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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Magnetic Technology Division: Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments

December 31, 2002

Author(s)

Ronald B. Goldfarb

The Magnetic Technology Division develops and disseminates measurement technology for industries broadly concerned with magnetic information storage and...

December 9, 2002, Progress Report on the NIST Building and Fire Investigation into the World Trade Center Disaster (NISTIR 6942 and NIST SP 1000-2)

December 9, 2002

Author(s)

Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced its 24-month building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster...

Program Design and Firm Success in the Advanced Technology Program: Project Structure and Innovation Outcomes

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Andrew J. Wang, Michael R. darby, Lynne G. Zucker

This study finds that the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) has a positive effect on innovation in firms. Participation in ATP projects increases firms'...

Review of Residential Sprinkler Systems: Research and Standards

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, R P. Fleming

Automatic sprinkler systems have been successfully used to protect industrial and commercial buildings and their occupants for more than 100 years. Historically...

Analysis of the ASTM Round-Robin Test on Particle Size Distribution of Portland Cement: Phase II

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris, Vincent A. Hackley, A Aviles, C E. Buchanan

Particle size distribution (PSD) is an essential property of cement. The only standard method to measure the PSD of cement, namely ASTM C115 [ ] is limited in...

Preliminary Concept Trial of the Semi-Automated Paint Containment System

November 30, 2002

Author(s)

Richard J. Norcross

The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC-CD) is developing the Automated Paint Application, Containment, and Treatment System (APACTS)...

Optimality Conditions for Hierarchical Control

November 7, 2002

Author(s)

P Boggs, Anthony J. Kearsley, J W. Tolle

Abstract As part of the study of techniques for solving PDE-constrained optimization problems, we consider the approximate pointwise control of a linear...

Database for Computational Thermodynamics and Diffusion Modeling Workshop Report

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Ursula R. Kattner, William J. Boettinger, J E. Morral

Databases for computational thermodynamics and diffusion modeling can be applied to predict phase diagrams for alloy design and alloy behavior during processing...

Different Timelines for Different Technologies Evidence From the Advanced Technology Program

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

J Powell, F A. Moris

Case studies of the first completed ATP projects have shown considerable variation in commercialization patterns of ATP-funded technologies. These variations...

2002 ITL Technical Accomplishments

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Elizabeth B. Lennon

This report describes the activities and accomplishments of the Information Technology Laboratoy at the National Institute of Technology in 2002.

Second Workshop on Wireless Sensing Proceedings

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

James D. Gilsinn, Kang B. Lee, Richard D. Schneeman, Hui-Min Huang

The second Workshop on Wireless Sensing was held on October 4, 2001, at the Sensors Expo & Conference at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA...

Calculation of Obstructed View Factors by Adaptive Integration

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

George Walton

This report describes the use of adaptive integration for the calculation of view factors between simple convex polygons with obstructions. The accuracy of the...

CONTAMW 2.0 User Manual

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

William S. Dols, George Walton

This manual describes the computer program CONTAMW version 2.0 developed by NIST. CONTAMW is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis program...

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 3): Users Guide (NISTIR 6748)

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney, J E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka, Kuldeep R. Prasad

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software described in this document solves...

Handbook 151: NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

N. Alan Heckert, James J. Filliben, C M. Croarkin, B Hembree, William F. Guthrie, P Tobias, J Prinz

The URL is http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/mpc/mpc.htm. This is a web based guide to statistical methods for engineering. It involves case studies with...

Software Engineering for Intelligent Control Systems

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Tony Barbera, Elena R. Messina, Hui-Min Huang, Craig I. Schlenoff, Stephen B. Balakirsky

Understanding how humans manage information and carry out actions provides a foundation for the software engineering of intelligent control systems. The Real...

A Representation of Acoustic Waves in Unbounded Domains

October 1, 2002

Author(s)

Bradley K. Alpert, Yu-Hsuan Chen

Compact, time-harmonic, acoustic sources produce waves that decay too slowly to be square-integrable on a line away from the sources. We introduce an inner...

A Core Product Model for Representing Design Information

October 1, 2002

Author(s)

Steven J. Fenves

The report presents a core model for representing design information, motivated by the perceived needs of next-generation product development systems and...

Simulation of the Dynamics of a Fire in a One-Story Restaurant--Texas, February 14, 2000

October 1, 2002

Author(s)

R Vettori, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, William D. Walton

This report describes the results of calculations using the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) that were...

A Glyph Toolbox for Immersive Scientific Visualization

October 1, 2002

Author(s)

H W. Bullen, J S. Chang, A V. Harn, Steven G. Satterfield, Peter M. Ketcham, J E. Devaney

We describe a set of software, the Glyph ToolBox (GTB), for creating three dimensional (3D) glyphs. This software defines a single, general format for...

Three Dimensional Data Capture in Indoor Environments for Autonomous Navigation

September 30, 2002

Author(s)

John Evans, Tommy Chang, Tsai Hong Hong, Roger V. Bostelman, Robert Bunch

An innovative use of a low-cost laser range scanner captures three dimensional features of indoor environments in a manner suitable for mobile robot navigation...

Measuring the Performance and Intelligence of Systems: Proceedings of the 2002 PerMIS Workshop, August 13 - 15, 2002

September 2, 2002

Author(s)

Elena R. Messina, A Meystel

This is the collection of papers presented at the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop, held at NIST on August 13, 14, and 15, 2002. This was...

Baseline Measures for Improving Housing Durability

September 1, 2002

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman, C A. Izzo

The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH), a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a public/private partnership...

Fire Resistance Determination & Performance Prediction Research Needs Workshop: Proceedings

September 1, 2002

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler

The Building and Fire Research Laboratory initiated a program prior to the events of September 11, 2001, to put structural fire protection on a stronger...

Proposed Revisions of Part of the Test Procedures for Furnaces and Boilers in ASHRAE Standard 103-1993

September 1, 2002

Author(s)

S T. Liu

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) procedure for testing the Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) of residential central furnaces and boilers references...

Calibration Experiments of a Laser Scanner

September 1, 2002

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok, Stefan D. Leigh, Andrew L. Rukhin

The potential applications of laser scanners or LADARs (Laser Detection and Ranging) are numerous, and they cross several sectors of the industry construction...

Polymers Division Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory FY 2002 Programs and Accomplishments

September 1, 2002

Author(s)

Eric J. Amis, B M. Fanconi, Chad R. Snyder

The advent of controlled polymerization, advanced electronics, biomimetic materials, nanostructured systems, and a range of other new avenues for polymeric...

National Calibration Facility for Retroreflective Traffic Control Materials--Phase 1

September 1, 2002

Author(s)

Carl C. Miller, T Heimer, E A. Early

Congress has directed the United States Department of Transportation to establish a standard for a minimum level of retroreflectivity that must be maintained...

Metallurgy Division Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory FY 2002 Programs and Accomplishments

September 1, 2002

Author(s)

C A. Handwerker, Frank W. Gayle

This report describes major programs and accomplishments of the Metallurgy Divison of the NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) in FY2002...

Ceramics Division Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory FY 2002 Programs and Accomplishments

September 1, 2002

Author(s)

Gabrielle G. Long

Executive SummaryIt has been a noteworthy year for the Ceramics Division. Our Division Chief, Stephen Freiman, was elevated to the post of Deputy Director of...

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