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Conferences

Recent Developments in Thermoelectric Metrology at NIST

Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Joshua B. Martin, Nathan Lowhorn, Makoto Otani, Evan L. Thomas, Martin L. Green, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Yonggao Y. Yan, Thanh Tran, Jihui Yang
We have successfully developed several important thermoelectric metrologies in recent years at NIST. First, a low temperature (10 K to 390 K) Seebeck

A Flame Model for Melting and Dripping Polymers

Author(s)
Kathryn M. Butler, Sergio R. Idelsohn, Julio M. Marti, Eugenio Onate, Riccardo Rossi
The versatility of polymeric materials, as demonstrated in such features as high strength, low weight, ease of processing, and capability to form into complex

MODELING THE BURNING OF COMPLICATED OBJECTS USING LAGRANGIAN PARTICLES

Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Randall J. McDermott, William E. Mell, Glenn P. Forney, Jason E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka
A methodology is described for representing complicated objects within a computational fluid dynamics model. These objects are typically collections of similar

WIND DRIVEN FIRES IN STRUCTURES

Author(s)
Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Stephen Kerber
Fires in high-rise buildings create unique safety challenges for building occupants and fire fighters. Smoke and heat spreading through the corridors and the

Space-based photometric precision from ground-based telescopes

Author(s)
Peter C. Zimmer, John T. McGraw, Anthony B. Hull, Daniel C. Zirzow, Steven W. Brown, Claire E. Cramer, Gerald T. Fraser, Keith R. Lykke, Allan W. Smith, John T. Woodward IV, Christopher W. Stubbs, Mark R. Ackermann, Dean C. Hines
Ground-based telescopes supported by lidar and spectrophotometric auxiliary instrumentation can attain space-based precision for all-sky photometry, with

Topography measurements for correlations of standard cartridge cases

Author(s)
Theodore V. Vorburger, Jun-Feng Song, Wei Chu, Thomas Brian Renegar, Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, James H. Yen, Robert M. Thompson, Richard M. Silver, Benjamin Bachrach, Martin Ols
NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRM) 2460 Standard Bullets and 2461 Standard Cartridge Cases are intended for use as check standards for crime laboratories

Block shear failure of steel gusset plates

Author(s)
Chiara Crosti, Dat Duthinh
Following the catastrophic failure of the I-35W bridge in Minnesota in 2007, the Federal Highway Admin-istration issued guidelines for the load rating of bolted

Towards Improved Forklift Safety

Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman
This paper is structured to first summarize information from special session papers presenting statistics and issues which define the forklift safety challenge
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