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National Institute of Standards and Technology Environmental Scan 2020

February 9, 2021

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Heather M. Evans, Kristen Greene, William M. Healy, Elizabeth A. Hoffman, Catherine A. Rimmer, Anna V. Sberegaeva, Neil M. Zimmerman

The 2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology Environmental Scan provides an analysis of key external factors that could impact NIST and the

A Case Study of the Camp Fire - Fire Progression Timeline

February 8, 2021

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Alexander Maranghides, Eric D. Link, Christopher U. Brown, William Mell, Steven Hawks, Mike Wilson, Will Brewer, Robert Vihnanek, William D. Walton

The Camp Fire ignited on November 8, 2018 in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Butte County, California. The first 24 hours were characterized by a fast

Investigating the effect of structure to structure separation distance on firebrand accumulation

January 28, 2021

Author(s)

Samuel Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

Wind plays an important role in the built environment. Large outdoor fires in the built environment are no exception. Under strong wind, firebrands fly far

The Character of Residential Cooktop Fires

January 8, 2021

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Yue Hu, Jian Chen, Zhigang Wang, Ki Yong Lee, Matthew F. Bundy, Anthony Hamins, Marco G. Fernandez

A series of experiments was conducted to investigate the pre-combustion and combustion properties of corn oil heated in pans from 10 cm to 26 cm diameter by a

Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment (LOF&BE): Summary of Virtual Workshop

November 4, 2020

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Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki, Sara McAllister, Brian Lattimer, Daniel Gorham, Alexander Filkov, Maria Theodori, Xinyan Huang

Two virtual workshops of the permanent working group, sponsored by the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), entitled Large Outdoor Fires

Assessing Fire-blocking Performance of Laminated Barrier Fabrics Using Derived Cone Calorimetric Parameters

August 21, 2020

Author(s)

Shonali Nazare, William M. Pitts, John R. Shields, Mauro Zammarano

The fire blocking performance of barrier fabrics laminated to upholstery materials was investigated. The results are two-fold. The first involves information

Investigating Coupled Effect of Radiative Heat Flux and Firebrand Showers on Ignition of Fuel Beds

July 16, 2020

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

Fire spread occurs via radiation, flame contact, and firebrands. While firebrand showers are known to be a cause of spot fires which ignite fuels far from the

Influence of Angle Orientation on Firebrand Production from the Combustion of Surrogate Photovoltaic (PV) Panel Assemblies Exposed to Applied Wind Fields

July 6, 2020

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

A shared feature in the rapid spread of large outdoor fires are the production or generation of new, far smaller combustible fragments from the original fire

Investigating Coupled Effect of Radiative Heat Flux and Firebrand Showers on Ignition of Fuel Beds Structure vs Vegetative Firebrands

May 28, 2020

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

This is two page extended abstract

Automated Fitting of Thermogravimetric Analysis Data

May 22, 2020

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Isaac T. Leventon, Morgan C. Bruns

The Characteristics of a 1 m Methanol Pool Fire

May 4, 2020

Author(s)

Kunhyuk Sung, Jian Chen, Matthew F. Bundy, Anthony P. Hamins

A series of measurements was made to characterize the structure of a 1 m diameter methyl 12 alcohol (methanol; CH3OH) pool fire steadily burning with a constant

Experimental study on vulnerabilities of Japanese style tile roof assemblies to firebrand exposures

April 18, 2020

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

Roof assemblies are known to be vulnerable to firebrands in urban and wildland-urban interface fires. In the 2016 urban fire in Japan (Itoigawa-City Fire), at

Analysis of a Slug Calorimeter with a Curie Point

April 3, 2020

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Jiann C. Yang, Thomas J. Ohlemiller

A lump-capacitance heat transfer model was developed to model the operation of a slug calorimeter constructed of metal with a Curie point. The resulting formula

Intumescent Polydopamine Coatings for Fire Protection

March 9, 2020

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Douglas M. Fox, Whirang Cho, Laura J. Dubrulle, Phillip Grutzmacher, Mauro Zammarano, Douglas M. Fox

Polydopamine coatings containing additional bioderived flame retardants were used as coatings for polyurethane foam and cardboard. The ability to form

Special Section on Global Overview of Large Outdoor Fire Standards

February 6, 2020

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello

This is a guest editorial.

Garnering understanding into complex firebrand generation processes from large outdoor fires using simplistic laboratory-scale experimental methodologies

February 2, 2020

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

A simple laboratory-scale experimental method was developed to study firebrand generation processes. As part of these experiments, Japanese wind facilities were

Development of the Communication framework for Hybrid Fire Testing: applications in the virtual and real environment

January 1, 2020

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Ana Sauca, Chao Zhang, Artur A. Chernovsky, Mina S. Seif

Hybrid fire testing is a new technique (under development) to performing fire test. It was inspired from subtructuring method and assumes testing individual

SUPPLEMENTARY COMPARISON CCT Supplementary comparison S2 on thermal conductivity measurements of insulating materials by guarded hot plate

January 1, 2020

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Bruno Hay, Robert R. Zarr, Clark Stacey, Nikolay Sokolov, Leonel Lira Cortes, Ulf Hammerschmidt, Jintao Zhang, Jean Remy Filtz, Fleurence N.

Seven National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) from France, United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Mexico, China and Germany participated in an inter-laboratory

Influence of Angle Orientation on Firebrand Production from the Combustion of Materials Exposed to Applied Wind Fields

November 20, 2019

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

A shared feature in the rapid spread of large outdoor fires are the production or generation of new, far smaller combustible fragments from the original fire

Investigating coupled effect of radiative heat flux and firebrand showers on ignition of fuel beds

November 20, 2019

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

Fire spread occurs via radiation, flame contact, and firebrands. While firebrand showers are known to be a cause of spot fires which ignite fuels far from the

Influence of Board Spacing on Mitigating Wood Decking Assembly Ignition

November 17, 2019

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

As part of recent building code change discussions, it has been suggested that by increasing the spacing of boards, it may be possible to mitigate ignition of

Design of the ASTM E119 fire environment in a large compartment

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Chao Zhang, William L. Grosshandler, Ana Sauca, Lisa Y. Choe

This paper presents a basis for designing the ASTM E119 fire environment in a large compartment of about 10 m wide, 7 m deep and 3.8 m high constructed in the

Development of a Standard Fire Condition for a Large Compartment Floor Assembly

October 22, 2019

Author(s)

Ana Sauca, Chao Zhang, William L. Grosshandler, Matthew F. Bundy, Lisa Y. Choe

This report presents the experimental investigation of a test fire in a large compartment of about 10 m wide, 7 m deep and 3.8 m high constructed in the

Role of Firebrand Combustion in Large Outdoor Fire Spread

October 4, 2019

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki, Michael Gollner, A C. Fernandez-Pello

Large outdoor fires are an increasing danger to the built environment. Wildfires that spread into com- munities, labeled as Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires

Thin Filament Pyrometry Field Measurements in a Medium-Scale Pool Fire.

September 13, 2019

Author(s)

Zhigang Wang, Wai Cheong Tam, Jian Chen, Ki Y. Lee, Anthony P. Hamins

This paper presents the development of a thin filament pyrometry method to characterize the time- varying temperature field in a medium-scale pool fire in a

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