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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Improved Real-Scale Fire Measurements Having Meaningful Uncertainty Limits (NISTIR 6588)

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

William M. Pitts, George W. Mulholland

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has undertaken a long-term effort designed to improve our ability to make experimental measurements having...

Direct Blind Deconvolution II. Substitute Images and the Beak Method

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

The BEAK method is an FFT-based direct blind deconvolution technique previously introduced by the author, and applied to a limited but significant class of...

Thermal Radiation From Large Pool Fires (NISTIR 6546)

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, Howard R. Baum, Anthony P. Hamins

In order to protect people and combustible structures from the thermal radiation emitted by a large fire, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...

Suppression of Low Strain Rate Flames by an Agent (NISTIR 6588)

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, Matthew F. Bundy, I K. Puri

The structure and suppression of low strain rate methane-air nonpremixed flames were investigated experimentally and computationally. Measurements of the...

Evaluation of Active Suppression in Simulated Post-Collision Vehicle Fires (NISTIR 6379)

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins

An investigation of the effectiveness of fire suppressants in simulated post-collision vehicle fires is presented. Two distinct fire scenarios were considered...

Fifteenth Meeting of the UJNR Panel on Fire Research and Safety March 1-7, 2000 (Vol. 2)

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Sheilda L. Bryner

The 15th meeting of the U.S.-Japan Panel on Fire Research and Safety was held March 1-7, 2000, with about 60 experts on fire science and fire safety engineering...

User's Guide to the NIST Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory. Version 1.0

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard, Chiara F. Ferraris, Edward J. Garboczi, Nicos Martys, Paul E. Stutzman

This NISTIR serves as the user's manual for Version 1.0 of the Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL). Using the VCCTL, a user may create...

Information Model for Machine Tool Performance Tests

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Yung-Tsun T. Lee, M A. Donmez, Johannes A. Soons

This report specifies an information model of machine tool performance evaluation tests. The information model provides a mechanism capable of describing the...

Morphological Stability of a Binary Alloy: Temperature-Dependent Diffusivity

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Sam R. Coriell, Geoffrey B. McFadden, S R. Vanaerenbergh

The effect of the temperature dependence of the diffusion coefficient on the morphological stability of a binary alloy during directional solidification is...

MicroHotplate Devices and Arrays, Pt. 1: Thermal Flat Panel displays and MicroReaders

October 11, 2000

Author(s)

Michael Gaitan

Microheating elements and microhotplates are bulk silicon micromachined integrated circuit (IC) devices. The fabrication approach that we use utilizes full...

NCT In-Situ Probes and the MBE Growth of Compound Semiconductors

October 11, 2000

Author(s)

Joseph G. Pellegrino, Jonathan E. Guyer, Donald A. Gajewski

Our research is centered on the use of in-situ measurement probes that monitor semiconductor growth. Our goal is to correlate material parameters observed...

Thermophysical Properties of Mixtures of Natural Gas Components: A Bibliography of Experimental Data

October 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dwain E. Diller, Joe W. Magee

A bibliography was prepared consisting of references to experimental data for thermophysical properties of mixtures of natural gas components. The bibliography...

Tensile Strength of an Interlocking Composite Connection

October 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dat Duthinh

Twenty-four tests of an interlocking fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) connection show that, although the connection is much weaker than the theoretical strength...

SQUIDs Past, Present, and Future: A Sympsium in Honor of Jim Zimmerman

October 1, 2000

Author(s)

Richard L. Kautz

The symposium on SQUIDs Past, Present, and Future was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado on November 15, 1997 to...

Electrical Properties of Biological Materials: A Bibliographic Survey

October 1, 2000

Author(s)

Ken L. Stricklett, James R. Baker-Jarvis

Electrical Properties of Biological Materials: A Bibliographic Survey

October 1, 2000

Author(s)

Ken L. Stricklett, J. Baker

A bibliographic survey of the electrical properties of biological tissues and of phantoms is provided. A phantom is, for these purposes, any material, structure...

1999 Survey of Forensic Standard Reference Materials

September 13, 2000

Author(s)

Alim A. Fatah

A survey was conducted to assess the reference materials and collections that were available in forensic laboratories to determine which were not available and...

Approach for Measuring Reductions in Construction Worker Illnesses and Injuries: Baseline Measures of Construction Industry Practices for the National Construction Goals.

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman

The Construction and Building Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council is developing baseline measures of current construction industry...

Repeatability of Energy Consumption Test Results for Compact Refrigerators

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

David A. Yashar

Recently, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) has been interested in examining the current procedure that is used to measure the energy consumption of...

An Approach for Measuring Reductions in Construction Worker Illnesses and Injuries: Baseline Measures of Construction Industry Practices for the National Construction Goals

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman

The Construction and Building Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council is developing baseline measures of current construction industry...

Metrology for Radio-Frequency Technology: A Bibliography of NIST Publications

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Ruth-Marie Lyons

Celebrating One Hundred Years of Chemistry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Hratch G. Semerjian, W Koch, Ellyn S. Beary, Michael S. Epstein, G B. Vasquez

Selected NIST Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) activities and highlights. Building on a hundred year history of technical excellence, today's...

Pulse Transition Duration Measurements and Standards at NIST -- 1975 to 1988

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

W L. Gans, N. S. Nahman, J R. Andrews, E E. Baldwin

The techniques employed by NBS from the mid 70s through 1988 for the calibration of the pulse transition duration (TD) of a fast, step-like, electrical pulse...

Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program (NGP) FY1999 Annual Report

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

The Department of Defense's Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program (NGP) has completed its third year of research into fire suppressant...

Analysis of CCRL Proficiency Cements 135 and 136 Using CEMHYD3D

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, X Feng, C Haecker, Paul E. Stutzman

This NISTIR provides experimental and computer modeling results for cements 135 and 136 issued by the Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL) at NIST in...

Connections of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Structural Members: A Review of the State of the Art

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dat Duthinh

This review of the state of the art of connections of Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) members covers primary structural connections (whose integrity is crucial...

A Computer Model to Predict the Surface Temperature and Time-of-Wetness of Concrete Pavements and Bridge Decks

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz

This report provides documentation and example results for a computer model developed to predict the surface temperature and time-of-wetness (and time-of...

Strength Evaluation of Connectors for Intermodal Containers

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

Hai S. Lew, Fahim Sadek, E D. Anderson

Intermodal containers are used widely in marine cargo handling. In order to facilitate unloading of empty containers from ship to shore, two containers are...

One Degree Micro-Macro Manipulator Integration Test for the Automated Paint Application, Containment, and Treatment System (APACTS)

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

Richard J. Norcross

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

The NIST RS274NGC Interpreter - Version 3

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

Thomas R. Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, Elena R. Messina

This report describes an interpreter which reads numerical control code and produces calls to a set of canonical machining functions. The interpreteris a...

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