Simulation of multiple fatality house fire in Keokuk, Iowa. (General Developments).This report, Simulation of the Dynamics of a Fire in a Two-Story Duplex--Iowa, Dec. 22, 1999 (NISTIR NISTIR National Institute of Standards and Technology Interagency Report NISTIR National Institute of Standards and Technology Internal Report 6854), describes the re-creation of a fire in a two-story duplex (communications) duplex - Used to describe a communications channel that can carry signals in both directions, in contrast to a simplex channel which only ever carries a signal in one direction. house in Iowa which claimed the lives of three children and three firefighters. This report/CD includes the results of calculations using the NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. Fire Dynamics Simulator (1) Software that enables the execution of an application written for a different computer environment. Same as emulator. (2) Software that models the interactions of hypothetical or real-world objects or business processes. that were performed to provide insight on the thermal conditions that may have occurred during this fire. In addition to providing the timeline, floor plan, post-fire photographs, and model results (both still and animated), this CD also offers a video/audio clip of a NIST researcher describing the fire via photographs and computer fire model output. CONTACT: Nelson Bryner, (301) 975-6868; nelson.bryner@nist.gov. |
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