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Design, Construction and Maintenance of Structural and Life Safety Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center (NIST NCSTAR 1-1) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Hai S. Lew, Richard W. Bukowski, Nicholas J. Carino
The collapse of World Irade Center (WTC) 1, 2, and 7 resulted from structural damage from direct and indirect effects of aircraft impact and the ensuing fires. Thus, for collapse analyses of these buildings, knowledge of the physical state of the

Documentation of the Fuel System for Emergency Power in World Trade Center 7. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-1J) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
R A. Grill, D A. Johnson
This report was prepared to support the analysis of building and fire codes and standards of the National Institute of Standards and Technology World Trade Center (WTC) Investigation. As part of the investigation of WTC 7, the fuel oil distribution system

Electrical Methods for Mechanical Characterization of Interconnect Thin Films

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Robert Keller, Cynthia A. Volkert, Roy H. Geiss, Andrew Slifka, David T. Read, Nicholas Barbosa, Reiner Monig
We describe the use of electrical methods for evaluating mechanical reliability and properties of patterned copper and aluminum interconnects on silicon substrates. The approach makes use of controlled Joule heating, which causes thermal strains in the

Enhanced Schemes for L2 Handover in IEEE 802.11 Networks and their Evaluations

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Nicolas Montavont, Nicolas Montavont, T Noel
Given the relatively limited coverage area of 802.11 access points, stations moving inside WLAN are often required to perform a handover. The time needed for a STA to switch from one AP to another is too long for real-time applications to continue

Experiments and Modeling of Multiple Workstations Burning in a Compartment. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5E)

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, Alexander Maranghides, Kevin B. McGrattan, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Robert Anleitner
A series of large-scale experiments were conducted in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Large Fire Laboratory from November 4 to December 10, 2003, to assess the accuracy with which the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) predicts

Experiments and Modeling of Multiple Workstations Burning in a Compartment. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5E) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, Alexander Maranghides, Kevin B. McGrattan, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Robert Anleitner
A series of large-scale experiments were conducted in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Large Fire Laboratory from November 4 to December 10, 2003, to assess the accuracy with which the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) predicts

Experiments and Modeling of Structural Steel Elements Exposed to a Fire. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5B) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, Alexander Maranghides, Kevin B. McGrattan, Erik L. Johnsson, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Michelle K. Donnelly, Jiann C. Yang, George W. Mulholland, Kuldeep R. Prasad, S R. Kukuck, Robert Anleitner, Therese P. McAllister
Reconstructing the fires and their impact on structural components in the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings on September 11, 2001, requires extensive use of computational models. For the use of such models to be a viable investigative tool, it is

Experiments and Modeling of Structural Steel Elements Exposed to Fire (Appendices D-G). Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5B)

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, Alexander Maranghides, Kevin B. McGrattan, Erik L. Johnsson, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Michelle K. Donnelly, Jiann C. Yang, George W. Mulholland, Kuldeep R. Prasad, S R. Kukuck, Robert Anleitner, Therese P. McAllister
Reconstructing the fires and their impact on structural components in the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings on September 11, 2001, requires extensive use of computational models. For the use of such models to be a viable investigative tool, it is

Experiments and Modeling of Structural Steel Elements Exposed to Fire. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5B)

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, Alexander Maranghides, Kevin B. McGrattan, Erik L. Johnsson, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Michelle K. Donnelly, Jiann C. Yang, George W. Mulholland, Kuldeep R. Prasad, S R. Kukuck, Robert Anleitner, Therese P. McAllister
Reconstructing the fires and their impact on structural components in the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings on September 11, 2001, requires extensive use of computational models. For the use of such models to be a viable investigative tool, it is

Final Report of the National Construction Safety Team on the Collapses of the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigations of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, Richard G. Gann, William L. Grosshandler, Hai S. Lew, Richard W. Bukowski, Fahim Sadek, Frank W. Gayle, Therese P. McAllister, Jason D. Averill, James R. Lawson, Harold E. Nelson, Stephen A. Cauffman
This is the final report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) econstruction of the collapses of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers, the results of an investigation conducted under the National Construction Safety Team Act. This

FiPy: A Finite Volume PDE Solver Using Python

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Daniel Wheeler, Jonathan E. Guyer, James A. Warren
The solution of coupled sets of partial differential equations (PDEs) is ubiquitous in continuum models for phase transformations, such as in phase field or level et simulations. We are developing an object-oriented PDE solver, written in the Python

Fire Protection and Life Safety Provisions Applied to the Design and Construction of WTC 1, 2 and 7 and Post-Construction Provisions Applied After Occupancy. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center (NIST NCSTAR 1-1D) ***DR

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
R A. Grill, D A. Johnson
This report was prepared to support the analysis of building and fire codes and standards of the National Institute of Standards and Technology World Trade Center (WTC) Investigation. To best analyze the performance of WTC 1,2, and 7 in response to the

Fire Resistance Tests of the Floor Truss Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-6B) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
John L. Gross, F Hervey, M Izydorek, J Mammoser, J Treadway
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) review of available documents related to the design and construction of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers indicated that the fire performance of the composite floor system of the WTC towers was an

Fire Structure Interface and Thermal Response of the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-5G) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Kuldeep R. Prasad, Howard R. Baum
The collapse of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, resulting from a combination of aircraft impact damage and subsequent fires, was studied as part of the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the WTC Disaster. This report
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