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Technical Note (NIST TN)

Research Needs to Advance Concrete Pumping Technology

April 10, 2015

Author(s)

Chiara C. 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 Polidoro, Lisa Ng, William Dols, Steven Emmerich, Andrew 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 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 Harris, Matthew 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 Harris, Matthew 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 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 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 Davis

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

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 mock-up configuration. Most BFs are smolder...

Defensive code's impact on software performance

January 26, 2015

Author(s)

David W. Flater

Defensive code is instructions added to software for the purpose of hardening it against uncontrolled failures and security problems. It is often assumed that...

Monitoring Techniques for the Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

December 31, 2014

Author(s)

Mark W. Davis, William M. Healy, Matthew Boyd, Lisa Ng, William V. Payne, Harrison Skye, Tania Ullah

NIST has constructed a Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility that will be used as a testbed for investigating the measurement science related to systems...

Characterization of Airborne Nanoparticle Released from Consumer Products

December 1, 2014

Author(s)

Andrew Persily, Liang Chung J. Lo, Steven J. Nabinger, Dustin Poppendieck, Li Piin Sung

Polymer and other coatings are commonly used to protect, enhance, or decorate wood, plastic and metal products used in homes and other buildings. Nanoparticles...

Simulation of a Fire in a Hillside Residential Structure - San Francisco, CA

November 13, 2014

Author(s)

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

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

Screening for factors affecting application performance in profiling measurements

October 30, 2014

Author(s)

David W. Flater

This report provides an example application of screening techniques in experimental computer science, including validation and selection of metrics and measures...

Development of a Test Method to Determine Carbon Monoxide Emission Rates from Portable Generators

October 28, 2014

Author(s)

Steven Emmerich, Andrew Persily

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff is considering developing a performance standard to address the hazard of acute residential carbon...

Carbon Monoxide Exposure Analyses in Support of Emission Rate Limits for Portable Generators

October 20, 2014

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Emmerich, Brian J. Polidoro

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and others are concerned about the hazard of acute residential carbon monoxide (CO) exposures from portable...

Simulations of an Attic Fire in a Wood Frame Residential Structure-Chicago, IL

October 17, 2014

Author(s)

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

The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) fire model, which is developed and maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was used to...

Performance of Portable Radios Exposed to Elevated Temperatures

October 9, 2014

Author(s)

Michelle Donnelly, William F. Young, Dennis G. Camell

This study investigates the performance issues associated with the use of handheld portable radios by fire fighters working in elevated temperature environments...

Sensitivity Analysis of Installation Faults on Heat Pump Performance

October 8, 2014

Author(s)

Piotr Domanski, Hugh Henderson, William Payne

Numerous studies and surveys indicated that typically-installed HVAC equipment operates inefficiently and wastes considerable energy due to different...

Structural Design for Fire: A Survey of Building Codes and Standards

October 1, 2014

Author(s)

Dat Duthinh

This document is a critical assessment of building codes and standards pertaining to structural design for fire from the United States, Canada, European Union...

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