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• Algorithm to Describe the Spread of a Wall Fire Under a Ceiling.
  NISTIR 5547; 53 p. November 1994.
  Mitler, H. E.
• Benchmark Analysis With COCOSYS. COCOSYS Calculations for Benchmark Exercise #1. Appendix F.
  NISTIR 6872; June 2002.International Collaborative Project to Evaluate Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications. Evaluation of Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications: Cable Tray Fires. International Panel Report. Appendix F: Benchmark Analysis With COCOSYS, F/1-71 pp, 2002.
  Klein-Hessling, W.
• Calculating Combined Buoyancy- and Pressure-Driven Flow Through a Shallow, Horizontal, Circular Vent: Application to a Problem of Steady Burning in a Ceiling-Vented Enclosure.
  Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 27, 23-35, 1996.
  Cooper, L. Y.
• Calculating Combined Buoyancy- and Pressure-Driven Flow Through a Shallow, Horizontal, Circular Vent; Application to Problem of Steady Burning in a Ceiling-Vented Enclosure.
  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering (ICFRE). Proceedings. September 10-15, 1995, Orlando, FL, SFPE, Boston, MA, Lund, D. P.; Angell, E. A., Editors, 321-326 pp, 1995 AND European Symposium on Fire Safety Science, First (1st). ABSTRACTS. Proceedings. Session II. Fire Dynamics 2. ETH Institute for Structural Engineering. August 21-23, 1995, Zurich, Switzerland, II-17/99-99 pp, 1995.
  Cooper, L. Y.
• Characterization of the Confined Ceiling Jet in the Presence of an Upper Layer in Transient and Steady-State Conditions. Final Report. August 1990-July 1991.
  NIST GCR 92-613; 151 p. August 1992.
  Motevalli, V.; Ricciuti, C.
• Compartment Fire Combustion Dynamics. Annual Report. September 1, 1993-September 1, 1994.
  NIST GCR 95-666; 54 p. December 1994.
  Vandsburger, U.; Lattimer, B. Y.; Roby, R. J.
• Computer-Aided Molecular Design of Fire Resistant Aircraft Materials.
  DOT/FAA/CT-93/3; DOT/FAA/93/3;Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). International Conference for the Promotion of Advanced Fire Resistant Aircraft Interior Materials. February 9-11, 1993, Atlantic City, NJ, 147-158 pp, 1993.
  Nyden, M. R.; Brown, J. E.
• Determination of Properties and the Prediction of the Energy Release Rate of Materials in the ISO 9705 Room-Corner Test.
  NIST GCR 98-753; 142 p. July 1998.
  Dillon, S. E.; Kim, W. H.; Quintiere, J. G.
• Determination of Properties and the Prediction of the Energy Release Rate of Materials in the ISO 9705 Room-Corner Test. Interim Report. Appendices.
  NIST GCR 98-754; 510 p. July 1998.
  Dillon, S. E.; Kim, W. H.; Quintiere, J. G.
• Developing Detector Siting Rules From Computational Experiments in Spaces With Complex Geometries.
  University of Duisburg. International Conference on Automatic Fire Detection "AUBE '95", 10th. April 4-6, 1995, Duisburg, Germany, Luck, H., Editor(s), 419-428 pp, 1995.Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 29, 129-139, 1997.
  Davis, W. D.; Forney, G. P.; Bukowski, R. W.
• Developing Detector Siting Rules From Computational Experiments in Spaces With Complex Geometries.
  University of Duisburg. International Conference on Automatic Fire Detection "AUBE '95", 10th. April 4-6, 1995, Duisburg, Germany, Luck, H., Editor(s), 419-428 pp, 1995.Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 29, 129-139, 1997.
  Davis, W. D.; Forney, G. P.; Bukowski, R. W.
• Development of an Algorithm to Predict Vertical Heat Transfer Through Ceiling/Floor Conduction.
  Fire Technology, Vol. 34, No. 2, 139-155, May/June 1998.
  Bailey, J. L.; Jones, W. W.; Tatem, P. A.; Forney, G. P.
• Discussions of a Model and Correlation for the ISO 9705 Room-Corner Test.
  NISTIR 6242; October 1998.National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. November 2-5, 1998, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 141-142 pp, 1998.
  Dillon, S. E.; Quintiere, J. G.; Kim, W. H.
