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Fire Safety of Passenger Trains: A Review of Current Approaches and of New Concepts (TN 1406)

January 1, 1994
Author(s)
Richard D. Peacock, Richard W. Bukowski, Walter W. Jones, Paul A. Reneke, Vyto Babrauskas, James E. Brown
Recent advances in passenger guided transportation, fire test methods, and hazard analysis necessitate re-examination of requirements for fire safety. Several studies have indicated nearly random ability of current tests to predict actual fire behavior

Flow of Alternative Agents in Piping

January 1, 1994
Author(s)
Thomas G. Cleary, William L. Grosshandler, Jiann C. Yang
As part of the USAF, Army, Navy and FAA sponsored halon replacement project, the pipe flow characteristics of selected alternative agents for engine nacelle tire protection are being studied. Due to the remote location of the agent storage bottle, piping

Force Calibrations in the Nanonewton Regime

January 1, 1994
Author(s)
Lowell P. Howard, E C. Teague
An instrument is described which is shown capable of making preliminary measurements of nanonewton forces. A technique is described which allows absolute calibrations of small forces to be made in terms of electrical measurements.
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