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Special Publication (NIST SP)

NIST Measurement Services: Heat Flux Sensor Calibration

May 31, 2004

Author(s)

Benjamin K. Tsai, Charles E. Gibson, S. E. Nagler, D P. DeWitt, Robert D. Saunders

Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information Systems

May 20, 2004

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Marianne M. Swanson, G Stoneburner, Stuart W. Katzke, L A. Johnson

[Superseded by SP 800-37 Rev. 1 (February 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=904985] The purpose of this publication is to...

NIST SP430, Household Weights and Measures

May 15, 2004

Author(s)

Kenneth S. Butcher

The purpose of this publication is to present, in a convenient form, the weights and measures tables most useful for household purposes, together with...

Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The CCM Mode for Authentication and Confidentiality [including updates through 7/20/2007]

May 12, 2004

Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin

This Recommendation defines a mode of operation, called Counter with Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code (CCM), for a symmetric key block cipher...

Improving the Usability and Accessibility of Voting Systems and Products

May 7, 2004

Author(s)

Sharon J. Laskowski, James H. Yen, Marguerite W. Autry, J Cuginin, William H. Killam

The goal of this report is to describe how research and best practices from the human factors, human-machine and human-computer interaction, and usability...

Recommendation for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA) Block Cipher

May 1, 2004

Author(s)

William C. Barker

[Superseded by SP 800-67 Rev. 1 (January 2012): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910079] The selective application of technological...

The Twelfth Text Retrieval Conference, TREC 2003

May 1, 2004

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees, Lori P. Buckland

Operation and Reference Manual for the NIST Automated Ac/dc Calibration Systems and Software

May 1, 2004

Author(s)

Thomas E. Lipe Jr.

This document provides a reference for the NIST automated systems for the determination of the ac-dc difference of thermal converters. It presents the structure...

Improving the Usability and Accessibility of Voting Systems and Products

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Sharon J. Laskowski, James H. Yen, M Autry, John V. Cugini, W Killam

In the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, Public Law 107-252, the Election Assistance Commission, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards...

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Directory of Accredited Laboratories (2004 Edition)

February 27, 2004

Author(s)

Vanda R. White

The NVLAP Directory of Accredited Laboratories is published annually and provides a listing of laboratories accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory...

X-Ray Topography

February 4, 2004

Author(s)

David R. Black, Gabrielle G. Long

The study of the interrelationships between processing, structure and properties of materials is fundamental to the field of materials science and engineering...

Building and Fire Research Laboratory Activities, Accomplishments, and Recognitions 2003.

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Kellie A. Beall, J E. Hill

This is the biennial report for 2002-2003 for the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an...

Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

January 16, 2004

Author(s)

Timothy Grance, Karen Kent, Brian Kim

[Superseded by SP 800-61 Rev. 1 (March 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=51289] NIST Special Publication 800-61, Computer...

The NIST 3 Megawatt Quantitative Heat Release Rate Facility

January 12, 2004

Author(s)

Rodney Bryant, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Erik Johnsson, Anthony Hamins, B S. Grove, William Guthrie, Alexander Maranghides

The 3 Megawatt Heat Release Rate Facility was developed at NIST as a first step toward having broad capabilities for making quantitative large scale fire...

THE EFFECT OF OPTICAL CONFIGURATION SELECTION ON PHASE DOPPLER ANEMOMETER FIRE SUPPRESANT NOZZLE CHARACTERIZATIONS

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

John M. Davis, P J. Disimile

Velocity and Drop Size Distriutions Downstream Generic Clutter Elements Found Within Engine Nacelles

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

P J. Disimile, J R. Tucker, Joe Stern, Luke Mehl, B Croswell

The current work is presented as part of an effort to help develop a spray transport model that would be used within the computational fire code currently under...

Predicting re suppression in a simulated engine nacelle

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

J C. Hewson, David R. Keyser

The Vulcan re-eld model is employed to simulate the evolution of pool res and the distribution of re suppressants in a engine nacelle simulator. The objective...

Remote Frequency Calibrations: The NIST Frequency Measurement and Analysis Service

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Michael A. Lombardi

Heat-Flux Sensor Calibration

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Benjamin K. Tsai, Charles E. Gibson, M V. Annageri, D P. DeWitt, Robert D. Saunders

Terminology for Specifying the Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems: Version 1.0

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Hui-Min Huang

This document, produced by the Federal Agencies Ad Hoc Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS) Working Group (WG), lists the terminology to support the...

Stopwatch and Timer Calibrations

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Jeff C. Gust, R M. Graham, Michael A. Lombardi

Report of the 88th National Conference on Weights and Measures

December 9, 2003

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, K M. Dresser, Steven E. Cook, Juana S. Williams, R C. Suiter, L T. Sebring, H V. Oppermann

The 88th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 13 through 17, 2003, at the John Ascuaga s Nugget Hotel in...

NIST 3 Megawatt Quantitative Heat Release Rate Facility (NIST SP 1007)

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Erik L. Johnsson, Anthony P. Hamins, B S. Grove, William F. Guthrie, Alexander Maranghides, George W. Mulholland

The 3 Megawatt Heat Release Rate Facility was developed at NIST as a first step toward having broad capabilities for making quantitative large scale fire...

December 2003 Public Update on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST SP 1000-4)

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder

Summarizes World Trade Center (WTC) investigation activities since the May 2003 progress report. Access has been obtained to nearly all of the important...

Modeling Fire Growth and Spread in Houses. (Abstract/Presentation/Visuals)

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan

In cooperation with the fire protection engineering community, a numerical fire model, Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), is being developed at NIST to study fire...

Introduction. (Presentation)

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

William M. Pitts

Numerical Model of Bubbling Thermoplastics. (Abstract/Presentation)

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kathryn M. Butler

Thermoplastic materials such as polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), and polystyrene (PS) are widely used in household furnishings, and therefore constitute a...

Value Assignment and Uncertainty Estimation of Selected Light Stable Isotope Reference Materials: RMs 8543-8545, RMs 8562-8564, and RM 8566

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

R M. Verkouteren, D Klinedinst

We report the technical basis for value assignments of several carbon and oxygen stable isotope reference materials distributed by NIST and the International...

Fire Growth and Spread Models. (Model for Opposed Flow Flame Spread Over Charring Materials.) (Abstract/Presentation/Visuals)

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

A A. Atreya, Howard R. Baum

Opposed-flow flame spread over the surface of a semi-infinite solid has been a subject of much investigation in the past. Several elegant analytical flame...

Certification of Standard Reference Material 1474a, A Polyethylene Resin

November 14, 2003

Author(s)

J R. Maurey, Kathleen M. Flynn, Charles M. Guttman

The melt flow rate of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1474a, a linear polyethylene (narrow MWD ethylene-hexene copolymer) resin, was determined to be 5.10 g...

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