Upon reviewing their article, the authors noted several errors that were missed in the preparation and peer-review process as well as several points for clarification. These errors were included in both the print and online versions of the original article. The corrections and clarifications are:Corrections:

A semi-empirical model was developed to use the radiant coal power of cigarettes in non-contact free smolder to predict the percentage of cigarettes smoldering on 10 layers of filter paper from a sample set that would burn the entire length of the tobacco rod. To develop the model the radiant coal power for cigarettes in non-contact free smolder was measured using infrared imaging and the percentage of the same type of cigarettes smoldering on 10 layers of standard chemical filter paper that burned the entire length of the tobacco rod was measured. From the experimental data, a characteristic coal power and an effective extinguishment threshold were established for the cigarettes. The effective extinguishment threshold was plotted as a function of the characteristic coal power for different cigarette designs, and the optimized Boltzmann model of the data allows the percentage of cigarettes smoldering on 10 layers of filter paper that would burn the entire length of the tobacco rod to be predicted by measuring the radiant coal power for the cigarettes in non-contact free smolder. The model was also used to predict the percentage of cigarettes smoldering on 7 layers of filter paper that would burn the entire length of the tobacco rod. The percentages predicted shows good agreement with the percentages measured for both 7 and 10 layers of filter paper.

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Abstract:In this research, a multidisciplinary optimization procedure is described to delay the occurrence of store-induced flutter of an aircraft wing/tip store configuration. A