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Prototype Residential Building Designs for Energy and Sustainability Assessment

October 16, 2012

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Comparison of U.S. and Chilean Building Code Requirements and Seismic Design Practice 1985-2010

October 15, 2012

Author(s)

Ronald Hamburger, Patricio Bonelli, Rene Lagos, Loring Wyllie Jr.

This work is part of a series of investigations into the performance of engineered construction during the February 27, 2010, Maule earthquake in Chile. It is...

Estimation of Hurricane Wind Speed Probablities: Application to New York City and Other Coastal Locations

October 11, 2012

Author(s)

Dong Hun Yeo, Emil Simiu, Ning Lin

This paper presents a procedure for estimating parametric probabilistic models of hurricane wind speeds from existing information on estimated wind speeds with...

Helium Dispersion in an Attached Single-Car Residential Garage with and Without Vehicle

October 2, 2012

Author(s)

William M. Pitts, Jiann C. Yang, Marco G. Fernandez, Kuldeep R. Prasad

The dispersion and loss of helium inside a single-car residential garage attached to a single-family house was experimentally characterized by recording time...

SysML Extension for Dynamical System Simulation Tools:

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Ion Matei, Conrad E. Bock

Correction Factors for the NIST Free-Air Ionization Chambers Used to Realize Air Kerma fromW-Anode X-Ray Beams:

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Stephen M. Seltzer

Finite-element models of the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) and modular support structure:

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Dat Duthinh

Significance Test in Speaker Recognition Data Analysis with Data Dependency:

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Craig S. Greenberg, Raghu N. Kacker, Vincent M. Stanford

Combinatorial Coverage Measurement:

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Richard Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei

Notional Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Systems:

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Jon Boyens, Celia Paulsen, Nadya Bartol, Stephany A. Shankles, Rama Moorthy

Measurement of Temperature, Displacement, and Strain in Structural Components Subject to Fire Effects: Concepts and Candidate Approaches

September 28, 2012

Author(s)

Therese P. McAllister, William E. Luecke, Mark A. Iadicola, Matthew F. Bundy

For the last forty years, NIST has led the world in fire metrology through research conducted at the Large Fire Laboratory, which is being expanded to enable...

Summary of Workshop on Fire-Structure Interaction and Urban and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires Operation Tomodachi: Fire Research

September 28, 2012

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka S. Suzuki, Tokiyoshi Yamada

Dr. Samuel L. Manzello of NISTs Engineering Laboratory (EL) served as the USA side organizer of the 2nd Japan-USA workshop held in Tokyo, Japan from July 1 to...

Evolution of Microwave Spectroscopy at the National Bureau of Stansards (NBS) and the National Institute of Standards and Techology (NIST)

September 28, 2012

Author(s)

David R. Lide, Richard D. Suenram, Donald R. Johnson, Francis J. Lovas

This paper describes the beginning and evolution of microwave rotational spectroscopic research starting in 1954 at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS)...

A Model for Geometry-Dependent Errors in Length Artifacts

September 27, 2012

Author(s)

Daniel S. Sawyer, Brian Parry, Christopher J. Blackburn, Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Steven D. Phillips

We present a detailed model of dimensional changes in long length artifacts, such as step gauges and ball bars, due to bending under gravity. The comprehensive...

Revised Guide Helps Organizations Handle Security-Related Incidents

September 27, 2012

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information that is included in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-61 Revision 2, Computer Security Incident Handling Guide. This...

Variances of Cylinder Parameters Fitted to Range Data

September 26, 2012

Author(s)

Marek Franaszek

Industrial pipelines are frequently scanned with 3D imaging systems (e.g., LADAR) and cylinders are fitted to the collected data. Then, the fitted as-built...

Sealed Gravitational Capillary Viscometry of Dimethyl Ether and Two Next-Generation Refrigerants

September 26, 2012

Author(s)

Dylan S. Cousins, Arno D. Laesecke

The viscosity of dimethyl ether (DME, C2H6O) and of the fluorinated propene isomers 2,3,3,3- tetrafluoroprop-1-ene (R1234yf, C3H2F4) and trans-1,3,3,3...

