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Air-Side Velocity Distribution in Finned-Tube Heat Exchangers

December 17, 2007

Author(s)

David A. Yashar, Hong H. Cho

The performance of finned tube heat exchangers is greatly affected by the distribution of the air that passes through it. The air side velocity distribution is...

Dissemination of 3D Visualizations of Complex Function Data for the NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

December 10, 2007

Author(s)

Qiming Wang, Bonita V. Saunders, Sanford P. Ressler

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing a digital library to replace the widely used National Bureau of Standards Handbook of...

NIST HB-1A Energy Efficient Lighting - Solid State Luminaires

December 7, 2007

Author(s)

C Cameron Miller, Lawrence I. Knab, Ambler Thompson, Jon M. Crickenberger

NIST Handbook 150-1A presents technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation...

Collected Publications From the Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program

December 6, 2007

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

In its decade of systematic research (1997-2006), the NGP revitalized the field of fire suppression science. The NGP arose as a result of a discovery that...

Analysis of Inter-laboratory Testing of Non-loadbearing Gypsum/Steel-Stud Wall Assemblies

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler, Samuel L. Manzello, Alexander Maranghides, T Mizukami

This report summarizes the results of a test program conducted in 2006 and 2007 by the North American Fire Testing Laboratories (NAFTL) consortium. Gypsum/steel...

Guidelines for Breakout Sessions (NIST SP 1051)

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant

Performance of Home Smoke Alarms Analysis of the Response of Several Available Technologies in Residential Fire Settings (NIST TN 1455-1)

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Richard W. Bukowski, Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Thomas G. Cleary, Nelson P. Bryner, William D. Walton, Paul A. Reneke, Erica D. Kuligowski

This report presents the results of the project and provides details of the response of a range of residential smoke alarm technologies in a controlled...

NIST Fire Fighter Technology Program Overview (NIST SP 1051)

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner

The Advanced Fire Service Technologies (AFST) Program objectives are to (*) Provide the science and performance metrics for development and implementation of...

Real-Time Particulate Monitoring Detecting Respiratory Threats for First Responders: Workshop Proceedings

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Rodney Bryant, Kathryn Butler, R Vettori, P Greenberg

This workshop brought together members of the fire service, particulate detector manufacturers, public health professionals, airborne particulate researchers...

Secure Biometric Match-on-Card Feasibility Report

November 30, 2007

Author(s)

David Cooper, Trung-Hung Dang, Philip Lee, William I. MacGregor, Ketan Mehta

FIPS 201, "Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors," and its associated special publications define a method to perform...

Certification of Standard Reference Material 1476a, a Polyethylene Resin

November 29, 2007

Author(s)

Kathleen M. Flynn, S Wetzel, William R. Blair, J R. Maurey

The melt flow rate of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1476a Branched Polyethylene Resin was determined to be 1.23g/10 min at 190 C under a load of 2.16 kg...

Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC

November 28, 2007

Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin

This Recommendation specifies the Galois/Counter Mode (GCM), an algorithm for authenticated encryption with associated data, and its specialization, GMAC, for...

Overview of the TREC 2006 Blog Track

November 27, 2007

Author(s)

Iadh Ounis, Maarten de Rijke, Craig Macdonald, Gilad Mishne, Ian Soboroff

The Blog track began this year, with the aim to explore the information seeking behaviour in the blogosphere. For this purpose, a new large-scale test...

Using Storage Encryption Technologies to Protect End User Devices

November 26, 2007

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the guidance developed by NIST and published in SP 800-111 to help organizations secure their end user devices, and deter unauthorized...

Committee Report of the 92nd National Conference on Weights and Measures, July 8 - 12, 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah

November 26, 2007

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, L T. Sebring

The 92nd Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 8 - 13, 2007. The theme of the conference was...

Overview of TREC 2006

November 26, 2007

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

This report provides an overview of the fifteenth Text REtrieval Conference, TREC 2006. TREC 2006 was held at NIST on November 16-19, 2006. The conference was...

Guide to Storage Encryption Technologies for End User Devices

November 15, 2007

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah P. Souppaya, Matt Sexton

Many threats against end user devices, such as desktop and laptop computers, smart phones, personal digital assistants, and removable media, could cause...

Building Information Services and Control System (BISACS): Technical Documentation, Revision 1.0

November 14, 2007

Author(s)

Alan B. Vinh

The goal of the Building Information Services and Control System (BISACS) is to create a computer supported system that will allow external users to be...

Design of the HLPR ChairHome Lift Position and Rehabilitation Chair

November 9, 2007

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus

This paper is a HLPR Chair (Home Lift, Position, and Rehabilitation Chair) design document that includes a brief introduction of the need for this technology...

Advanced Technology for Fire Suppression in Aircraft

November 6, 2007

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

In its decade of systematic research (1997-2006), the NGP revitalized the field of fire suppression science. The NGP arose as a result of a discovery that...

Comparison between NIST and AF laser energy standards using high power lasers

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

Xiaoyu X. Li, Thomas Scott, Christopher L. Cromer, David Cooper, Steven Comisford

We report the results of a high-energy laser calorimeter comparison conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, Colorado...

Computational Model for Fire Growth and Spread On Thermoplastic Objects. Final Report.

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

M Bockelie, Q Tang

In this report is described the work effort by Reaction Engineering International (REI) to develop, demonstrate and deliver to the National Institute of...

Building Information Services And Control System (BISACS): Technical Documentation, Revision 1.0.

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

A Vinh

The goal of the Building Infonnation Services and Control System (BISACS) is to create a computer based system that will allow external users to be verified and...

User's Guide to Securing External Devices for Telework and Remote Access

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah P. Souppaya

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-114 Rev. 1 (July 2016): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=921407] This publication helps teleworkers...

Full Ensemble and Bench Scale Testing of Fire Fighter Protective Clothing (NISTIR 7467)

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

D W. Stroup, Roy A. McLane, W H. Twilley

The Thermal Protective Perfonnance (TPP) test was developed to quantify the performance of fire fighter protective clothing ensembles under an intense thermal...

REFLEAK: NIST Leak/Recharge Simulation Program for Refrigerant Mixtures. Version 3.1. User's Guide.

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski, David Didion, Min S. Kim

REFLEAK estimates composition changes of zeotropic mixtures in leak and recharge processes. The leak/recharge simulation program consists of three parts: 1) the...

Evaluating Positive Pressure Ventilation In Large Structures: High-Rise Fire Experiments

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

Stephen Kerber, Daniel M. Madrzykowski

A series of six experiments was conducted in a high-rise apartment building in Chicago, Illinois. One experiment on each of the fire floors utilized portable...

Full Ensemble and Bench Scale Testing of Fire Fighter Protective Clothing

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

D W. Stroup, R A. McLAne

The Thermal Protective Performance (TPP) test was developed to quantify the performance of fire fighter protective clothing ensembles under an intense thermal...

Rendering UML Activity Diagrams as Human-Readable Text

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

David Flater, Philippe A. Martin, Michelle L. Crane

We describe a modification of the Petri Net Linear Form notation to support the rendering of Unified Modeling Language (UML) Activity Diagrams as human-readable...

A Quantum Algorithm Detecting Concentrated Maps

November 1, 2007

Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl, Stephen Bullock, David Song

We consider an arbitrary mapping for , some number of quantum bits. Using calls to a classical oracle evaluating and an classical bit data store, it is possible...

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