• Early Detection of Room Fires Through Acoustic Emission.
  NISTIR 5269; 17 p. October 1993.International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. 4th International Symposium. July 13-17, 1994, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Kashiwagi, T., Editor(s), 773-784 pp, 1993.
  Grosshandler, W. L.; Braun, E.
• Early Detection of Room Fires Through Acoustic Emission.
  NISTIR 5269; 17 p. October 1993.International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. 4th International Symposium. July 13-17, 1994, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Kashiwagi, T., Editor(s), 773-784 pp, 1993.
  Grosshandler, W. L.; Braun, E.
• Effect of Beamed, Sloped, and Sloped Beamed Ceilings on the Activation TIme of a Residential Sprinkler.
  NISTIR 7079; 45 p. December 2003.
  Vettori, R. L.
• Effect of Minute Water Droplets on a Simulated Sprinkler Link Thermal Response.
  NIST GCR 99-776; 117 p. July 1999.
  Gavelli, F.; Ruffino, P.; Anderson, G.; diMarzo, M.
• Effects of a Combustible Ceiling in a Burning Compartment on the Carbon Monoxide Levels in an Adjacent Corridor.
  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering (ICFRE). Proceedings. September 10-15, 1995, Orlando, FL, SFPE, Boston, MA, Lund, D. P.; Angell, E. A., Editor(s)(s), 21-26 pp, 1995.
  Lattimer, B. Y.; Vandsburger, U.; Roby, R. J.
• Entrainment and Flame Geometry of Fire Plumes.
  NBS GCR 82-402; 203 p. August 1982.
  Cetegen, B. M.; Zukoski, E. E.; Kubota, T.
• Experimental Study of Environment and Heat Transfer in a Room Fire. Mixing in Doorway Flows and Entrainment in Fire Plumes.
  NBS GCR 85-493; 173 p. May 1985.
  Zukoski, E. E.; Kubota, T.; Lim, C. S.
• Experimental Study of the Exchange Flow Through a Horizontal Ceiling Vent in Atrium Fires: Criteria of Supply Air and Pressure Necessary for Uni-Directional Flow.
  NISTIR 6030; June 1997.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. March 13-20, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 21-29 pp, 1997.
  Yamada, T.
• Experimental Study of the Exchange Flow Through a Horizontal Ceiling Vent in Atrium Fires.
  U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 12th Joint Panel Meeting. October 27-November 2, 1992, Tsukuba, Japan, Building Research Inst., Ibaraki, Japan Fire Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan, 63-66 pp, 1992.
  Yamada, T.; Cooper, L. Y.
• Field Modeling: Effects of Flat Beamed Ceilings on Detector and Sprinkler Response. International Fire Detection Research Project. Technical Report. Year 1.
  Technical Report; Year 1; 59 p. October 1993.
  Forney, G. P.; Bukowski, R. W.; Davis, W. D.
• Field Modeling: Simulating the Effect of Sloped Beamed Ceilings on Detector and Sprinkler Response. International Fire Detection Research Project. Technical Report. Year 2.
  Technical Report; Year 2; 41 p. October 1994.
  Davis, W. D.; Forney, G. P.; Bukowski, R. W.
• Fire Endurance of Open-Web Steel-Joist Floors With Concrete Slabs and Gypsum Ceilings.
  BMS 141; 19 p. August 23, 1954.
  Ryan, J. V.; Bender, E. W.
• Fire Spread on Walls and Ceilings to Flashover. (Abstract/Presentation)
  NIST SP 998; May 2003.
  Quintiere, J. G.
• Flame Length and Flame Heat Transfer Correlations in Ceiling Fires.
  NISTIR 6588; November 2000.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 15th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. Proceedings. March 1-7, 2000, San Antonio, TX, Bryner, S. L., Editor(s), 483-488 pp, 2000.
  Hasemi, Y.; Yoshida, M.; Takaike, R.
• Flow Behavior Under Sloped Ceiling.
  NISTIR 6588; November 2000.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 15th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. Proceedings. March 1-7, 2000, San Antonio, TX, Bryner, S. L., Editor(s), 341-347 pp, 2000.
  Sugawa, O.; Hosozawa, T.; Nakamura, N.; Itoh, A.; Matsubara, Y.
• Measurements of the Transient Development of a Ceiling Layer.
