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M Nashman, Billibon H. Yoshimi, Tsai H. Hong, William G. Rippey, Martin Herman
This paper describes a real-time hierarchical system that combines (fuses) data from vision and touch sensors to simplify and improve the operation of a
E Amatucci, Roger V. Bostelman, Nicholas Dagalakis, T M. Tsai
The Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has been using modeling and simulation and software for conceptual
The thermal conductivity of Pyroceram 9606 has been measured using a steady-state high-temperature guarded-hot-plate over a temperature range of 130 C to 800 C.
Simple programming and monitoring tools had to be developed to control the NIST RoboCrane¿ to accommodate crane operators. The programmed move instructions are
In this paper we propose a method that aids in the calculation of strain in blood vessels. The calculation of strain is used in the medical community to relate
The construction community is represented by a diverse set of private and public organizations and disciplines. The industry lacks consistency in the way it
Takashi Kashiwagi, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Marc R. Nyden
The fire safety of materials can be significantly enhanced by increased ignition resistance, reduced flame spread rates, reduced heat release rates, and reduced
This paper describes an approach for the enhancement of machine tool accuracy. A prediction of the thermally-induced displacement error of the cutting tool with
This paper represents an effort by the authors, as developers of ultrasensitive optical absorption techniques, to make these ideas and strategies available to
The Application Protocol Information Base (APIB) is an on-line repository of documents for the Standard for the Exchange of Product model data (STEP, officially
The potentials afforded by the incorporation of a commercial proximal probe microscope (PPM) into a high resolution field emission scanning electron microscope
A preliminary evaluation of the compatibility, spatial resolution, and sensitivity of scanning Maxwell-stress microscopy (SMM) as an in situ diagnostic
Simon Szykman, Linda C. Schmidt, Harshawardhan Shetty
The popularity of simulated annealing for engineering design applications has grown in recent years, increasing the need for new techniques that improve
The paper introduces an information modeling framework to support representation of design artifacts for design databases and repositories. While most artifact
B C. Park, Theodore V. Vorburger, Thomas Germer, Egon Marx
Laser light scattering from holographic sinusoidal gratings has been investigated with a view to its use in the calibration of the linearity of BRDF instruments
A wide range of applications deal with the manipulation and expression of collections of activities. Each of these applications serves a specific audience and
A survey of nanonewton force calibration techniques suitable for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) is presented. The reviewed techniques include: mass
C E. Wieman, Eric A. Cornell, Deborah S. Jin, J R. Ensher
Bose-Einstein condensation in a gas resulted form the combination of research in laser cooling and trapping, the study of spin polarized hydrogen, and the
The objective of this research project was to demonstrate a successful operation of a high efficiency heat pump employing a zeotropic mixture with a zero ozone
The U.S. federal agencies' strategy for research, development and deployment in support of the industries of construction has been developed with these
ABSTRACT ONLY A comparison of the compartment zone fire model FPETool:FIRE SIMULATOR is made against the results obtained from three different full scale