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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Estimates of Thermal Conductivity for Unconditioned and Conditioned Materials Used in Fire Fighters' Protective Clothing .

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

R Vettori

Workshop on the Evaluation of a Tactical Decision Aid Display.

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

William D. Davis, R Vettori, Paul A. Reneke, L D. Brassell, David G. Holmberg, Jodi Kostecki, Jessica Kratchman

Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of Buoyancy Induced Flow Through a Doorway.

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Rodney Bryant

Workshop to Define Information Needed by Emergency Responders During Building Emergencies.

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Walter W. Jones, David G. Holmberg, William D. Davis, Steven T. Bushby, K A. Reed

Effect of Positive Pressure Ventilation on a Room Fire.

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Stephen Kerber, William D. Walton

Semantic Mapping Between IAI ifcXML and FIATECH AEX Models for Centrifugal Pumps.

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

E F. Begley, Mark E. Palmer, K A. Reed

Economic Analysis of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems.

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

H Brown

Investigation of the Impact of Commercial Building Envelope Airtightness on HVAC Energy Use.

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Steven J. Emmerich, Timothy P. McDowell, W Anis

Firefighter Turnout Coat Configurations: Performance Data for Acquisition Decisions.

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

H Brown

NIST LADAR Performance Evaluation Workshop, 2nd Proceedings. March 15-16, 2005.

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok

Economic Analysis of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, R P. Fleming

This report designs and applies a comparative life-cycle cost analysis on two basic types of sprinkler system designs allowed by NFPA 13D a stand-alone...

Numerical Simulation of the Caldecott Tunnel Fire, April 1982

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan

This report documents a study undertaken to estimate the thermal environment of the Caldecott Tunnel during a gasoline spill fire in April 1982. A numerical...

Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory FY 2005 Programs and Accomplishments

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

C M. Allocca

The FY 2005 Programs and Accomplishments Report is a summary of the technical activities of the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL). This volume...

Thermodynamics of Sessile Drops on a Rigid Substrate: A Comparison of Two Theories

November 15, 2005

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

Minimization of free energy is used to calculate the equilibrium shapes of sessile liquid drops under different wetting conditions and under the influence of a...

Description and Results of the 2003 NIST/NOAA Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in Marine Mammal Tissues

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

John R. Kucklick, Rebecca S. Pugh, Paul R. Becker, Michele M. Schantz, Stephen A. Wise, T K. Rowles

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s Marine Mammal Health and...

Estimates of Thermal Conductivity for Unconditioned and Conditioned Materials Used in Fire Fighter s Protective Clothing

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

R Vettori

Fire fighters' protective clothing provides a limited amount of thermal protection from environmental exposures produced by fires. This level of thermal...

NIST Inter-Comparison Exercise Program for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Marine Sediment: Description and Results of the 2004 Intercomparison Exercise

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jennifer M. Lynch, H M. Stapleton, John R. Kucklick, Michele M. Schantz, Stephen A. Wise

Intercomparison Program for Organic Speciation in PM2.5 Air Particulate Matter: Description and Results for Trials I and II; Materials: Air Particulate Extract I, Air Particulate I and PM2.5 Interim RM

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Stephen A. Wise, J Lewtas

Using Chebyshev's Inequality to Determine Sample Size in Biometric Evaluation of Fingerprint Data

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Charles L. Wilson

For fingerprint dataset, which in many cases may exceed a million samples, the underlying distribution function with respect to similarity scores is unknown...

Ontology Formalization of Product Semantics for Product Lifecycle Management

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Lalit Patil, Ram D. Sriram

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a concept that takes into account that the development of a product is influenced by knowledge from various stakeholders...

Cell Phone Forensics Tools: An Overview and Analysis

October 19, 2005

Author(s)

Richard Ayers, Wayne Jansen, Nicolas Cilleros, Ronan Daniellou

Cell phones and other handheld devices incorporating cell phone capabilities (e.g., Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) phones) are ubiquitous. Rather than just...

TRC Thermodynamic Tables - Hydrocarbons, Supplement No. 130, 2005

October 11, 2005

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel

1. Table 23-2-(3.11102)-db - Pages db-2052.0 and 2052.1; New table for butylcyclohexane containing the density for the real fluid at selected temperatures and...

Developing an Analysis of Threats to Voting Systems: Workshop Summary

October 7, 2005

Author(s)

Allan C. Eustis

The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 has given NIST a key role in helping to realize nationwide improvements in voting systems by January 2006. NIST...

Low Temperature Calorimetry Studies of Hydrating Portland Cement Pastes

October 5, 2005

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz

This report presents nearly 200 low temperature calorimetry (LTC) scans performed on hydrating portland cement pastes between 2002 and 2005. Because the LTC...

Proceedings of the 2nd NIST LADAR Performance Evaluation Workshop March 15 - 16, 2005

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok

In recent years, there has been a rapid growth of LADAR (laser detection and ranging) applications and a growing number of LADARs that are commercially...

Analysis of CCRL Portland Cement Proficiency Samples Number 151 and Number 152 Using the Virtual Cement and Concrete

September 15, 2005

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard, Paul E. Stutzman

This report provides experimental and computer modeling results for Portland Cement Proficiency Samples 151 and 152 issued by the Cement and Concrete Reference...

The Myth of the Goats: How Many People Have Fingerprints that are Hard to Match?

September 13, 2005

Author(s)

R. A. Hicklin, Craig I. Watson, Brad Ulery

The proportion of people who have fingerprints that are particularly hard to match (also known as "Goats") is a topic of great interest in biometrics...

Performance of Thermal Exposure Sensors in Personal Alert Safety (PASS) Devices (NISTIR 7294)

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D W. Stroup

Fire fighters can be overcome by heat or smoke of a fire and may be unable to alert other fire ground personnel to their need for assistance. Personal Alert...

Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of Buoyancy Induced Flow Through a Doorway

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Rodney Bryant

Quantifying the ventilation available to an enclosure fire is an important step to understanding fire behavior. Accurate measurements of mass flow rate across...

IMS-Based Trace Explosives Detectors for First Responder Use

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jennifer R. Verkouteren, John G. Gillen, R M. Verkouteren, Robert A. Fletcher, E S. Etz, George A. Klouda, Alim A. Fatah, Philip J. Mattson

The purpose of this document is to establish minimum performance requirements and an associated test method for Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) based trace...

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