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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Data Structures for the Fire Data Management System, FDMS 2.0 (NISTIR 6088)

November 1, 1997

Author(s)

Rebecca W. Portier, Richard Peacock, Paul A. Reneke

Fire Data Management System, FDMS, is a design for a computer database to store and retrieve fire test results obtained from bench-scale and real-scale tests as...

EMI/EMC Metrology Challenges for Industry: A Workshop on Measurements, Standards, Calibrations and Accreditation

November 1, 1997

Author(s)

C. M. Butler, David A. Hill, David R. Novotny, Motohisa Kanda

Representations and Methodologies for Assembly Modeling

November 1, 1997

Author(s)

Kevin W. Lyons, Venkat Rajan, Raj Sreerangam

Most products are assemblies of components. The number of components can range from a few tens to a few millions. Design of electro-mechanical assemblies...

Cumulative Seismic Damage of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

S K. Kunnath, A El-Bahy, A W. Taylor, William C. Stone

A comprehensive experimental study was undertaken in this research effort to investigate cumulative damage in reinforced concrete circular bridge piers. Twelve...

Electromagnetic Signal Attenuation in Construction Materials

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

William C. Stone

Laboratory studies of electromagnetic (EM) signal propagation through construction materials were carried out as part of the NIST initiative in Non-Line-of...

Display Reflection Characterization

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

George R. Jones Jr.

Reflected luminance from a display surface is usually characterized as being diffuse (lambertian) and specular. Is this accurate? Does the focus length and...

Advantages of Using a Gloss-Black Cone Mask for Contrast and Black Measurements

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

Edward F. Kelley

Display Metrology at NIST

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

Edward F. Kelley

Integrated Vision and Touch Sensing for CMMs

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

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)...

ATP Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Technology [MVMT] Public Workshop

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

J C. Boudreaux, T R. Lettieri

The ATP Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Technology [MVMT] program focuses on technology advances that strengthen manufacturing capabilities along the entire...

The U.S. Certification System from a Governmental Perspective

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

Maureen A. Breitenberg

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...

Interference Filter Testing for Color Measurement Accuracy

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

Paul A. Boynton, Edward F. Kelley

Behavior Generation in Intelligent Systems

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

James S. Albus, Alex Meystel

Robotics & Intelligent Systems, Control, Unmanned Systems, Mobility

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, Technical Publications Announcements Covering Laboratory Programs, January to March 1997, with 1997-1998 EEEL Events Calendar

October 1, 1997

Author(s)

J M. Rohrbaugh

This is the fifty-second issue of a quarterly publication providing information on the technical work of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Computer Integrated Knowledge System (CIKS) for Construction Materials, Components, and Systems: Proposed Framework.

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

T Y. Kurihara, L J. Kaetzel

Developing a proposed framework for a Computer Integrated Knowledge System (CIKS) for construction materials, components and systems requires a practical...

Method for Estimating the Energy Efficiency Ratio of Mixed System Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (NISTIR 6045)

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski, B. S. Kim

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...

Towards a Revised NBS Handbook of Mathematical Functions

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

Daniel W. Lozier

The Application of Numerical Grid Generation to Problems in Computational Fluid Dynamics

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

Bonita V. Saunders

Translating IGRIP Workcells into VRML2

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

Qiming Wang, Sanford P. Ressler

Non-Mechanical Image Rotation Using an AODP [Acousto-Optic Dove Prism]

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

E G. Paek, Joon Y. Choe, Tae K. Oh, J H. Hong, Tiejun Chang

CIM Framework Experience Report for 1996

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

David W. Flater

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

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

J E. Tyler

Using Voluntary Standards in the Federal Government is a compilation of presentations given at a NIST-sponsored conference held on September 8, 1997. The...

Optical Metrology for Industrialization of Optical Information Processing

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

D P. Casasent, Charles L. Wilson

Limits of SUMT Trajectories in Convex Programming

September 1, 1997

Author(s)

G P. McCormick, Christoph J. Witzgall

A Bibliography of the NIST Electromagnetic Fields Division Publications

August 1, 1997

Author(s)

Ruth-Marie Lyons

Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications Technical Program Plan

August 1, 1997

Author(s)

James E. Fowler

The Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) Program is NIST''s coordinating focus for manufacturing efforts sponsored under the U.S...

Industrial Need: Production System Engineering Integration

August 1, 1997

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Swee K. Leong

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...

Industrial Need: Production Management Standards

August 1, 1997

Author(s)

Albert T. Jones, Charles R. McLean

The High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) program was formally established by the High Performance Computing Acto of 1991 (Public Law 102-194). T...

Report on the TMACH Experiment

July 1, 1997

Author(s)

E Flahavin, G Eisen, S Hill, H Spindler, J Straw, A Webber

Note on Improving Corridor Floor Predictions in a Zone Fire Model (NISTIR 6046)

July 1, 1997

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney

Presently, the Consolidated Fire and Smoke Transport Model zone fire model (CFAST) assumes that smoke travels instantly from one side of a compartment to...

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