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Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR)

Measuring the PMI Modeling Capability in CAD Systems: Report 1 - Combined Test Case Verification

November 12, 2015

Author(s)

Doug Cheney, Bryan Fischer

A methodology for measuring the product and manufacturing information (PMI) modeling capability of computer-aided design (CAD) systems has been developed to...

Measuring the PMI Modeling Capability in CAD Systems: Report 3 - Fully-Toleranced Test Case Verification

November 12, 2015

Author(s)

Doug Cheney, Bryan Fischer

A methodology for measuring the product and manufacturing information (PMI) modeling capability of computer-aided design (CAD) systems has been developed to...

Measuring the PMI Modeling Capability in CAD Systems: Report 2 - Combined Test Case Validation

November 12, 2015

Author(s)

Doug Cheney, Bryan Fischer

A methodology for measuring the product and manufacturing information (PMI) modeling capability of computer-aided design (CAD) systems has been developed to...

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 11:Seismic Design of Steel Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames

September 30, 2015

Author(s)

Ryan A. Kersting, Walterio A. Lopez, Larry A. Fahnestock

Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFs) are one of the newer types of seismic force-resisting systems used in modern building designs. This Guide addresses...

Validation for Downstream Computer Aided Manufacturing and Coordinate Metrology Processes

September 30, 2015

Author(s)

Asa Trainer, Allison Barnard Feeney, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr.

To achieve industry's vision of the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE), the MBE strategy must include model-centric data interoperability for design to manufacturing...

Technical Basis for User Interface Design of Health IT

August 17, 2015

Author(s)

Michael E. Wiklund, Jonathan Kendler, Limor Hochberg, Matthew B. Weinger

This document is intended to help EHR developers plan and implement a user-centered design for their EHR systems. It includes user interface design principles...

A Measure of Domestic Security: Economic Benefits of NISTs Support of Public Safety and Security

June 1, 2015

Author(s)

David P. Leech

There are many types of first-responder equipment; sophisticated system-of-systems technologies that pervade the contemporary public safety environment and...

Development of Standardized Cooking Fires for Evaluation of Prevention Technologies: Data Analysis

May 27, 2015

Author(s)

Joshua Dinaburg, daniel gottuck

Beginning in 2010, the Foundation began a program to review the potential effectiveness of various technologies potentially capable of preventing cooking range...

Recommended practice for the representation of Component catalog data in ISO 10303-210:2014

April 13, 2015

Author(s)

Allison Barnard Feeney, Jamie Stori, Thomas R. Thurman, Kevin G. Brady

This document provides a recommended practice for representing electronic component property data in accordance with ISO 10303-210:2014. It takes into account...

Proposed recommended practice for the representation of schematic symbols in STEP AP 210 (ISO 10303-210)

April 9, 2015

Author(s)

Jamie Stori, Thomas R. Thurman, Craig Lanning, Mike Benda

The purpose of this document is to propose a recommended practice for the representation of schematic symbols and the integration of schematic symbols with...

Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design Concepts and Framework

March 31, 2015

Author(s)

Brian J. Meacham, Alberto Alvarez-Rodriguez

A new framework for a risk-informed performance-based approach to fire safety analysis and design has been proposed. It is structured around a paradigm in which...

Proceedings of the Measurement Science for Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing Workshop Volume II. Presentations

March 2, 2015

Author(s)

Bilal Ayyub, Gerald Galloway, Richard Wright

This report documents the effort launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop, organize, and convene a workshop on...

Pilot Demonstration of an Impact Evaluation Protocol: NIST NCST Recommendations Arising from The Station Nightclub Fire

January 8, 2015

Author(s)

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...

ISO TC 184/SC 4 product and manufacturing information (PMI) EXPRESS models

December 1, 2014

Author(s)

Thomas R. Thurman

This document provides product and manufacturing information (PMI) EXPRESS models to be used in ISO 10303-242 edition 2. The models include representations for...

