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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Calibration Experiments of a Laser Scanner

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

4D/RCS Version 2.0: A Reference Model Architecture for Unmanned Vehicle Systems

Author(s)
James S. Albus, Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Karl Murphy, Maris Juberts, Alberto Lacaze, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Michael O. Shneier, Tsai H. Hong, Harry A. Scott, Frederick M. Proctor, William P. Shackleford, John L. Michaloski, Albert J. Wavering, Thomas Kramer, Nicholas Dagalakis, William G. Rippey, Keith A. Stouffer, Steven Legowik
The 4D/RCS architecture provides a reference model for military unmanned vehicles on how their software components should be identified, organized, and

Failure Analysis of the WWVB Tower

Author(s)
Joseph D. McColskey, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo
A failure analysis was conducted on the collapse of the NIST WWVB tower. The analysis included mechanical testing, chemical analysis, and metallographic

Community-Scale Fire Spread

Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, Anthony P. Hamins, Howard R. Baum, Kevin B. McGrattan, D D. Evans
This paper addresses community-scale fires, which have also been called urban/wildland interface or intermix fires. These fires arise when wildlandfires invade

Fire Safety Research at NIST

Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins
The Fire Research Division is one of four Divisions in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Planning with Incrementally Created Graphs

Author(s)
Stephen B. Balakirsky, Otto H. Herzog
A framework for planning algorithms that is both optimal and complete will be presented that allows for the planning of optimal paths through a multi-level

Gas-Phase Mechanisms of Fire Retardants

Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris
Fire retardants are added to polymers to increase their ignition time and reduce their heat release rates when burning. They are often described as acting

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers (NISTIR 6879)

Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, Howard R. Baum, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Based on preliminary assumptions and analysis, mathematical models have been used to estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade
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