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John R. Hall, Jr, Micheal Karter, Amanda Kimbell, Minchao Yin
Under the authority of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Act, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) establishes a National
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This economic impact assessment focuses on documentary standards development for nanotechnology. Nanotechnology developments and applications are just emerging
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The primary objective of this task order was to develop a 10-year research, development, and implementation roadmap for generating new model earthquake
This report summarizes FDS development and support activities performed the during the 2012-2013 grant period of 70NANB11H172. A brief overview of the major and
Kelly Cobeen, J. Daniel Dolan, Douglas Thompson, John van de Lindt
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Andrew Buchanan, Birgit SP Wood Technology, Sweden �tman, Andrea Frangi
Fire resistance of timber structures is a very large field. In order to keep this document relatively small, the scope of is limited as follows: This report
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This white paper presents the state-of-the-art of large-scale experiments, modeling, and performance- based design efforts in fire behavior of steel structures
This white paper presents the current, international, state-of-the-art large-scale experimental, modeling, and performance-based design (PBD) efforts related to
The primary seismic force-resisting elements in buildings are horizontal diaphragms, vertical framing elements, and foundations. Together, these elements
Michael Lubliner, Rick Kunkle, David Hales, Melinda Spencer
These guidelines describe the important considerations for planning, conducting, analyzing, and disseminating the results of a Home Performance Contactor (HPC)
Joseph Maffei, Patricio Bonelli, Dominic Kelly, Dawn E. Lehman, Laura Lowes, Jack Moehle, Karl Telleen, John Wallace, Michael Willford
Most mid-rise and high-rise buildings in the earthquake-affected regions were constructed with seismic-force-resisting systems consisting of reinforced concrete
Domimic Kelly, Andres Lepage, David Mar, Jose Restrepo, Joseph Sanders, Andrew Taylor
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William Coulbourne, Jon Galsworthy, Horia Hangan, Christopher Jones, Chris Letchford, Thomas Smith
Windstorms, storm surge, and other coastal inundation events caused 4,045 fatalities and property losses of $250 billion (in 2012 dollars) in the United States
Kenneth Elwood, Jack Baker, Craig Comartin, William Holmes, Jack Moehle, Peter Somers
The first phase of work of the Program Plan, documented in this report, included the identification of critical deficiencies, refinement of the list of common
James Harris, David Bonneville, Ryan A. Kersting, John Lawson, Peter Morris
The fundamental objective of the project was to develop realistic cost premiums associated with earthquake-resistant building construction in the middle
James Harris, David Bonneville, Ryan A. Kersting, John Lawson, Peter Morris
Selection of building types for this study was initiated by an analysis of construction data for Shelby County, Tennessee, provided by the NIST Applied
Gregory Deierlein, Peter Behnam, Finley Charney, Laura Lowes, Jonathan Stewart, Michael Willford
This work is an extension of NIST GCR 09-917-2, Research Required to Support Full Implementation of Performance-Based Seismic Design, in which several research
William Holmes, Jonathan Bray, Thomas Holzer, Laurie Johnson, Jack Moehle, Sharon Wood
In 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) "Earthquake Structural and
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are a kind of ecolabel that discloses the environmental impacts of a product over its life cycle, using the science of
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) offers a vision of more secure, efficient, and cost-effective authentication through
John Hooper, William Holmes, Jack Moehle, C.B. Crouse, Robert Pekelnicky, James Harris
This report has been prepared by the Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) of the National Institute of Building Sciences to assist the National Institute of
Charles Kircher, Finley Charney, Gregory Deierlein, James Harris, William Holmes, John Hooper, Laura Lowes
During the conduct of the ATC-63 Project, which was funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and resulted in the publication of the FEMA P-695