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This manual describes the use of the computer program CONTAMW developed by NIST. CONTAMW is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis program
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is improving its resource allocation process by doing microstudies of its research impacts on society
The BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) version 2.0 software implements a rational, systematic technique for selecting environmentally
This report presents the theory for near-field detection of quasi-static electric fields produced by electrically small emitters that radiate as small electric
On June 14, 2000, the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials and the Polymers Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) co-sponsored a
Thomas J. Ohlemiller, John R. Shields, Roy A. McLane, Richard G. Gann
This study addresses the fire behavior of bed assemblies, including a mattress, foundation and bedclothes. The focus is on development and application of a
A measurement system for evaluating the performance of hand-held (HH) and walk-through (WT) metal detectors is described. These detectors produce time-varying
Weakly-analytic convex, faithfully convex, and self-concordant functions are considered, and their relationships described. The purpose of the report is to
Joaquin (. Martinez, Stephen Knight, A D. Settle-Raskin
The microelectronics industry is a driving force fueling the U.S. economy, leading to rapid improvements in productivity, and enabling other new high technology
Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical predictions generated by the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS). FDS is a computational fluid
In the last 30 years, the compressive strength of concrete that can be produced reliably in the field has more than doubled, from 35 MPa (5000 psi) to 85 MPa
Walter J. Rossiter Jr, M Vangel, M E. McKnight, G Dewalt
A laboratory study was conducted to determine the reliability of spot test kits for detecting the presence of lead in household paint when tests were conducted
A review of the computer program 4sight has revealed that an accurate prediction of water transport through the concrete depends upon an accurate prediction of
We report measurements of heat transfer coefficients of flowing supercritical carbon dioxide (7.38 MPa critical pressure, 31.1 C critical temperature) in a
MEP centers must often report on the impacts they have on their client firms. The main data source for these impacts is the Census Follow-up Survey, which
Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Jim G. Nell, Curtis H. Parks
This paper describes the activity model as proposed for use in the Internet Commerce for Manufacturing (ICM), a National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed (NAMT)
This report describes the results of calculations using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) that were performed to provide insight on the thermal conditions
This bibliography covers publications of the Electricity Division (and predecessor organizational units), Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
This is the April 2000 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and
The Semi-Annual Listing of North American Quality System Registration Organizations (NAQSRO) provides information on organizations that have informed NIST about
This user's manual provides updated documentation and computer program listings for version 2.0 of the three-dimensional cement hydration and microstructure
This user's manual provides updated documentation and computer program listings for version 2.0 of the three-dimensional cement hydration and microstructure
Alice V. Ling, Andras Vladar, Bradley N. Damazo, M A. Donmez, Michael T. Postek
This report describes the current design of a system for monitoring the performance of several major subsystems of a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The
Mars, RC6, Rijndael, Serpent and Twofish were selected as finalists for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). To evaluate the finalists' suitability as random
J. Schwarz, Ruimin Liu, David B. Newell, Richard L. Steiner, Edwin R. Williams
The Nist Watt Balance is an interesting and beautiful experiment housed in the nonmagnetic building behind the reactor. The underlying physical principles of
Over the past decade, a class of devices has been developed based upon the phenomenon of single electron tunneling (SET). These devices exploit the quantized
As the initial step in a study of the role of polymer melt viscosity in polymer burning behavior, a simpler, non-burning configuration has been examined
Eric J. Amis, Barry J. Bauer, A Topp, F Groehn, T J. Prosa, B D. Viers, Da-Wei Liu, K A. Barnes, C L. Jackson, G Nisato, Alamgir Karim, Jack F. Douglas
This report is a summary of the results of measurement and characterization on dendritically branched polymers that was done under Army Research Office Grant