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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Project-Oriented Life-Cycle Costing Workshop for Energy Conservation in Buildings

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

S Fuller, Amy S. Rushing, G M. Meyer

The publication serves as a workbook and reference manual for a two-day life-cycle costing (LCc) workshop developed and presented by the National Institute of...

Latent Fingerprint Training With NIST Special Database 27 and Universal Latent Workstation

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

Michael D. Garris

UPDATE: 1/20/2017 It has been determined that this dataset lacks the documentation required by NIST for distribution. This dataset has been withdrawn and is no...

Simulation-Based Shop Floor Control: Formal Model, Model Generation,

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

Albert T. Jones, Y J. Son, R A. Wysk

The high cost of control software development and maintenance has been recognized as a significant problem inhibiting CIM solutions. In this paper, a structure...

Measuring the Performance and Intelligence of Systems: Proceedings of the 2000 PerMIS Workshop, August 14-16, 2000

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

A Meystel, Elena R. Messina

This volume contains the materials of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop (PERMIS), held at the National Institute of Standards and...

Characterization of Projection Systems for the MPEG-4 Digital Cinema Compression Scheme Evaluation

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

Paul A. Boynton, Charles D. Fenimore

The Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) Digital Cinema Ad Hoc Group is involved in assessing various compression algorithms for digital cinema applications. An...

Comparison of Concrete Rheometers: International Tests at LCPC (Nantes, France) in October 2000

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

L Brower, Chiara C. Ferraris

The aim of the present project was to compare measurements from the five types of concrete rheometers to provide data to establish correlations among them. As a...

A Comparison of Rating Water-Source Heat Pumps Using ARI Standard 320 and ISO Standard 13256-1

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

William V. Payne, Piotr A. Domanski

This investigation compares the ARI 320 (1998) and the ISO 13256-1 (1998) heating and cooling standards for water-source heat pumps to determine the difference...

MEMS Length and Strain Measurements Using an Optical Interferometer

August 21, 2001

Author(s)

Janet M. Cassard

The NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory: Assisting U.S. Aerospace Manufacturing Through Measurements and Standards

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

David C. Stieren

This paper discusses how the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) promotes a healthy U.S...

MatML-Materials Markup Language Workshop Report

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

C P. Sturrock, E F. Begley, J G. Kaufman

The MatML - Materials Markup Language Workshop was held at NIST to consider the technical and strategic future of MatML, an extensible markup language for...

Natural Ventilation Review and Plan for Design and Analysis Tools

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

Steven J. Emmerich, William S. Dols, James W. Axley

Natural ventilation has the potential to reduce first costs and operating costs for some commercial buildings while maintaining ventilation rates consistent...

Infrared Absorptivity Temperature Dependence of Gas Phase Methanol and Sulfur Dioxide

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

Pamela M. Chu, George C. Rhoderick, P. A. Johnson

Powder-matrix Systems for Safter Handling and Storage of Suppression Agents

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Harsha K. Chelliah

Improved Real-Scale Fire Measurements Having Meaningful Uncertainty Limits(NISTIR 6774)

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

William M. Pitts

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

P Unger

Guide for the Selection of Communication Equipment for Emergency First Responders

July 11, 2001

Author(s)

Alim A. Fatah

The National Institute of Justice is the focal point for providing support to State and local law enforcement agencies in the development of counterterrorism...

A Predictive Ionization Cross Section Model for Inorganic Molecules

July 1, 2001

Author(s)

John W. Hastie

To resolve a long-standing lack of experimental data for electron impact ionization cross sections for inorganic molecules, or the availability of a reliable...

Porting a Complex Machine Tool Error Compensation System From Microsoft DOS to Microsoft Windows NT

July 1, 2001

Author(s)

Herbert T. Bandy, M A. Donmez, Lawrence A. Welsch

This report describes the porting of a manufacturing quality control system from PC-type computers operating on Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 95, and IBM QS...

State-of-the-Art Review of CO₂ Demand Controlled Ventilation Technology and Application

July 1, 2001

Author(s)

Steven J. Emmerich, Andrew K. Persily

The control of outdoor air intake rates in mechanically ventilated buildings based on indoor carbon dioxide (CO 2) levels, often referred to as CO 2 demand...

User's Guide for Smokeview Version 2.0: A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data (NISTIR 6761)

July 1, 2001

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney, Kevin B. McGrattan

Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical predictions generated by the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator(FDS), a computational fluid dynamics (CFD...

Workshop on Fire Testing Measurement Needs: Proceedings

June 19, 2001

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler

This report describes the proceedings of a workshop held on June 18 and 19, 2001, at NIST in Gaithersburg to identify where science and technology can better...

Advanced Measurements and Predictive Methods (NISTIR 6774)

June 18, 2001

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan

First Workshop on Wireless Sensing

June 4, 2001

Author(s)

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

The First Wireless Sensing Workshop was held on June 4, 2001, at the Sensors Expo/Conference at the Rosemont Convention Center in Chicago, IL. The National...

Persistent Chlorinated Compounds and Elements in Tissues of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales, Delphinapterus leucas, Banked by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Paul R. Becker, Rebecca S. Pugh, Michele M. Schantz, Elizabeth A. Mackey, R. Demiralp, Michael S. Epstein, M K. Donais, Barbara J. Porter, Stephen A. Wise, B. A. Mahoney

Measurement Techniques for Low Heat Flux Exposures to Fire Fighters Protective Clothing

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

R Vettori, W H. Twilley, D W. Stroup

A series of experiments were conducted to investigate measurement technologies that are necessary and appropriate for evaluating the thermal performance of fire...

Evaluation of a Fast, Simplified Computational Fluid Dynamics Model for Solving Room Airflow Problems

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Amy Musser, Kevin B. McGrattan, J M. Palmer

This report compares results of simulations performed using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) with published experimental data, covering a wide range of...

Industrial Autonomous Vehicle Project Report

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Maris Juberts, Sandor S. Szabo, Robert Bunch, John Evans

This report documents a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) effort to determine the status of Automatic...

Analysis of Dimensional Metrology Standards

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Thomas R. Kramer, John Evans, Simon P. Frechette, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Frederick M. Proctor, William G. Rippey, Harry A. Scott, Theodore V. Vorburger, Albert J. Wavering

This is an analysis of standards related to dimensional metrology, with recommendations regarding standards development. The analysis focuses on the degree to...

Optoelectronics at NIST: Brief Research Summaries from Throughout the Institute

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Gordon W. Day

Setup Patterns for Display Measurements - Version 1.0

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Edward F. Kelley, J. V. Miseli

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