Evaluating Potential Bias in Non-Randomly Reported Fire Incident Data

September 26, 2012

Author(s)

David T. Butry, Douglas S. Thomas

This analysis is a part of an effort to develop statistics and uncertainty measures for characterizing, tracking, and better understanding the root causes of...

Factors Influencing the Smoldering Performance of Polyurethane Foam

September 26, 2012

Author(s)

Mauro Zammarano, Szabolcs Matko, Roland H. Kraemer, Rick D. Davis, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Shivani N. Mehta

The objective of this study was to evaluate whether polyurethane foam (PUF) could be produced as a standard reference material for ultimate use in a standard...

Program Handbook for Engine Fuel, Petroleum and Lubricant Laboratories

September 20, 2012

Author(s)

Kenneth S. Butcher

This handbook provides guidance to extablish a management system of State Fuel Quality Laboratories (FQL) using the International Organization for...

Development of a Method to Measure the Energy Consumption of Automatic Icemakers in Domestic Refrigerators with Single Speed Compressors

September 18, 2012

Author(s)

David A. Yashar

This study examines the energy consumption of automatic ice makers installed in domestic refrigerators. This study builds upon the findings of a previous study...

Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments

September 17, 2012

Author(s)

Ron Ross

The purpose of Special Publication 800-30 is to provide guidance for conducting risk assessments of federal information systems and organizations, amplifying...

Factory Equipment Network Testing Framework: Concept, Requirements, and Architecture

September 17, 2012

Author(s)

James D. Gilsinn, Kang B. Lee, John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Yuyin Song

This document describes the purpose, concept, requirements, and architecture for the Factory Equipment Network Testing (FENT) Framework and the software to test...

Summary and Conclusions of a Workshop on Quantifying the Contribution of Flaming Residential Upholstered Furniture to Fire (NIST TN 1757) Losses in the United States"

September 17, 2012

Author(s)

William M. Pitts

This report summarizes a workshop entitled "Quantifying the Contribution of Flaming Residential Upholstered Furniture to Fire Losses in the United States" that...

Factory Equipment Network Testing Framework: Universal Client Application, Application Programming Interface

September 17, 2012

Author(s)

James D. Gilsinn, Kang B. Lee, John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Yuyin Song

This document describes the application programming interface (API) used by the Factory Equipment Network Testing (FENT) Framework to communicate between the...

Annex 47 Extended Project Summary

September 17, 2012

Author(s)

Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Daniel Choiniere

In 2006, researchers from 22 organizations in ten countries began a joint effort to enable the cost-effective commissioning of existing and future buildings to...

Commissioning Cost-Benefit and Persistence of Savings: A Report on Cost-Effective Commissioning of Existing and Low Energy Buildings

September 17, 2012

Author(s)

Hannah Friedman, Marti Frank, David Claridge, Kristin Heinemeier, Kim Crossman, Eliot Crowe, Cory Toole, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Daniel Choniere

Commissioning of new and existing buildings has been shown to reduce energy usage and can also produce non-energy related benefits such as improved occupant...

Annex 47 Report 2: Commissioning Tools for Existing and Low Energy Buildings

September 17, 2012

Author(s)

Christian Neumann , Henk Pietsman, Harunori Yoshida , Hideki Yuzawa, Takeshi Watanabe, Katsuhiro Kamitani, Hiroshige Kikuchi , Dirk Jacob, Oliver Baumann, Daniel Choiniere, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti

This report summarizes part of the work of IEA-ECBCS Annex 47 Cost-Effective Commissioning of Existing and Low Energy Buildings. It is based on the research...

Guidelines for Access Control System Evaluation Metrics

September 14, 2012

Author(s)

Chung Tong Hu, Karen Scarfone

The purpose of this document is to provide Federal agencies with background information on access control (AC) properties, and to help access control experts...

Program Plan for the Development of Seismic Design Guidelines for Port Container, Wharf, and Cargo Systems

September 14, 2012

Author(s)

Richard Wittkop, Omar Jarradat, Gayle Johnson, Geoffrey Martin, Glenn Rix, Ian Robertson

Work on this project was intended to be an extension of a National Science Foundation (NSF), George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation...

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