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Isabel M. Beichl, Javier Bernal, F Sullivan, Christoph J. Witzgall
This report contains two submissions to a prospective Encyclopedia of Operations Research. The first submission covers an entry on "Computational Geometry". The...
This paper demonstrates that the effects of the ceiling on the progress of a wall fire are quite significant, and that a project to quantify and model the...
The purpose of the workshop, held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on December 10-11, 1992, was to review the existing and required...
Kevin B. McGrattan, Anthony D. Putorti Jr., W H. Twilley, D D. Evans
Experimentation, analysis, and modeling have been performed to predict the downwind dispersion of smoke resulting from in situ burning of oil spills. North...
The NIST EXPRESS Toolkit is a software library for building EXPRESS-related tools. This paper gives an introduction, overview, and history of the toolkit. This...
James E. Fowler, Kevin K. Jurrens, Mark E. Luce, Howard T. Moncarz
One of the primary focus areas of the NIST Rapid Response Manufacturing (RRM) intramural project is to establish an RRM Testbed Laboratory. This RRM Testbed...
The National PDES project at NIST is focused on the development and implementation of the emerging international standard for the exchange of product model data...
This report contains an attendance list, handout materials, copies of visuals from invited papers, and notes from three breakout sessions held during a June 30...
This paper addresses applications of zone fire models to simulate smoke flow in multistory buildings. Natural flows in buildings are discussed. A zero order...