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NIST Pubs

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 6 - Seismic Design of Cast-in-Place Concrete Special Structural Walls and Coupling Beams: A Guide for Practicing Engineers

August 16, 2011

Author(s)

Jack Moehle, Tony Ghodsi, John Hooper, David Fields, Rajnikanth Gedhada

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 5 - Seismic Design of Composite Steel Deck and Concrete-filled Diaphragms: A Guide for Practicing Engineers

August 15, 2011

Author(s)

Rafael Sabelli, Thomas Sabol, W. Samuel Easterling

Measurement Science Roadmap for Workability of Cementitious Materials: Workshop Summary Report

August 15, 2011

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris, Nicos Martys

This report summarizes the results of the workshop Measurement Science Roadmap for Workability of Cementitious Materials held on March 18, 2011 in...

Guide for Security-Focused Configuration Management of Information Systems

August 12, 2011

Author(s)

L A. Johnson, Kelley L. Dempsey, Ronald S. Ross, Sarbari Gupta, Dennis Bailey

The purpose of Special Publication 800-128, Guide for Security-Focused Configuration Management of Information Systems, is to provide guidelines for...

NIST-SP 500-291, NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap

August 10, 2011

Author(s)

Michael D. Hogan, Fang Liu, Annie W. Sokol, Tong Jin

The NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap Working Group has surveyed the existing standards landscape for security, portability, and interoperability standards...

Exposure and Fire Hazard Assessment of Nanoparticles in Fire Safe Consumer Products: Interagency Agreement Final Report

August 4, 2011

Author(s)

Rick D. Davis, Yeon S. Kim, Richard H. Harris Jr., Marc R. Nyden, Nasir M. Uddin, Treye Thomas

An innovative technology was evaluated to generate fire and health safe soft furnishings. Nanoparticle-based thin coatings on a polyurethane foam and nonwoven...

Guide for security-focused configuration management of information systems:

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Arnold Johnson, Kelley Dempsey, Ron Ross, Sarbari Gupta, Dennis Bailey

Metallurgical Investigations into Corrosion Damage in Homes Constructed with Problem Drywall:

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

R.E. Ricker, D.J. Pitchure, M.E. Williams, S.A. Claggett

Security Risk Analysis of Enterprise Networks Using Probabilistic Attack Graphs

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Anoop Singhal, Xinming Ou

Today's information systems face sophisticated attackers who combine multiple vulnerabilities to penetrate networks with devastating impact. The overall...

SRM 1450d, Fibrous-Glass Board, for Thermal Conductivity from 280 K to 340 K

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr, Amanda C. Harris, John F. Roller, Stefan D. Leigh

Thermal conductivity measurements at and near room temperature are presented as the basis for certified values of thermal conductivity for SRM 1450d, Fibrous...

Trace Detection and Quantitation of Hydrogen Peroxide Permeation through Polymer Barriers

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Tara M. Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno

In this paper, a novel apparatus and fluorescence detection method for measuring the permeation of H 2O 2 through polymer barriers (i.e., plastic bottles, caps...

Examination of the Thermal Conditions of a Wood Floor Assembly above a Compartment Fire

July 29, 2011

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Jonathan L. Kent

Four real-scale experiments were conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to measure the temperatures above and below a wood floor...

Initial Reconnaissance of the 2011 Wildland-Urban Interfaces Fires in Amarillo, Texas

July 27, 2011

Author(s)

Alexander Maranghides, William Mell, Karen Ridenour, Derek McNamara

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working to reduce the risk of fire spread in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) communities. An...

Correlation of the Thermal Conductivity of Normal and Parahydrogen from the Triple Point to 1000 K and up to 100 MPa

July 26, 2011

Author(s)

Marc J. Assael, John-Alexander Assael, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins, Yasayuki Takata

The paper contains new, representative equations for the thermal conductivity of normal and parahydrogen. The equations are based in part upon a body of...

