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Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus, Nicholas G. Dagalakis, Adam S. Jacoff, J Gross
The Robot Systems Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently been experimenting with a variety of applications for the...
Robotic vehicles are driving at highway speeds using computer vision and other methods to detect the vehicle¿s position on the roadway. Several factors affect...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has built numerous software toolkits and application for manipulating STEP and EXPRESS data. The NIST...
William M. Pitts, Erik L. Johnsson, Nelson P. Bryner
Building fire fatalities often occur at locations remote from the room where the fire is actually burning. The majority of these fire deaths are the result of...
Anthony P. Hamins, D Trees, K Seshadri, H K. Chelliah
An experimental, analytical, and numerical study was performed to elucidate the influence of eleven gaseous agents, considered to be substitutes for CF3Br, on...
M Y. Choi, Anthony Hamins, H. Rushmeier, Takashi Kashiwagi
Detailed measurements of the temperature, soot volume fraction and CO2 have been performed for a 10 cm diameter heptane fire. In addition, the concentrations of...
Jiann C. Yang, William M. Pitts, B D. Breuel, G. Gmurczyk, William J. Rinkinen, W G. Cleveland
An experimental technique to study the rapid release of liquid cryogenic fluids from a pressurized vessel orientated downward is described. A rupture disc was...
G. Gmurczyk, Leonard Y. Cooper, William L. Grosshandler, William M. Pitts
The discharge of a liquid fire extinguishing agent stored in a pressurized vessel through an orifice generates a freely moving spray outside the vessel. The...
Richard D. Peacock, Richard W. Bukowski, Walter W. Jones, Paul A. Reneke
Recent advances in guided ground transportation, fire test methods, and hazard analysis necessitate re-examination of requirements for fire safety. Several...
Long T. Phan, E M. Hendrickson, R D. Marshall, M Celebi
Strong-motion and ambient vibration data obtained from a 6-story commercial office building in San Bruno, California, were analyzed. Comparison of dynamic...
This paper describes an activity model for dimensional inspection planning that bridges the gap between product design and the dimensional measurement of...