  International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. 4th International Symposium. July 13-17, 1994, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Kashiwagi, T., Editor(s), 325-333 pp, 1994.
  Palm, S.; Zukoski, E. E.
• Modeling of Heating Mechanism and Thermal Response of Structural Components Exposed to Localized Fires: A New Application of Diffusion Flame Modeling to Fire Safety Engineering.
  NISTIR 6030; June 1997.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 1. March 13-20, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 237-247 pp, 1997.
  Hasemi, Y.; Yokobayashi, Y.; Wakamatsu, T.; Ptchelintsev, A. V.
• Prediction of Fire Dynamics. Final and Fourth Quarterly Report. June 28, 1992-August 28, 1992.
  NIST GCR 94-642; 36 p. June 1994.
  Alpert, R. L.; deRis, J.
• Reaction of Ceiling Tile Systems to Shocks. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.
  NIST NCSTAR 1-5D; 146 p. September 2005.
  Gann, R. G.; Riley, M. A.; Repp, J. M.; Whittaker, A. S.; Reinhorn, A. M.; Hough, P. A.
• Room/Corner Tests of Wall Linings With 100/300 kW Burner.
  Interscience Communications Limited. Fire and Materials. 4th International Conference and Exhibition. Proceedings. November 15-16, 1995, Crystal City, VA, 53-62 pp, 1995.
  Dietenberger, M. A.; Grexa, O.; White, R. H.; Sweet, M.; Janssens, M. L.
• Simulating the Effect of Beamed Ceilings on Smoke Flow. Part 1. Comparison of Numerical and Experimental Results.
  NISTIR 4994; 24 p. December 1992.
  Forney, G. P.; Davis, W. D.; Klote, J. H.
• Simulating the Effect of Flat Beamed Ceiling on Detector and Sprinkler Response.
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fire, Combustion, and Hazardous Waste Processing. HTD-Vol. 296. November 6-11, 1994, Chicago, IL, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NY, Acharya, S.; Annamalai, K.; Presser, C.; Skocypec, R. D., Editor(s)(s), 143-150 pp, 1994.
  Forney, G. P.; Bukowski, R. W.; Davis, W. D.
• Simulating the Effect of Sloped Beamed Ceilings on Detector and Sprinkler Response.
  NISTIR 5499; September 1994.National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. October 17-20, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, 147-148 pp, 1994.
  Davis, W. D.; Forney, G. P.; Bukowski, R. W.
• Solid Fuel Flame Spread and Mass Burning in Turbulent Flow.
  NIST GCR 92-602; 232 p. March 1992.
  Zhou, L.
• Spot and Aspriated Laser Smoke Detection in Telecommunications Facilities.
  NIST SP 965; February 2001.International Conference on Automatic Fire Detection "AUBE '01", 12th. Proceedings. National Institute of Standards and Technology. March 25-28, 2001, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K.; Grosshandler, W. L.; Luck, H., Editor(s)(s), 151-162 pp, 2001.
  Gottuk, D. T.; McKenna, L. A., Jr.
• Study of Cable Tray Fires of Redundant Safety Trains With the Flamme[underscore]S Code. Appendix A.
  NISTIR 6872; June 2002.International Collaborative Project to Evaluate Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications. Evaluation of Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications: Cable Tray Fires. International Panel Report. Appendix A: Benchmark Analysis With Flamme[underscore]S, A/1-39 pp, 2002.
  Bouton, E.; Tourniaire, B.
• Transport by Gravity Currents in Building Fires.
  International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Fifth (5th) International Symposium. March 3-7, 1997, Melbourne, Australia, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Hasemi, Y., Editor(s), 391-402 pp, 1997.
  Rehm, R. G.; McGrattan, K. B.; Baum, H. R.; Cassel, K. W.
• Turbulent, Concurrent, Ceiling Flame Spread: The Effect of Buoyancy.
  Combustion and Flame, Vol. 92, No. 1-2, 45-59, 1993.
  Zhou, L.; Fernandez-Pello, A. C.
• Wall and Ceiling Heat Flux Measurements in a Room-Corner Test.
  NISTIR 6242; October 1998.National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. November 2-5, 1998, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 139-140 pp, 1998.
  Dillon, S. E.; Quintiere, J. G.; Messa, S.; Rosa, D.