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NIST Pubs

Benefits and Costs of Energy Standard Adoption in New Commercial Buildings: South Census Region

March 5, 2013

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Benefits and Costs of Energy Standard Adoption in New Commercial Buildings: West Census Region

March 5, 2013

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Modeling and Conformance Testing for the Engineering Information Integration Standard ISO 15926

March 5, 2013

Author(s)

Peter O. Denno, Mark E. Palmer

The process and power industries and their suppliers have invested in multiple initiatives to develop and deploy a new information exchange and integration...

Simple Estimates of Combined StairWell / Elevator Egress in Buildings

March 5, 2013

Author(s)

Paul A. Reneke, Richard D. Peacock, Bryan L. Hoskins

This report is part of this effort to develop requirements for the use of elevators in tall building evacuations. It describes a simple tool to estimate...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin:

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Petrina C. Potts

Paving the Way for a More Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure : A Vision for Developing a Comprehensive Description of Cement Hydration Kinetics:

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Joseph J. Biernacki, Josephine H. Cheung, Jeffrey W. Bullard, William Hansen, Daniel Constantiner, R. Douglas Hooton, Richard C. Meininger, Andreas Luttge, Maria C. G. Juenger, Jeffrey J. Thomas

CFAST â€" Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6) Software Development and Model Evaluation Guide:

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke

CFAST â€" Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6) Userâ€™s Guide:

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Glenn P. Forney

CFAST â€" Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6) Technical Reference Guide:

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke

Ground truth systems for object recognition and tracking:

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Afzal Godil, Roger Eastman, Tsai Hong Hong

Camera Recognition:

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Michelle Steves, Brian Stanton, Mary Theofanos, Dana Chisnell, Hannah Wald

Explosives Standards Forum Recommendations:

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

William G. Billotte, Sharon B. Nakich

NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Summer 2012 Comparability Study(Exercise 6):

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Katrice A. Lippa, Mary Bedner

NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Winter 2012 Comparability Study(Exercise 5):

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Mary Bedner, Katrice A. Lippa, Susan S.-C. Tai

NIST micronutrients measurement quality assurance program summer 2012 comparability studies : results for round robin LXXII fat-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and round robin 37 ascorbic acid in human serum:

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

David L. Duewer, Jeanice B. Thomas

Long-Wavelength Beam Steerer Based on a Micro-Electromechanical Mirror

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Eyal Gerecht, Anthony B. Kos

Commercially available mirrors for scanning THz beams are too large to allow high-speed THz imaging. There is a need for smaller, more agile pointing apparatus...

Delivering Building Intelligence to First Responders

February 27, 2013

Author(s)

David G. Holmberg, Michelle A. Raymond, Jason D. Averill

Presently, there is no integrated solution for delivering building systems data into the hands of emergency responders. A standard building data delivery...

Robustness of Steel Gravity Frame Systems with Single-Plate Shear Connections

February 27, 2013

Author(s)

Joseph A. Main, Fahim Sadek

This report presents a computational assessment of the performance of steel gravity framing systems with single-plate shear (shear tab) connections and...

Eddy Current Rail Inspection Using AC Bridge Techniques

February 26, 2013

Author(s)

Andrew D. Koffman, Bryan C. Waltrip, Yicheng Wang

AC bridge techniques commonly used for precision impedance measurements have been adopted to develop an eddy current sensor for rail defect detection. By using...

March 2013 SRM Spotlight

February 25, 2013

Author(s)

Regina R. Montgomery

The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new...

User's Guide for RM 8096 and 8097: The MEMS 5-in-1, 2013 Edition

February 15, 2013

Author(s)

Janet M. Cassard, Jon C. Geist, Theodore V. Vorburger, David T. Read, Michael Gaitan, David G. Seiler

The Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) 5-in-1 is a reference device sold as a NIST Reference Material (RM) that contains MEMS test structures on a test chip...

Review on Sustainability Characterization for Manufacturing Processes

February 15, 2013

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani, Jatinder Madan, Jae H. Lee, Kevin W. Lyons, Satyandra K. Gupta

Manufacturing industries lack the measurement science and the needed information base to measure and effectively compare environmental performances of...

Evacuation Decision Model

February 15, 2013

Author(s)

Paul A. Reneke

In evacuation models, the time between the first alarm or other initial cue until the population starts evacuating, often referred to as the pre-evacuation time...

Proceedings of the Cybersecurity in Cyber-Physical Workshop, April 23 24, 2012

February 15, 2013

Author(s)

Tanya L. Brewer

Proceedings of the Cybersecurity in Cyber-Physical Workshop,April 23 24, 2012, complete with abstracts and slides from presenters. Some of the cyber-physical...

Repeatability and reproducibility of compression strength measurements conducted according to ASTM E9

February 14, 2013

Author(s)

William E. Luecke, Stephen Graham, Matthew Adler, Li Ma

Ten commercial laboratories participated in an interlaboratory study to establish the repeatability and reproducibility of compression strength tests conducted...

Towards Smart Fire Panels

February 14, 2013

Author(s)

Paul A. Reneke

General Guidance on Emergency Communication Strategies for Buildings

February 12, 2013

Author(s)

Erica D. Kuligowski

When a building emergency occurs, it is not always sufficient to simply initiate alarm bells. Individuals may not know what the alarm bell means and as a result...

Benefits and Costs of Energy Standard Adoption in New Commercial Buildings

February 6, 2013

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Measurement Science Needs for the Expanded Use of Green Concrete: Workshop Summary Report

February 6, 2013

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder, Dale P. Bentz, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Chiara F. Ferraris, Nicos Martys, Paul E. Stutzman

In July 2012, NIST conducted the Green Concrete Workshop to bring together stakeholders from the concrete construction industry and identify critical needs for...

Smoke Alarm Performance in Kitchen Fires and Nuisance Alarm Scenarios

February 6, 2013

Author(s)

Thomas G. Cleary, Artur A. Chernovsky

Tests were conducted to assess the performance of various residential smoke alarms to kitchen fires and nuisance alarm cooking scenarios. A test structure...

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