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The measurement of the temporal and spatial distribution of a suppression agent is essential for characterizing the fire extinguishment process and for certifying a fire-suppression system. A time...

This manual describes the construction and operation procedures for a Differential Infrared Rapid Agent Concentration Sensor, the DIRRACS II, a moderately hardened, compact, portable infrared (IR)...

This is the 2011 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and renewable energy projects in federal facilities. It...

One of the most important aspects of effective firefighter response to an emergency event is awareness of the location of the firefighters involved, especially in cases with limited visibility due to...

The objective of this report is to support the development of descriptive statistics and associated measures of uncertainty for characterizing, tracking, and better understanding the root causes of...

Traction of friction drives are perhaps the simplest of all rotary mechanisms, yet relatively little is known as their early history and even less has been written about them.Author: National...

In order to rank bearing materials, lubricants and other design variables using rolling-element bench type fatigue testing of bearing components and full-scale rolling-element bearing tests, the...

The effect of internal clearance on radially loaded deepgroove ball and cylindrical roller bearing load distribution and fatigue life was determined for four clearance groups defined in the bearing...

Africa has always been seen a difficult financial market because of its countries' political and economic problems. Today, however, market liberalization conditions are making the continent...

Analysis of nearly 60,000 reported values of static water level (SWL, as depth below land surface) in bedrock wells in New Hampshire, aggregated on a yearly basis, showed an apparent deepening of SWL...

The environments in which government and businesses operate are changing rapidly. Globalization has created many new forces and energized old ones.Author: U. S. Department of CommercePublisher:...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (Antibribery Convention) is the...

This fifth annual report under the International Anti- Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998 (IAFCA) examines the progress that signatory countries have made in implementing and enforcing the...

This sixth and final annual report under the InternationalAnti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998 (IAFCA)examines the progress that parties have made in imple-menting and enforcing the...

The Axel Spirit, a 62,929 gross-ton motor tanker owned by Axel Spirit, L.L.C. and operated by Teekay, was built in 2004. The vessel was classified as an Aframax-class tanker. Unlike very large and...

This report discusses the January 24, 2008, accident in which the fruit juice carrier M/V Orange Sun allided with a dredge, New York, while the ship was outbound in Newark Bay, New Jersey. As a...

This report discusses the July 2, 2008, collision between the Coast Guard cutter Morro Bay and the passenger ferry M/V Block Island on Block Island Sound. The ferry was carrying a total of 305 people...

This report discusses the July 7, 2010, collision of the tugboat/barge combination Caribbean Sea/The Resource with the amphibious passenger vehicle DUKW 34 on the Delaware River in Philadelphia,...

This report discusses the December 20, 2009, collision on San Diego Bay, California, between the 33- foot-long U.S. Coast Guard special purpose craft - law enforcement (SPC-LE) CG 33118 and an...

This report discusses the January 23, 2010, collision of the tankship Eagle Otome with the general cargo vessel Gull Arrow and the subsequent collision of tank barge Kirby 30406, pushed by towboat...

On Saturday, May 8, 2010, at 0918 eastern daylight time, the passenger ferry Andrew J. Barberi allided with the terminal structure at slip No. 5 at the St. George terminal, Staten Island, New York,...

This report discusses the October 29, 2011, collision of the tankship Elka Apollon with the containership MSC Nederland on the Houston Ship Channel in Upper Galveston Bay, Texas. No one was injured...

This report discusses the September 8, 2011, accident involving the US liftboat Trinity II. Ten persons were on board. Because of severe weather and boarding seas associated with Hurricane Nate, the...

This report discusses the allision of the cargo vessel Delta Mariner with Eggner's Ferry Bridge at mile marker 41.7 of the Tennessee River near Aurora, Kentucky, on January 26, 2012. No injuries were...

About 0200 on May 27, 1995, the U.S. fish processing vessel ALASKA SPIRIT caught fire and burned while moored alongside a dock at the Seward Marine Industrial Center, Seward, Alaska. Firefighters...

About 2225 on June 10, 1995, the Panamanian passenger ship Royal Majesty grounded on Rose and Crown Shoal about 10 miles east of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The vessel, with 1,509 persons on...

On the evening of June 22, 1995, the Liberian-registered passenger vessel Star Princess, carrying 1,568 passengers and 639 crewmembers, was en route from Skagway to Juneau, Alaska, via the Lynn Canal...

Shortly after 1400 on December 14, 1996, the fully loaded Liberian bulk carrier Bright Field temporarily lost propulsion power as the vessel was navigating outbound in the Lower Mississippi River at...

Early on July 27, 1996, while the Panamanian passenger ship Universe Explorer was en route from Juneau, Alaska, to Glacier Bay, Alaska with 1,006 people aboard, a fire started in the main laundry...

A communication library has been developed for the connection of external calculation programs to the RELAP code using shared memory techniques. Modifications to the RELAP program have been...