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This report presents results of performance tests of R-22 and four alternative fluids, R-134a, R-32/134a (30/70), R-407C, and R-410A, at operating conditions
This report summarizes a workshop held on August 15, 1996, which provided an opportunity to U.S. industry in distributed and virtual manufacturing technologies
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The System Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) Program is a major internal effort being undertaken at the National Institute of Standards and
This paper provides an introduction to the Design, Planning and Assembly Repository available through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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A new mathematical model, called the MOIST Attic Model, that predicts the transfer of heat and moisture in ventilated or unventilated roof cavities is presented
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration together with the National Institute of Standards and Technology are in the fourth year of a five year project
J H. Klote, Glenn P. Forney, William D. Davis, Richard W. Bukowski
Rapid activation of fire protection systems in response to a growing fire is one of the important factors required to provide for life safety and property
The Application Protocol Information Base (APIB) is an on-line repository of documents for the Standard for the Exchange of Product model data (STEP, officially
The Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP) is being developed under the auspices of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
To test the flammability of materials, a sample is placed on a substrate and exposed to a uniform heat flux. Measurements include sample mass and upper and
William L. Grosshandler, Jiann C. Yang, Thomas G. Cleary
The search for alternatives to halons for fire suppression applications has identified not only new compounds which have physical properties similar to the
Standard methods exist at NIST for calibrating thermal radiation detectors up to 10 kW/m2 using blackbody caviies, and up to 40kW/m2 using a monochromatic laser
Jiann C. Yang, Anthony P. Hamins, N Gorchkov, M Glover
Polymer combustion is a highly complicated process where chemical reactions may occur not only in the gas phase, but also in the condensed phase as well as at