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Laboratory studies of electromagnetic (EM) signal propagation through construction materials were carried out as part of the NIST initiative in Non-Line-of...
Reflected luminance from a display surface is usually characterized as being diffuse (lambertian) and specular. Is this accurate? Does the focus length and...
Billibon H. Yoshimi, Tsai Hong Hong, Martin Herman, M Nashman, William G. Rippey
This paper describes a calibrated and an uncalibrated method for integrating a vision system with touch sensors and a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)...
The ATP Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Technology [MVMT] program focuses on technology advances that strengthen manufacturing capabilities along the entire...
This report is designed to provide the reader with an introduction to the U.S. certification system from a governmental perspective. It highlights some of the...
This is the fifty-second issue of a quarterly publication providing information on the technical work of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
Developing a proposed framework for a Computer Integrated Knowledge System (CIKS) for construction materials, components and systems requires a practical...
In lieu of testing each split system air conditioner and heat pump combination, an empirically based calculation procedure may be used for estimating a unit's...
The National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed (NAMT) Framework prototype distributed manufacturing system that serves as a testbed and trial implementation for...
Using Voluntary Standards in the Federal Government is a compilation of presentations given at a NIST-sponsored conference held on September 8, 1997. The...
The Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) Program is NIST''s coordinating focus for manufacturing efforts sponsored under the U.S...
This document describes the results of Phase I Needs Analysis of the Production Systems Engineering component of the Production and PDM Project within SIMA. It...
The High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) program was formally established by the High Performance Computing Acto of 1991 (Public Law 102-194). T...
Presently, the Consolidated Fire and Smoke Transport Model zone fire model (CFAST) assumes that smoke travels instantly from one side of a compartment to...
4-D/RCS is a reference model architecture that provides a theoretical foundation for designing, engineering, integrating, and testing intelligent controllers...
Phenomenological equations for solid material burning in combination with pyrolysis kinetics and uncoupled transient heat conduction provide relationships...
Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Walter W. Jones
Several methods for studying predictive capability and sensitivity have been applied to fire models, but with limited utility. These range from explicit...