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Technical Note (NIST TN)

CONTAM User Guide and Program Documentation Version 3.2

September 4, 2015

Author(s)

William S. Dols, Brian J. Polidoro

This manual describes the computer program CONTAM version 3.2 developed by NIST. CONTAM is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis program...

gtklogger: A Tool For Systematically Testing Graphical User Interfaces

August 20, 2015

Author(s)

Stephen A. Langer, Faical Y. Congo, Andrew C. Reid, Rhonald Lua, Valerie R. Coffman

We describe a scheme for systematically testing the operation of a graphical user interface. The scheme provides a capability for generating event logs, which...

Indoor Environmental Resilience: White Paper

July 16, 2015

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Emmerich

NIST is developing a framework to define programs and strategies to increase community-based resilience in the face of a broad range of natural disasters and...

Interference and Coexistence of Wireless Systems in Critical Infrastructure

July 7, 2015

Author(s)

Galen H. Koepke, William F. Young, John M. Ladbury, Jason B. Coder

We examine interference and coexistence testing issues, test methods, and the need to update and develop new test methodologies related to the use of wireless...

Modeling Particle Resuspension for Estimating Exposure to Bacillus Spores

June 11, 2015

Author(s)

William S. Dols, Andrew K. Persily

A key challenge in assessing the risks of low level contaminations following biological threat agent releases, and subsequent decontamination, is developing an...

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) New Residential Database Technical Manual

June 3, 2015

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Priya D. Lavappa, Anne L. Greig, Sangwon Suh

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Tutorial for New Residential Database

June 3, 2015

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Priya D. Lavappa

Instructions in Using GSAS Rietveld Software for Quantitative X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Portland Clinker and Cement

June 1, 2015

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman

X-ray powder diffraction analysis is used in the cement industry as a direct analytical method for phase identification and quantitative analysis of clinker and...

Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program Location-Based Services R&D Roadmap

May 22, 2015

Author(s)

Ryan Felts, Marc Leh, Tracy A. McElvaney, Dereck R. Orr

The Public Safety community is in a period of great transition. Over the next 20 years, technology advancements will enable data, video, and eventually voice...

MicroChar: An Application for Quantitative Analysis of Cement and Clinker Microstructure Images

April 30, 2015

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

Accurate quantitative data on cement and clinker microstructure images can prove valuable for monitoring and controlling the manufacturing of cement-based...

Simulation of a Wind Driven Basement Fire - Riverdale Heights, MD

April 27, 2015

Author(s)

Craig G. Weinschenk, Kristopher Overholt, Daniel M. Madrzykowski

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), which is a fire model that is developed and maintained by the Na- tional Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was used...

Quantitative Imaging of Clinker and Cement Microstructure

April 15, 2015

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Pan Feng

The combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with X-ray microanalysis and image processing provides a powerful ability to image and quantify...

Research Needs to Advance Concrete Pumping Technology

April 10, 2015

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris, Nicos Martys, Myoungsung Choi, Van Bui, Trey Hamilton, Didier Lootens

With the increasing use of pumping to place concrete, the development and refinement of the industry practice to ensure successful concrete pumping is becoming...

Tensile Properties of Commercially Pure, High-Purity and Ultra-High-Purity Iron: Results of an International Round-Robin

April 1, 2015

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Kenji Abiko, Marlies Lambrecht, Birgit Rehmer

The room temperature tensile properties of iron with different purity levels (commercially pure, high-purity, and ultra-high-purity) were characterized at...

Establishment of an International Scale for Instrumented Charpy Testing: comparison between NIST and LNE

April 1, 2015

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo, Stephane Lefrancois

As a contribution to the establishment of an international scale for instrumented Charpy testing, aimed at ensuring that impact forces are obtained more...

CONTAM To EnergyPlus Infiltration Features of the CONTAM Results Export Tool

March 30, 2015

Author(s)

Brian J. Polidoro, Lisa C. Ng, William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich, Andrew K. Persily

As building envelope performance and HVAC equipment efficiencies continue to be improved to reduce building energy use, a greater percentage of the total energy...

