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Refrigerants for the 21st Century / ASHRAE/NIST Refrigerants Conference

September 1, 1998
Author(s)
Piotr A. Domanski
The goal of the 1997 ASHRAE/NIST Refrigerants Conference was to review available air-conditioning and refrigeration options in response to ozone depletion, global warming, and technology advances. The two-day program consisted of 16 invited comprehensive

Sprinkler, Smoke and Heat Vent, Draft Curtain Interaction: Large Scale Experiments and Model Development. International Fire Sprinkler-Smoke and Heat Vent-Draft Curtain Fire Test Project (NISTIR 6196-1)

September 1, 1998
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Anthony P. Hamins, D W. Stroup
The International Sprinkler, Smoke and Heat Vent, Draft Curtain Fire Test Project organized by the National Fire Protection Research Coundation (NFPRF) has brought together a group of industrial sponsors to study the interaction of sprinklers with roof

Summary of the Structural Performance of Single-Family, Wood-Frame Housing

September 1, 1998
Author(s)
Charles W. Yancey, Geraldine Cheok, Fahim H. Sadek, B Mohraz
A review of the structural performance of single-family, wood-frame houses is presented. The performance of these structures in selected earthquakes and hurricanes is summarized. In general, wood-frame houses performed well with relatively few instances of

The Effect of Supply Air Volume on Room Temperature Stability and Uniformity

August 3, 1998
Author(s)
Stephen J. Treado, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti
The effect of supply airflow rate on the thermal conditions in a high-accuracy temperature controlled laboratory space was investigated using the NIST/BFRL Temperature Control Module. Detailed measurements were conducted of air and surface temperatures

Flame Extinction by Sodium Bicarbonate Powder in a Cup Burner

August 2, 1998
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins
An apparatus was developed for testing the extinction efficiency of a solid powder in a coflowing non-premixed flame. Extinction measurements were performed by adding agent quasistatically to the oxidizer stream until flame extinction was observed. The

Aerodynamic Databases and Electronic Standards for Windloads

August 1, 1998
Author(s)
T Whalen, Emil Simiu, G Harris, J Y. Lin, D Surry
As part of ongoing National Institute of Standards and Technology research on the development of a new generation of standard provisions for wind loads, we present results of a pilot project on the knowledge-based estimation of wind-induced bending moments

Structure and Soot Properties of Nonbuoyant Ethylene/Air Laminar Jet Diffusion Flames

August 1, 1998
Author(s)
D L. Urban, Zeng-guang Yuan, Peter B. Sunderland, Gregory T. Linteris, J. E. Voss, Kenneth Lin, Z Dai, Kairan Sun
The structure and soot properties of round, soot-emitting, nonbuoyant, laminar jet diffusion flames are described, based on long-duration (175-230-s) experiments at microgravity carried out on orbit in the Space Shuttle Columbia. Experimental conditions

450 Golden Gate Project: BACnet's(TM) First Large-Scale Test

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
M A. Applebaum, Steven T. Bushby
The Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco was selected as the site for the world's first large-scale commercial demonstration of the BACnet standard. BACnet is a standard communication

Class A Fire Suppression Experiments (NISTIR 6191)

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D W. Stroup
This section reports on two studies conducted at NIST on the suppression of wood crib fires and tire fires. An overview of previous research on the use of water based fire suppression agents on wood cribs and tires is provided. A burning pile of rubble or

Fire Fighting Properties (NISTIR 6191)

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
D W. Stroup, Daniel M. Madrzykowski
Water uses several different mechanisms to suppress and extinguish fires: fuel cooling, flame cooling, oxygen displacement and reduction of radiation feedback to the fuel. Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine which of these mechanisms play

Introduction (NISTIR 6191)

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
Daniel M. Madrzykowski
The Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the sponsorship of the United States Fire Administration (USFA), has conducted a series of experiments to demonstrate the suppression

Mean Recurrence Intervals of Ultimate Wind Loads

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
Emil Simiu, A N. Heckert, T Whalen
The attention of wind engineers and extreme value climatologists has been focused in the last few decades on estimates of basic windspeeds, that is, wind speeds with 50 year or 100 year mean recurrence intervals (MRIs). Recently, however, efforts have been

Project Summaries 1998. NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
Noel J. Raufaste Jr
NIST's Building and fire Research Laboratory (BFRL), one of NIST's seven Laboratories, enhances the competitivness of U.S. industry and public safety rhgough performance prediction and measurement technologies and technical advances that improve the life
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