NIST Pubs

Electricity Division Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments

May 21, 2003

Author(s)

James K. Olthoff, Barry A. Bell

This book describes the research programs, activities, and recent accomplishments of the Electricity Division organized by research project. After the project

Initial Graphics Exchange Specification Volume 2: Application Protocols

May 12, 2003

Author(s)

Curtis H. Parks

This document brings together the fundamental contents of application protocols (AP) developed by the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES)

Relating Fresh Concrete Viscosity Measurements From Different Rheometers

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris, Nicos Martys

The rheological properties of concrete need to be measured and predicted to enable the characterization of special concrete such as self-consolidating concrete

Extended Abstracts and Presentations from the Workshop on Fire Growth and Spread on Object, March 4-6, 2002, National Institute of Standards and Technology

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, William M. Pitts

This document contains the proceedings of a workshop held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology on Fire Growth and Spread on objects typically

The Eleventh Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-11)

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees, Donna K. Harman

The Eleventh Text Retrieval Conference was held in Gaithersburg, Maryland, November 19-22, 2002. TREC 2002 is the latest in a series of workshops designed to

Vulnerabilities in Quantum Key Distribution Protocols

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn

Recently proposed quantum key distribution protocols are shown to be vulnerable to a classic man-in-the-middle attack using entangled pairs created by Eve. The

GLUT/Tk: Open GL with Tcl/Tk

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Joseph Konczal

GLUT/Tk provides a mechanism for control of 3D graphics applications by a full-featured GUI system. It connects control windows written in Tk to OpenGL graphics

On the Fractographic Analysis of Machining Cracks in Ground Ceramics: A Case Study on Silicon Nitride

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

George D. Quinn, L K. Ives, S Jahanmir

Meticulous fractographic analysis of broken flexural strength specimens was used to characterize the size, shape, and severity of grinding flaws in a commercial

Repeatability and Reproducibility Standard Deviations in the Measurement of Trace Moisture Generated Using Permeation Tubes

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Peter H. Huang, Raghu N. Kacker

Permeation-tube moisture generators are commonly used in industry as calibrated sources of water vapor and carrier gas mixtures. This paper describes

Proceedings of the NIST Conformity Assessment for a Changing Government Workshop

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Mary J. DiBernardo

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sponsored the NIST Conformity Assessment for a Changing Government Workshop on December 3, 2001. The

Comparison of ISO/IEC 17025 with the NUPIC Audit Checklist

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

C D. Faison

Representatives of the Nuclear Utilities Industry and the laboratory accreditation community met to discuss Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recognition of

Calculation Tools at SP Fire Technology. (Abstract/Presentation/Visuals)

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

P VanHees, B Sundstrom

The Centre for Combustion Science and Technology, CECOST, was founded in 1996 at the Lund Institute of Technology, in close collaboration with Chalmers

Numerical Model of Bubbling Thermoplastics (Abstract/Presentation) (NIST SP 998)

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kathryn M. Butler

Thermoplastic materials such as polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), and polystyrene (PS) are widely used in household furnishings, and therefore constitute a

Advanced Propellant/Additive Development for Fire Suppressing Systems

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Stephen Fallis, Russell Reed, Paul Wierenga, Gary Holland

May 2003 Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST SP 1000-3)

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder

Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster. The report summarizes the progress made by the National

Structural Collapse Fire Tests: Single Story, Ordinary Construction Warehouse

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

D W. Stroup, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, William D. Walton, W H. Twilley

Two fire tests were conducted in a warehouse located in Phoenix, Arizona to develop data for evaluation of a methodology for predicting structural collapse. A

Technology Adoption Indicators Applied to the ATP Flow Control Machining Project

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

M H. Brown, M A. Ehlen

This report introduces technology adoption indicators (TAIs) that can be used to assess whether particular industries are likely to adopt new technologies. The

Radiometric Measurement Comparison on the Integrating Sphere Source Used to Calibrate the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

James J. Butler, Steven W. Brown, Robert D. Saunders, B. Carol Johnson, S F. Biggar, E F. Zalewski, B L. Markham, P N. Gracey, J B. Young, R Barnes

As part of a continuing effort to validate the radiometric scales assigned to integrating spheresources used in the calibration of Earth Observing System (EOS)

Dependence of Electron Density on Fermi Energy in N-type Gallium Antimonide

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Herbert S. Bennett, Howard Hung

The majority electron density as a function of the Fermi energy is calculated in zinc Blende, n-type GaSb for donor densities between 10 16 cm -3 and 10 19 cm

The NIST Human ID Evaluation Framework

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ross J. Micheals, Patrick J. Grother, P J. Phillips

In this paper, we investigate the utility of static anthropometric distances as a biometric for human identification. The 3D landmark data from the CAESAR

User's Guide for Smokeview Version 3.1 - A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney, Kevin B. McGrattan

Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical predictions generated by the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), a computational fluid dynamics

LoopDA-Natural Ventilation Design and Analysis Software

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich

The Loop Equation Design Method has been proposed for sizing ventilation airflow components of natural and hybrid ventilation systems. While the approach has

Results from Field Testing of Air Handling Unit and Variable Air Volume Box Fault Detection Tools

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

J Schein, Steven T. Bushby, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, J House

Building heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) equipment routinely fails to satisfy performance expectations envisioned at design. Such failures often

Thermal Conductivity Measurement of an Electron-Beam Physical Vapor-Deposition-Coating

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Andrew J. Slifka, Bernard J. Filla

An industrial thermal-barrier coating designated PWA 266, processed by electron-beam physical-vapor deposition, was measured using a steady-state thermal

The Eleventh Text Retrieval Conference (TREC 2002)

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

TREC 2002 is the latest in a series of workshops designed to foster research in information retrieval and related tasks. This year's conference consisted of

Overview of the TREC 2002 Novelty Track

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Donna K. Harman

The novelty track was a new track in TREC-11. The basic task was as follows: given a TREC topic and an ordered list of relevant documents (ordered by relevance

Overview of the TREC 2002 Question Answering Track

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

The TREC question answering track is an effort to bring the benefits of large-scale evaluation to bear on the question answering problem. The track contained

Application of CFD Modeling to Room Fire Growth on Walls.

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

K M. Liang, T Ma, J G. Quintiere, D Rouson

An evaluation of the NIST FDS model was conducted with particular attention for its use in predicting flame spread on surfaces. Over the course of this

Smoke Component Yields From Room-Scale Fire Tests (NIST TN 1453)

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Jason D. Averill, Erik L. Johnsson, Marc R. Nyden, Richard D. Peacock

This report presents the methodology for and results from a series of room-scale fire tests to produce data on the yields of toxic products in both pre

Energy Dissipation Devices for Bridges with Steel Superstructures

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael A. Riley

Recent earthquakes have clearly demonstrated the seismic vulnerability of bridges constructed with steel superstructures. The relative flexibility of these