Assessing Effects of Asymmetries, Dynamics, and Failures on a Cloud Simulator

March 29, 2015

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, James J. Filliben, Christopher E. Dabrowski

We characterize the effects of asymmetries, dynamics, and failures when introduced into a cloud computing simulator, which had previously been characterized...

Research and Development Opportunities for the NIST Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

March 26, 2015

Author(s)

Paul D. Domich, Betsy Pettit, Arthur H. Fanney, William M. Healy

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding built the Net Zero Residential...

Design Challenges of the NIST Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

March 26, 2015

Author(s)

Betsy Pettit, Cathy Gates, Arthur H. Fanney, William M. Healy

Homeowners and builders have increasingly strived to build low energy use and environmentally friendly homes. As materials and equipment have improved, energy...

Exothermic Reaction of Halogenated Hydrocarbons: WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

March 13, 2015

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Jeffrey A. Manion

A workshop was held at NIST Gaithersburg on October 27 and 28, 2014 to discuss the exothermic reaction of halogenated hydrocarbons. The industries that gathered...

Investigation of Surrogate Smoldering Ignition Sources for Testing Soft Furnishings

March 1, 2015

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Morgan Bruns, Amanda Robbins, Edward J. Hnetkovsky, Michael Ladas

The introduction of cigarette ignition propensity standards has led to a reduction in the availability of high ignition propensity commercial cigarettes. Since...

Time-Aware Applications, Computers, and Communication Systems (TAACCS)

February 21, 2015

Author(s)

Marc A. Weiss, John Eidson, Charles Barry, David Broman, Bob Iannucci, Edward A. Lee, Kevin Stanton, Sr, Leon Goldin

A new economy built on the massive growth of endpoints on the internet will require precise and verifiable timing in ways that current systems do not support...

Assessment of First Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design Methods for New Steel Buildings, Volume 1: Special Moment Frames

February 15, 2015

Author(s)

John L. Harris, Matthew S. Speicher

Assessment of First Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design Methods for New Steel Buildings, Volume 2: Special Concentrically Braced Frames

February 15, 2015

Author(s)

John L. Harris, Matthew S. Speicher

Assessment of First Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design Methods for New Steel Buildings, Volume 3: Eccentrically Braced Frames

February 15, 2015

Author(s)

John L. Harris, Matthew S. Speicher

Scaling of Testing Speed for Different Source-to-Detector Distances

February 13, 2015

Author(s)

Bruce R. Norman, Anne L. Sallaska, Leticia Pibida

Several American National Standard Institute/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (ANSI/IEEE) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)...

Impact Characterization of Line Pipe Steels by Means of Standard, Sub-Size and Miniaturized Charpy Specimens

February 10, 2015

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo

Modern line pipe steels are characterized by a continuously increasing ratio between ductility and mechanical strength, which makes it difficult to interpret...

Impact Characterization of 4340 and T200 Steels by Means of Standard, Sub Size and Miniaturized Charpy Specimens

February 10, 2015

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo

In this investigation, we performed instrumented Charpy tests in order to characterize the impact properties of three steels, used by NIST for the production of...

A Review of Test Methods for Determining Protective Capabilities of Fire Fighter Protective Clothing from Steam

February 5, 2015

Author(s)

Shonali Nazare, Daniel M. Madrzykowski

Primary focus of this paper is to review existing test methods that quantify steam burn injuries and to compare bench-scale test methods that use pre-wetted...

Evaluating Smoldering Behavior of Fire-Blocking Barrier Fabrics

January 29, 2015

Author(s)

Shonali Nazare, William M. Pitts, Szabolcs Matko, Rick D. Davis

This study reports on the smoldering propensity of commercially available barrier fabrics (BFs) in a small-scale upholstered seating mock-up configuration. Most...

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