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Activity Model: Ship Repair and Conversion

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Yung-Tsun Lee, Swee K. Leong, Charles R. McLean

This document presents an activity model that identifies the functions involved in the ship repair and conversion industry, and the information flows required...

Management Data Specification for Supply Chain Integration

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Yung-Tsun Lee, Shigeki Umeda

This document specifies a framework of communication data in a supply chain system, which is viewed as a virtual enterprise. First presented is a requirement...

Internet Commerce for Manufacturing Data Staging

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

C Parks, Jim G. Nell

This paper describes the process-flow model as proposed for use in the Internet Commerce for manufacturing (ICM), a project of the National Advanced...

Flammability Assessment Methodology for Mattresses (NISTIR 6497)

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

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...

CONTAMW 1.0 User Manual: Multizone Airflow and Contaminant Transport Analysis Software

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

William S. Dols, George Walton, K R. Denton

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

Benefits and Costs of Research: A Case Study of Construction Systems Integration and Automation Technologies in Industrial Facilities

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is improving its resource allocation process by doing microstudies of its research impacts on society...

BEES 2.0 Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability: Technical Manual and User Guide

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

Barbara C. Lippiatt

The BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) version 2.0 software implements a rational, systematic technique for selecting environmentally...

Detection of Quasi-Static Electric Fields Radiated by Electrically Small Emitters

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

David A. Hill, Kenneth H. Cavcey

This report presents the theory for near-field detection of quasi-static electric fields produced by electrically small emitters that radiate as small electric...

Critical Issues in the Characterization of Polymers for Medical Applications

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

Walter G. McDonough, Eric J. Amis, J Kohn

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...

A Measurement System for Characterizing the Detection Performance of Metal Detectors: Design and Operation

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

Nicholas Paulter, Donald R. Larson, Jon R. Pratt

A measurement system for evaluating the performance of hand-held (HH) and walk-through (WT) metal detectors is described. These detectors produce time-varying...

On Weakly Analytic and Faithfully Convex Functions in Convex Programming

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

G P. McCormick, Christoph J. Witzgall

Weakly-analytic convex, faithfully convex, and self-concordant functions are considered, and their relationships described. The purpose of the report is to...

Silicon Microelectronics Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

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...

User's Guide for Smokeview Version 1.0: A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data (NISTIR 6513)

May 1, 2000

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). FDS is a computational fluid...

Shear Strength of High-Strength Concrete Walls and Deep Beams

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dat Duthinh

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...

Spot Test Kits for Detecting Lead in Household Paint: A Laboratory Evaluation

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

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...

Effect of Drying Shrinkage Cracks and Flexural Cracks on Concrete Bulk Permeability

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder

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...

Heat Transfer of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Flowing in a Cooled Horizontal Tube

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Douglas A. Olson

We report measurements of heat transfer coefficients of flowing supercritical carbon dioxide (7.38 MPa critical pressure, 31.1 C critical temperature) in a...

A Guide for Estimating and Reporting the Macroeconomic Impacts of MEP Centers

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

M A. Ehlen, M H. Brown

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...

Internet Commerce for Manufacturing Activity Model

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

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)...

Simulation of the Dynamics of the Fire at 3146 Cherry Road NE Washington D.C., May 30, 1999 (NISTIR 6510)

April 30, 2000

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, R Vettori

This report describes the results of calculations using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) that were performed to provide insight on the thermal conditions...

Temperature Measurements in Fires (NISTIR 6527)

April 5, 2000

Author(s)

William M. Pitts

Electrical and Electronic Metrology: A Bibliography of NIST electricity Division's Publications -- March 1998

April 4, 2000

Author(s)

Ruth Ann Schmeit

This bibliography covers publications of the Electricity Division (and predecessor organizational units), Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory...

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - April 2000

April 3, 2000

Author(s)

S Fuller, A Boyles

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...

CEMHYD3D: A Three-Dimensional Cement Hydration and Microstructure Development Modelling Package. Version 2.0.

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz

This user's manual provides updated documentation and computer program listings for version 2.0 of the three-dimensional cement hydration and microstructure...

CEMHYD3D: A Three-Dimensional Cement Hydration and Microstructure Development Modelling Package. Version 2.0

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz

This user's manual provides updated documentation and computer program listings for version 2.0 of the three-dimensional cement hydration and microstructure...

Polymer Division Technical Activities - 1999

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Eric J. Amis, B M. Fanconi

Technical activities of the Polymers Division, 854, for the 1999 fiscal year are described. The report is organized by programs: Electronic Packaging...

SEM Sentinel - SEM Performance Measurement System, Part 1

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

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...

Semi-Annual Listing: North American Quality System Registration Organizations (NAQSRO)

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

M E. Squires

The Semi-Annual Listing of North American Quality System Registration Organizations (NAQSRO) provides information on organizations that have informed NIST about...

Randomness Testing of the Advanced Encryption Standard Finalist Candidates

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Juan Soto, Lawrence E. Bassham

Mars, RC6, Rijndael, Serpent and Twofish were selected as finalists for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). To evaluate the finalists' suitability as random...

Watt's Up, Doc? The NIST Watt Experiment and the Future of the Kg

March 21, 2000

Author(s)

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...

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