrogen Mixtures (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

I Vazquez, C I. Boyer, B D. Breuel, L A. Weber, M Huber, Jiann C. Yang

This study is a continuation of a U.S. Air Force/Navy/Army and FAA sponsored program, currently being conducted at NIST, to further evaluate some thermodynamic...

Pool Burning of Silicone Fluids (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

R Buch, Anthony Hamins, John R. Shields, P. Borthwick, R T. Baum, Marc R. Nyden, Takashi Kashiwagi

Siloxane fluids have a number of industrial applications including use as transformer fluids. The objective of the present study was to improve our...

Experimental Study of the Optical Properties of Soot and Smoke (NISTIR 5499)

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

M Y. Choi, George W. Mulholland, Anthony Hamins, Takashi Kashiwagi

The accurate measurement of flame-generated particlates is a problem of current interest to researchers in the fire and combustion community. Within the flame...

Metrology for Electromagnetic Technology: A Bibliography of NIST Publications

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

Annie J. Smith

Technical Digest Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 1994

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

Gordon W. Day, Douglas L. Franzen, Robert K. Hickernell

Semiconductor Measurement Technology: User's Manual for the Program MONSEL-I: Monte Carlo Simulation of SEM Signals for Linewidth Metrology

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

J R. Lowney, E Marx

Optical Characterization in Microelectronics Manufacturing

September 1, 1994

Author(s)

S. Perkowitz, David G. Seiler, William Duncan

A Head Start on Assurance Proceedings of an Invitational Workshop on Information Technology (IT) Assurance and Trustworthiness March 21-23, 1994

August 1, 1994

Author(s)

Patricia R. Toth, M D. Abrams

The purpose of the Invitational Workshop on Information Technology (IT) Assurance and Trustworthiness was to identify crucial issues on assurance in IT systems...

Human Factors Considerations for the Potential Use of Elevators for Fire Evacuation of FAA Air Traffic Control Towers

August 1, 1994

Author(s)

Bernard M. Levin, N E. Groner

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is interested in the possibility of using elevators for evacuation of air traffic control towers during fire...

Channel Coding for Code Excited Linear Prediction (CELP) Encoded Speech in Mobile Radio Applications

August 1, 1994

Author(s)

Ehud Bracha, Nariman Farvardin, Y Yesha

Videoconferencing Procurement and Usage Guide

August 1, 1994

Author(s)

Michael A. Wallace, D E. Rorrer

Report on the Advanced Software Technology Workshop February 1, 1994

August 1, 1994

Author(s)

D Wallace, David R. Kuhn, Thomas R. Rhodes

NIST Workshop on the Computer Interface to Flat Panel DiNISTSPlays

August 1, 1994

Author(s)

Mark P. Williamson, William E. Burr, John W. Roberts

Program Requirements to Advance the Technology of Custom Footwear Manufacturing

August 1, 1994

Author(s)

Howard T. Moncarz

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) co-hosted the first Custom Footwear Manufacturing...

Report on the Workshop on Advanced Digital Video in the National Information Infrastructure

July 1, 1994

Author(s)

Charles D. Fenimore, B. F. Field, H. Frank, E. Georg, M. Papillo, G. Reitmeier, W. Stackhouse, C. Van

Security in Open Systems

July 1, 1994

Author(s)

Robert H. Bagwill, John Barkley, Lisa J. Carnahan, Shu-jen H. Chang, David R. Kuhn, Paul Markovitz, Anastase Nakassis, Karen J. Olsen, Michael L. Ransom, John P. Wack

The Public Switched Network (PSN) provides National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications. Service vendors, equipment manufacturers...

THERMODYNAMICS OF ENZYME-CATALYZED REACTIONS .2. TRANSFERASES

July 1, 1994

Author(s)

Robert N. Goldberg, Yadu D. Tewari

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