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Firebrand Generation From Burning Vegetation

February 20, 2007
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Alexander Maranghides, William E. Mell
A series of real scale fire experiments were performed to determine the size and mass distribution of firebrands generated from Douglas-Fir (pseudotsuga menziesii) trees. The experiments were performed in the Large Scale Fire Laboratory (LFL) at NIST. The

Firebrand Production From Burning Vegetation

November 30, 2006
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Alexander Maranghides, William E. Mell, Thomas G. Cleary, Jiann C. Yang
A series of real scale fire experiments were performed to determine the size and mass distribution of firebrands generated from Douglas-Fir (pseudotsuga menziesii) trees. The results of the real scale fire experiments were used to determine firebrand sizes

Free Space Optics Communication System Testing in Smoke and Fire Environments

April 1, 2006
Author(s)
Alexander Maranghides, William E. Mell, William D. Walton, Erik L. Johnsson, Nelson P. Bryner
Free-Space Optics (also known as FSO , or Optical Wireless ) can be used to transmit optical data, voice and video information. These laser-based systems require unobstructed line of sight to properly operate. FSO system performance, signal intensity and

Report of Experimental Results for the International Fire Model Benchmarking and Validation Exercise #3.

December 1, 2005
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, Alexander Maranghides, Erik L. Johnsson, Michelle K. Donnelly, Jiann C. Yang, George W. Mulholland, Robert Anleitner
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are participating in an International Collaborative Fire Model Project (ICFMP) to assess and validate fire computer codes for nuclear power plant

Experiments and Modeling of Unprotected Structural Steel Elements Exposed to a Fire

September 18, 2005
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Alexander Maranghides, Therese P. McAllister
A large-scale fire experiment was conducted to assess the accuracy of a combination of gas and solid-phase models designed to predict the temperatures of structural steel elements exposed to a fire. The experiment involved a 2 MW heptane spray fire in a

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 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 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