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Conferences

Temperature Imaging Measurements With a Two Wavelength Imaging Pyrometer

April 1, 1999

Author(s)

J E. Craig, D Lee, R A. Parker, Frank S. Biancaniello, Stephen D. Ridder

An innovative two-wavelength, imaging pyrometer with analysis software provides a method to monitor process uniformity, improve quality and reduce cost in...

Electro-Optic Kerr Effects in Optical Fiber Current Sensors

April 1, 1999

Author(s)

Allen Rose, Shelley M. Etzel, Kent B. Rochford

We discuss the influence of the electro-optic Kerr effect on optical fiber current sensors in a simulated Gas Insulated System environment.

Photon Statistics of Pulsed, Vertical-Cavity, Surface-Emitting Lasers

April 1, 1999

Author(s)

M. Beck, T. W. Garrison, David H. Christensen

For pulsed surface-emitting lasers, we have measured probability distributions for the total number of photons per puse and distributions for the orthogonal...

High bandwidth-efficiency RCE photodiodes operating at 800-850 nm wavelength

April 1, 1999

Author(s)

M. S. {Umlat}nl{umlat}, G. Ulu, M. Gvkkavas, N. Biyikli, I. Kimukin, E. Vzbay, Richard Mirin, Kristine A. Bertness, David H. Christensen

Sheet and Line Resistance of Patterned SOI Surface Film CD Reference Materials as a Function of Substrate Bias

April 1, 1999

Author(s)

Richard A. Allen, Eric M. Vogel, Loren W. Linholm, Michael W. Cresswell

Recently, NIST has been developing electrical test structures to serve as a critical dimension (CD) reference artifacts for calibrating CD metrology systems...

New Steam Properties Are Coming

April 1, 1999

Author(s)

J Bellows, J B. Sewell, Daniel G. Friend, Allan H. Harvey, Johanna Levelt Sengers, William T. Parry, Jan V. Sengers, H J. White

The IFC-67 Formulation for Industrial Use for the thermodynamic properties of water and steam (familiar to many from its implementation in the ASME Steam Tables...

Time-Resolved Ultrasonic Body Wave Measurements of Materials Anisotropy Using a Lensless Line-Focus Transducer

March 30, 1999

Author(s)

Nelson N. Hsu, Gerald V. Blessing, D Xiang

For plate-like sample geometries, a line-focus transducer can be used to detect back-reflected echoes through the thickness of the sample. The interaction of...

Advanced Fire Detection Using Multi-Signature Alarm Algorithms

March 16, 1999

Author(s)

D T. Gottuk, M J. Peatross, R J. Roby, C L. Beyler

The objective of this work was to assess the feasibility of reducing false alarms while increasing sensitivity through the use of combined conventional smoke...

Smoke Detector Response to Nuisance Aerosols

March 16, 1999

Author(s)

Thomas G. Cleary, William L. Grosshandler, Artur A. Chernovsky

The worth of a fire detector is determined as much by its ability not to respond to stimuli that are generated from non-threatening sources as to respond in a...

Fire Suppression Efficiency Screening Using a Counterflow Cylindrical Burner

March 15, 1999

Author(s)

Jiann C. Yang, Michelle K. Donnelly, N C. Prive, William L. Grosshandler

The design and validation of a counterflow cylindrical burner for fire suppression efficiency screening are described. The stability limits of the burner were...

Temperature Uncertainties for Bare-Bead and Aspirated Thermocouple Measurements in Fire Environments

March 14, 1999

Author(s)

William M. Pitts, E Braun, Richard D. Peacock, Henri E. Mitler, Erik L. Johnsson, Paul A. Reneke, L G. Blevins

Gas-phase temperature is the most ubiquitous measurement recorded in fire environments and plays a central role in understanding of fire behavior. Generally...

Measurements of Particle Formation in Flames Inhibited by Iron Pentacarbonyl

March 14, 1999

Author(s)

M D. Rumminger, Gregory T. Linteris

Certain metallic compounds have been found to be substantially more effective flame inhibitors than halogen-containing compounds. In particular, iron...

A Virtual Assembly Design Environment

March 13, 1999

Author(s)

Sankar Jayaram, Yong Wang, Uma Jayaram, Kevin W. Lyons, Peter F. Hart

The Virtual Assembly Design Environment (VADE) is a Virtual Reality (VR) based engineering application which allows engineers to evaluate, analyze, and plan the...

