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Eric L. Shirley, J A. Carlisle, Steven R. Blankenship, R N. Smith, L J. Terminello, J J. Jia, T A. Callcott, D L. Ederer
X-ray optical processes in solids--absorption, fluorescence and resonantscattering--are modeled within a band-structure-basedapproach to describe electron...
We report measurements of heat transfer coefficients of flowing supercritical carbon dioxide (7.38 MPa critical pressure, 31.1 degrees C critical temperature)...
Robert Allen, Ram D. Sriram, Srinivas Nidamarthi, S P. Regalla
Industry and academia are increasingly demonstrating the benefits of Internet based collaborative work for product design and development. For example...
Dean G. Jarrett, Ronald F. Dziuba, Marlin E. Kraft
NIST-built 10 T ω and commercial 1 T ω standard resistors were hand carried between NIST and Sandia for a high resistance comparison. The comparison tested the...
Mark R. VanLandingham, Xiaohong Gu, D T. Raghavan, Tinh Nguyen
Recent advances have been made on two fronts regarding the capability of the atomic force microscope (AFM) to characterize the mechanical response of polymers...
We will describe a new causal power-normalized waveguide equivalent-circuit theory and explore its implications. The new theory marries a power normalization...
Christopher L. Holloway, Paul Mckenna, Robert T. Johnk
In this paper, we present a model that accounts for the gaps between ferrite tiles which occur during the installation of the tiles in anechoic chambers.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) operates a number of research projects to advance measurement science and technology for the...
Richard J. Braun, J Zhang, John W. Cahn, Geoffrey B. McFadden, A A. Wheeler
We describe a mean field, free energy model that allows the computation of realistic phase diagrams for a particular set of ordering transitions in face...
Donald L. Hunston, Gale A. Holmes, R C. Peterson, Walter G. McDonough
In this paper, precise measurements of fiber break regions formed during the single fiber fragmentation testing procedure have been made for E-glass/diglycidyl...
Experimental data were collected for the purpose of validating multiphase combustion models and submodels. A spray combustor was fabricated that permits well...
Active cavity radiometers (ACRs) have been used for years to measure solar radiation and Earth radiation from low Earth orbit. Extant space-flight ACRs were...
Spiral inductors that are fabricated through a CMOS process, are micromachined by using a new post-processing procedure. In this new technique, the inductors...
V. Milanovic, M. Hopcroft, C. A. Zincke, Michael Gaitan, Mona E. Zaghloul
Micromachined power sensors with operation up to 50 GHz were recently achieved in CMOS technology. to improve their sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio, while...
Gale A. Holmes, Donald L. Hunston, Walter G. McDonough, R C. Peterson
Precise measurements of fiber break regions formed during the single fiber fragmentation testing procedure indicate that the calculated interfacial shear...
We consider the role of constraints in maintaining both secrecy and integrity in a multilevel secure database. In a multilevel database, certain integrity and...
The Web has emerged as a dominant mode of making information available and is increasingly seen as the medium to support collaboration across boundaries of...
A portable high accuracy double spectrometer for ultraviolet (UV) spectral irradiance measurements has been under development at the National Institute of...
We have made a study of the turn-around time performance for the calibration services offered by the Process Measurements Division. The calibration process was...
NIST has changed its primary standard for air speed measurements from a Pitot tube to a fiber optic laser Doppler anemometer (LDA). In earlier times, the Pitot...
Specular gloss is the attribute of an object that causes it to have a shiny or lustrous appearance, and is commonly used to quantitatively evaluate appearance...
C J. Wieczorek, U Vandsburger, B Lattimer, C McKay
Lifestyle developments on the global scale which manifest themselves in increased travel, increased elderly populations in assisted care facilities, and...
In order to undertake engineering analyses and designs that can be readily accepted by building and fire authorities, fire protection engineers need engineering...
A one-dimensional model describing the melting, degradation, and bubbling behavior of polypropylene exposed to a high heat flux is presented. The region of...
Thomas G. Cleary, Artur A. Chernovsky, William L. Grosshandler, Michael D. Anderson
It is well documented that alarm signals from spot-type smoke detectors (ionization and photoelectric) are delayed when the threshold value has been achieved...
Kevin B. McGrattan, Anthony P. Hamins, Glenn P. Forney
The International Fire Sprinkler, Smoke & Heat Vent, Draft Curtain Fire Test Project organized by the National Fire Protection Research Foundation (NFPRF)...
This paper presents the first detailed numerical study of the extinction of methane-air counterflow diffusion flames by the super-effective agent iron...