SP250 Spectral Irradiance Calibrations

July 25, 2011

Author(s)

Howard W. Yoon, Charles E. Gibson

This document describes the process of the realization, the maintenance and the dissemination of the spectral irradiance scale and its accompanying...

Smoke Plume Trajectory from In Situ Burning of Crude Oil in Alaska - Updated Simulation Results

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

William D. Walton, Kevin B. McGrattan

The purpose of this report is to update calculations, originally performed in 1993, that predict the downwind extent of smoke particulate from hypothetical in...

NIST Special Databse 32 - Multiple Encounter Dataset II (MEDS-II)

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Andrew P. Founds, Nick Orlans, Whiddon Genevieve, Craig I. Watson

This document and associated dataset is an update to the Multiple Encounter Dataset I (MEDS-I), originally published by the National Institute of Standards and...

The Proper Use of Substitute Test Fluids

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Marc A. Buttler

Liquid-measuring devices are used in many different commercial applications. The vast array of liquid products that are measured includes some products that may...

Conservation Law Based Cross-Layer Optimization of a Wireless Network for Diverse Rate/Delay Requirements

July 11, 2011

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Conventional approach to cross-layer network optimization assumes elastic users adjusting their bandwidth requirements in response to the resource congestion...

Measured CO Concentrations at NIST IAQ Test House from Operation of Portable Electric Generators in Attached Garage Interim Report

July 8, 2011

Author(s)

Steven J. Emmerich, Liangzhu Wang

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is concerned about the hazard of acute residential CO exposures from portable gasoline powered generators...

Building Triage in Response to Wide-Area Bio-Releases: Concepts and Building Classification System

July 7, 2011

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily

In order to support effective responses to a wide-area release of a biological agent in an urban area, a building triage approach is envisioned that will...

MBE Standardization and Validation

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell, Nathan W. Hartman, Doug Cheney

3D Model-Based Engineering (MBE) is an approach to product design, manufacturing, and support where a digital three-dimensional representation of the product...

An Electromagnetic Evaluation of the NASA Space Power Facility at Plum Brook Station

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Galen H. Koepke, John M. Ladbury, Dennis G. Camell, Jason B. Coder, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Randy Direen, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

We describe in this report (Technical Note) an extensive electromagnetic evaluation of a unique test facility designed and built by the National Aeronautics and...

Access Control for SAR Systems

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Stephen Quirolgico, Chung Tong Hu, Tom T. Karygiannis

The Access Control for SAR Systems (ACSS) project focused on developing a prototype privilege management system used to express and enforce policies for...

Messaging Work Bench Instructions

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Ioana Singureanu

Documentation on using the Messaging Workbench (MWB) tool to edit the profile created for the NCPDP SCRIPT Implementation Guide: Version 10.6 NEWRX New...

Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever Flexural Stiffness Calibration: Toward a Standard Traceable Method

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Richard S. Gates, Mark Reitsma, John A. Kramar, Jon R. Pratt

The evolution of the atomic force microscope into a useful tool for measuring mechanical properties of surfaces at the nanoscale has spurred the need for more...

Vacuum technology considerations for mass metrology

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Patrick J. Abbott, Zeina J. Kubarych

Vacuum weighing of mass artifacts eliminates the necessity of air buoyancy correction and its contribution to the measurement uncertainty. Vacuum weighing is...

Emergency First Responder Respirator Thermal Characteristics: Workshop Proceedings

June 29, 2011

Author(s)

Amy E. Mensch, Nelson P. Bryner

The purpose of this workshop was to identify performance needs and establish research priorities to address the thermal characteristics of respiratory equipment...

Guidelines for Protecting Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Firmware

June 28, 2011

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-147, BIOS Protection Guidelines: Recommendations of the National...

Conformance Test Architecture and Test Suite for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007

June 22, 2011

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

The Computer Security Division of NIST/ITL supports the development of biometric conformance testing methodology standards and other conformity assessment...

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