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Chemical Species and Temperature Mapping in Full Scale Underventilated Compartment Fires

July 5, 2010
Author(s)
Andrew J. Lock, Matthew F. Bundy, Erik L. Johnsson, Kelly M. Opert, Anthony P. Hamins, Cheolhong Hwang, Ki Y. Lee
Many injuries and deaths throughout the world are caused by fires each year. Many of the deaths are the result of toxic gas inhalation, such as carbon monoxide, by a victim remote from the actual fire source. In order to facilitate better building

Modeling Thermoplastic Melt Spread Over Different Flooring Materials

July 5, 2010
Author(s)
Kathryn M. Butler, Eugenio Onate, Riccardo Rossi, Julio M. Marti, Sergio R. Idelsohn
The effects of the thermal properties of three flooring materials on the spread rate of polymer melt over the surface were studied using a model based on the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM). The high thermal conductivity of steel keeps the steel

Numerical Simulation of Polymeric Materials in UL 94 Test: Competition Between Gasification and Melt Flow / Dripping

July 5, 2010
Author(s)
Kathryn M. Butler, Florian Kempel, Bernhard Schartel, Anja Hofmann, Eugenio O?, Sergio R. Idelsohn, Riccardo Rossi, Julio M. Marti
The capability of the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM, developed by CIMNE) to model the complex fire behaviour of polymers in the UL 94 scenario was investigated. For validation, a series of four PC/ABS blends were chosen, which covered different UL

MODELING THE BURNING OF COMPLICATED OBJECTS USING LAGRANGIAN PARTICLES

July 4, 2010
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Randall J. McDermott, William E. Mell, Glenn P. Forney, Jason E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka
A methodology is described for representing complicated objects within a computational fluid dynamics model. These objects are typically collections of similar items that are too small to define on the numerical grid that is used to solve the governing

Ettore Majorana and the birth of autoionization

July 2, 2010
Author(s)
Charles W. Clark, Ennio Arimondo, William C. Martin
In the early days of theoretical atomic spectroscopy, Ettore Majorana (1906-1938?) solved several outstanding problems by developing the theory of autoionization. Later literature makes only sporadic references to this accomplishment. Reviewing his work in

Large Magnetic Susceptibility Anisotropy of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

July 2, 2010
Author(s)
Jeffrey A. Fagan, Erik K. Hobbie, Jun Kono, Thomas Searles, Y Imanaka, T Takamasu, H Ajiki
Through magnetic linear dichroism spectroscopy, the magnetic susceptibility anisotropy of metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes has been extracted and found to be 2-4 times greater than values for semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes. This large

The Second Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE) 2009

July 2, 2010
Author(s)
Vadim Okun, Paul E. Black, Aurelien M. Delaitre
The NIST SAMATE project conducted the second Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE) in 2009 to advance research in static analysis tools that find security defects in source code. The main goals of SATE were to enable empirical research based on large test

A Sensor-Driven Fire Model, Version 1.2

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
William D. Davis
Modern building fire sensors are capable of supplying substantially more information to the fire service than just the simple detection of a possible fire. In order to use this information, a decision support system needs to be developed that interprets a

Block shear failure of steel gusset plates

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Chiara Crosti, Dat Duthinh
Following the catastrophic failure of the I-35W bridge in Minnesota in 2007, the Federal Highway Admin-istration issued guidelines for the load rating of bolted and riveted gusset plates in truss bridges (FHWA, 2009). This paper develops finite-element

Calibration service for instruments that measure laser beam diameter

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Shao Yang
This document describes the calibration service for instruments that measure laser beam diameter. An overview of the measurement procedures, measurement system, and uncertainty analysis is presented. A sample measurement report is included in this document

Detecting Cooling Coil Fouling Automatically-Part 1: A Novel Concept

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Daniel A. Veronica
Fouling of surfaces within the heat exchangers of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems of buildings is an equipment fault that wastes appreciable amounts of energy, however, it escapes detection under current building automation

EMPS: Radiation Thermometer Designs

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Howard Yoon, George P. Eppeldauer
Since the publication of the "Theory and Practice of Radiation Thermometry" in 1988, the designs of radiation thermometers have undergone drastic changes. With the exception of few industries, the disappearing filament pyrometers are not commonly used. The

High-voltage Nanoimprint Lithography of Refractory Metal Film

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
John A. Dagata, Natalia Farkas, R Ramsier
Local oxidation of metal, semiconductor, and polymer surfaces has provided a common basis from which to explore fundamental principles of nanolithography and prototype functional nanostructures for many years now. This article summarizes an investigation

IEEE 1451.5 STANDARDS-BASED WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Eugene Song, Kang B. Lee
Recent advances in wireless communications, networking, electronics, and microprocessors have enabled the development of low-cost, low-power wireless sensor nodes. Wireless sensor networks have become more widely used to monitor the condition of the

Optimizing the Conditions of a Multiple Reaction Monitoring Assay for Membrane Proteins: Quantification of Cytochrome P450 11A1 and Adrenodoxin Reductase in Bovine Adrenal Cortex and Retina

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Illarion V. Turko, Wei-Li Liao, Gun-Young Heo, Nathan G. Dodder, Irina A. Pikuleva
Although 30% of naturally occurring proteins are predicted to be embedded in biological membranes, membrane proteins are traditionally understudied due to limitations of the available analytical tools. To be applicable to the analysis of membrane proteins

Passive terahertz camera for standoff security screening

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Erich N. Grossman, Charles Dietlein
We describe the construction and performance of a passive, real-time terahertz camera based on a modular, 64-element linear array of cryogenic hotspot microbolometers. A reflective conical scanner sweeps out a 2 m ×4 m(vertical × horizontal) field of view
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