The Economic Impacts of Early Stage Consensus Standards Development: A Case Study of Nanotechnology Documentary Standards

November 30, 2014

Author(s)

David P. Leech, John T. Scott

This economic impact assessment focuses on documentary standards development for nanotechnology. Nanotechnology developments and applications are just emerging...

Earthquake-Resilient Lifelines: NEHRP Research, Development and Implementation Roadmap

October 31, 2014

Author(s)

Thomas O'Rourke, Laurie Johnson, Craig Davis, Leonardo Duenas-Osorio, Anne Kiremidjian, Alexis Kwasinski, Michael Mahoney, Stuart Nishenko, Douglas Nyman, Chris Poland, Alex Tang

The primary objective of this task order was to develop a 10-year research, development, and implementation roadmap for generating new model earthquake...

Proceedings of the Measurement Science for Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing Workshop Volume I. Position Papers and Findings

October 21, 2014

Author(s)

Bilal Ayyub, Gerald Galloway, Richard Wright

This report documents the effort launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop, organize, and convene a workshop on...

Proceedings of the Measurement Science for Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing Workshop Volume II. Presentations

October 20, 2014

Author(s)

Bilal Ayyub, Gerald Galloway, Richard Wright

This report documents the effort launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop, organize, and convene a workshop on...

Evolutionary Development of Advanced Species Tracking and Combustion Modeling for Fire Dynamics Simulator

October 14, 2014

Author(s)

Jason E. Floyd

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...

Proceedings of the Measurement Science for Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing Workshop: Volume 2. Presentations

September 26, 2014

Author(s)

Bilal Ayyub, Gerald Galloway, Richard Wright

This report documents the effort launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop, organize, and convene a workshop on...

Proceedings of the Measurement Science for Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing Workshop: Volume 1. Position Papers and Findings

September 26, 2014

Author(s)

Bilal Ayyub, Gerald Galloway, Richard Wright

This report documents the effort launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop, organize, and convene a workshop on...

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 10: Seismic Design of Wood Light-Frame Structural Diaphragm Systems

September 23, 2014

Author(s)

Kelly Cobeen, J. Daniel Dolan, Douglas Thompson, John van de Lindt

The seismic force-resisting system (SFRS) of a building consists of a three-dimensional collection of elements that transmit loads and forces from the point of...

White Paper on Fire Resistance of Concrete Structures

September 18, 2014

Author(s)

Luke Bisby, Hossein Mostafaei, Pierre Pimienta

This white paper presents the current, international, state-of-the-art large-scale experimental, modeling, and performance-based design (PBD) efforts related to...

White Paper on Fire Behavior of Steel Structures

September 18, 2014

Author(s)

Maria Garlock, Jo? Kruppa, Guo-Qiang Li, Li, Bin Zhao

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

White Paper on Fire Resistance of Timber Structures

September 18, 2014

Author(s)

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...

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 9: Seismic Design of Special Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls

August 29, 2014

Author(s)

Gregory Kingsley, P. Benson Shing, Thomas Gangel

The primary seismic force-resisting elements in buildings are horizontal diaphragms, vertical framing elements, and foundations. Together, these elements...

Research and Development on New Flame Retardant Chemistries for Polyurethane - 60NANB12D167

July 8, 2014

Author(s)

Alexander B. Morgan

Residential Home Performance Contracting Round Robin Guidelines

April 17, 2014

Author(s)

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)...

Recommendations for Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Wall Buildings Based on Studies of the 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake

March 14, 2014

Author(s)

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...

Use of High-Strength Reinforcement in Earthquake-Resistant Concrete Structures

March 5, 2014

Author(s)

Domimic Kelly, Andres Lepage, David Mar, Jose Restrepo, Joseph Sanders, Andrew Taylor

The objective of this project was to study and make recommendations concerning the utilization of high-strength steel reinforcing bars in concrete structures...

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