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OMB Memorandum M-05-22 directed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop the technical infrastructure (standards and testing)
This document describes NIST s 26 m3 pressure, volume, temperature, and time (PVTt) primary flow standard. This standard is used to calibrate gas flow meters
This document provides a description of the NIST s new hydrocarbon liquid flow calibration system (HLFS) operated by the National Institute of Standards and
Vern E. Bean, Pedro I. Espina, John D. Wright, J F. Houser, Sherry D. Sheckels, Aaron N. Johnson
NIST provides calibration services for metal volume provers for liquid volumes from 4 L to 7600 L using gravimetric and volumetric methods. This document
John D. Wright, Jean-Phillipe Kayl, Aaron N. Johnson, Gina M. Kline
The Working Gas Flow Standard (WGFS) uses critical venturis, critical nozzles, or laminar flowmeters as working standards to calibrate customer flowmeters. The
Stephen D. Quinn, David A. Waltermire, Christopher S. Johnson, Karen A. Scarfone, John F. Banghart
This document defines the technical specification for Version 1.0 of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). SCAP consists of a suite of specifications
Allison L. Huang, Robert E. Chapman, David T. Butry
Although the construction industry is a major component of the U.S. economy, it has experienced a perceived prolonged period of decline in productivity. Due to
Firewalls are devices or programs that control the flow of network traffic between networks or hosts employing differing security postures. This publication
Establishing the time when a digital signature was generated is often a critical consideration. A signed message that includes the (purported) signing time
This Recommendation specifies security requirements for authentication methods with key establishment supported by the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
Michael A. Lombardi, Andrew N. Novick, John P. Lowe, Matthew J. Deutch, Glenn K. Nelson, Douglas D. Sutton, William C. Yates, D. W. Hanson
Radio controlled clocks represent a true revolution in timekeeping. Clocks that synchronize to NIST radio station WWVB now number in the millions in the United
This book is for the person who needs information about making time and frequency measurements. It is written at a level that will satisfy those with a casual
Fire Facts gives the reader an ordered series of temperature and heat flux values that may be associated to fire growth conditions and relates these exposure
This report documents the procedures used to develop certified maximum force and absorbed energy values for SRM 2112 and SRM 2113. The report serves to provide
The NIST SAMATE project conducted the first Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE) in 2008 to advance research in static analysis tools that find security
Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Glenn P. Forney, Walter W. Jones
CFAST is a two-zone fire model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving
This report summarizes the results of NIST research on the use of elevators during fire emergencies conducted as part of a cooperative effort funded in part by
Richard D. Peacock, Kevin B. McGrattan, Bryan W. Klein, Walter W. Jones, Paul A. Reneke
This supplement to the CFAST Technical Reference Guide provides details of the software development process for CFAST and accompanying validation for the model
Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard W. Bukowski
Historically, building egress systems have evolved in response to specific large loss incidents. Currently, systems are designed around a concept of providing
Walter W. Jones, Richard Peacock, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke
CFAST is a two-zone fire model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving
Walter W. Jones, Richard D. Peacock, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke
CFAST is a two-zone fire model used to calculate the evolving distribution of smoke, fire gases and temperature throughout compartments of a constructed