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High Pressure Release and Dispersion of Hydrogen in a Partially Enclosed Compartment

March 1, 2011
Author(s)
Kuldeep R. Prasad, Thomas G. Cleary, William M. Pitts, Jiann C. Yang
The study of compressed hydrogen release from high-pressure storage systems has practical application for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Such releases may occur either due to accidental damage to a storage tank or connecting piping, or direct PRD

Characterization of Approach Air Distribution for a Finned-Tube Heat Exchanger

February 18, 2011
Author(s)
David A. Yashar, Piotr A. Domanski, Hong H. Cho
The distribution of air flow approaching a finned-tube heat exchanger is one of the predominant factors influencing the heat exchanger’s performance. This paper describes a method for measuring and predicting the inlet air flow distribution using Particle

Industry Needs Workshop: Metrics and Tools for Sustainable Buildings

February 16, 2011
Author(s)
Barbara C. Lippiatt
Through its Metrics and Tools for Sustainable Buildings project, NIST is taking a lead role in providing science-based guidance to the building community on the life cycle environmental and economic performance of specific building types designed to meet

CHARACTERIZING FIREBRAND EXPOSURE DURING WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE FIRES.

February 2, 2011
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Ethan I. Foote, John Liu
This study examines the size distribution and other characteristics of firebrand exposure during the 2007 Angora Fire, a severe Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire in California. Of the 401 houses that received direct interface fire exposure 61% were

EXPOSING SIDING TREATMENTS AND WALLS FITTED WITH EAVES TO FIREBRAND SHOWERS

February 2, 2011
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka S. Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hayashi
An experimental campaign was undertaken to determine vulnerabilities of siding treatments and walls fitted with eaves to firebrand bombardment using the NIST Dragon installed in the Building Research Institute’s Fire Research Wind Tunnel Facility (FRWTF)

Enticing arsonists with broken windows and social disorder

January 6, 2011
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas, David Butry, Jeffrey P. Prestemon
Arson rates vary widely across the U.S., and much of this variation can be traced to fuel and weather factors related to ignition success and socioeconomic factors shown to influence crime rates. In criminology, it is well understood that indicators of

Droplet/Surface Interaction: Relevance to Fire Suppression

January 5, 2011
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins
Due to the ban of Halon 1301 under the Montreal Protocol, new liquid fire suppressants have been proposed as possible alternatives to Halon 1301 in certain fires. It has been reported that in the case of water mist fire suppression systems, a large

Suppression Limits of Low Strain Rate Non-Premixed Flames

January 5, 2011
Author(s)
Matthew F. Bundy, Anthony P. Hamins
The suppression of low strain rate non-premixed flames was investigated experimentally in a counterflow configuration through the development of a methodology that allows establishment of laminar flames free from conductive heat losses. The method allows

Clean agent suppression of energized electrical equipment fires

January 3, 2011
Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris
The NFPA 2001 standard on the use of clean agents for the suppression of fires arose from the phase-out of Halon 1301. Standard methods exists for specifying the amount of clean agent required for Class A and Class B fires, but the recommendation for Class

3D Imaging Systems for Manufacturing, Construction, and Mobility (NIST TN 1682)

December 15, 2010
Author(s)
Geraldine S. Cheok, Maris Juberts, Marek Franaszek
The National Defense Center of Excellence for Industrial Metrology and 3D Imaging (COE-IM3DI) is conducting research to enable the next generation of manufacturing-centric human/instrument/machine interaction. The generalized goal of the COE-IM3DI research

Modeling Smoldering Fires using the Computer Model CONTAM

December 1, 2010
Author(s)
William D. Davis
The computer model CONTAM was used to simulate the spread of smoke in a house with a working furnace during smoldering fires. Three smoldering experiments from a study on detector sensitivity and siting requirements conducted in 1975 using a two story

Developing Coverage Analysis for IFC Files

November 16, 2010
Author(s)
Robert R. Lipman
Conformance and interoperability testing of product data exchange interfaces is essential to delivering reliable software implementations and meeting user’s expectations for interoperability between BIM software. For either type of testing, product data
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