Managing Data-Types: The CORBA Approach and AutoMap/AutoLink, an MPI Solution

March 12, 1999

Author(s)

Martial Michel, A A. Schaff, J E. Devaney

There are many ways to create a distributed system, such as with Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM), PARMACS, p4, Message Passing Interface (MPI) and the Common...

Electronics Factory Integration: The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) Factory Information Systems (FIS) Roadmap and Projects

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

Barbara L. Goldstein

Conformance Testing and Certification Model for Software Specifications

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

Lisa J. Carnahan, Lynne S. Rosenthal, Mark Skall

The use of conformity assessment as a means by which buyers and sellers can communicate requirements and conformance will increase as information technology...

The Role of Feedstock Particle Size on the Microstructural Behavior of Plasma-Sprayed YSZ Deposits During Annealing

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

H Boukari, Andrew J. Allen, Gabrielle G. Long, J Ilavsky, Jay S. Wallace, C C. Berndt, H Herman

We have studied the microstructure of thick plasma-sprayed yttrium-stabilized zirconia deposits fabricated from different initial feedstock particle size (32...

Microstructural Changes in YSZ Deposits During Annealing

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

Andrew J. Allen, J Ilavsky, Gabrielle G. Long, Jay S. Wallace, C C. Berndt, H Herman

Various methods have been applied to the microstructural characterization of thermally-sprayed depostis. However, coexisting anisotropic distributions of intra...

Profiling of Cross-Sectional a-Si:H Solar Cells Using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

S Barzen, Alan Gallagher

A scanning tunneling Microscope in ultrahigh vacuum is used to measure the profile of electronic properties of cleaved amorphous silicon solarcells. -Their...

A Strategy for Faster Blind Reconstruction of Tip Geometry for Scanned Probe Microscopy

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

John S. Villarrubia

In scanned probe microscopy, it is necessary to know the tip's geometry in order to correct image distortions due to its finite size. Heretofore, methods have...

Electronics Factory Integration: The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) Factory Information Systems (FIS) Roadmap and Projects

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

Barbara L. Goldstein

This paper provides an overview of the explosive growth of outsourcing in the electronics industry, which has created a 30% growth rate in the Electronics...

An Accurate Method for Measuring the Dielectric Constant of Printed Wiring Board Materials

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr.

A new time-domain reflectometry measurement method is described that provides accurate measurements of the average high frequency (0.1 GHz to 10 GHz) dielectric...

A Wide Bandwidth Printed Wiring Board Transmission Line Probe

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

Nicholas Paulter, Jon R. Pratt

An inexpensive, wide bandwidth, high cycle 50 ω probe is described for making electrical contact to printed wiring board planar transmission lines. The...

Molecularly Dispersed Dendrimers in a Polymeric Matrix

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

Barry J. Bauer, T J. Prosa, D W. Liu, C L. Jackson, D A. Tomalia, Eric J. Amis

Interpenetrating polymer networks are formed by dissolving poly(amidoamine) dendrimers in 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and polymerizing with dendrimer contents...

A Fiber Optic Sensor for Composite Cure Monitoring

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

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The fiber/resin interface is critical to the final mechanical properties of a composite part. The extent f cure and cross-link density affect the resin...

Simulation and Performance Study of PNNI ATM Networks

March 1, 1999

Author(s)

Y M. Song, David E. Cypher, David H. Su

This paper presents the simulation and performance of PNNI ATM networks by using an ATM PNNI Routing Protocol Simulator (APRoPS). This simulator was developed...

Numerical Simulation of Sprinkler Performance

February 24, 1999

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney

Rapidly, changing building designs, uses, materials, contents, fire protection and the general intermix of industrial/commercial and residential occupancies has...

Evaluation of Passenger Train Car Materials in the Cone Calorimeter

February 23, 1999

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Richard W. Bukowski, S. H. Markos

Recent advances in fire test methods and hazard analysis techniques make it useful to re-examine passenger train fire safety requirements. The use of test...

Fine Packet Size Tuning With AutoLink

February 9, 1999

Author(s)

Martial Michel, J E. Devaney

Using MPI to work with composed data-types, or data-types using pointers, is not a built-in operation. AutoMap and AutoLink are two tools that provide those...

Conference Report

February 1, 1999

Author(s)

John J. Bollinger, J Fajans

A summary of the Workshop on Non-neutral Plasmas, held in Boulder, Colorado, July 29 through August 1, 1997, is given. This workshop provided an opportunity for...

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