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The Construction and Building Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council is developing baseline measures of current construction industry
This report documents the 2000-2001 activities, accomplishments, and staff awards for the Building and Fire Research Laboratory. The accomplishments are
This report documents the 2000-2001 activities, accomplishments, and staff awards for the Building and Fire Research Laboratory. The accomplishments are
The seismic safety evaluation and mitigation standards, Standards for Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned and Leased Buildings, were developed for use
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The Construction and Building Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council is developing baseline measures of current construction industry
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K H. Lee, Oliver T. Slattery, R Lu, Xiao Tang, V R. McCrary
The goal of digital preservation is to ensure long-term access to digitally stored information. In this paper, we try to present a comprehensive survey of
This paper summarizes efforts to identify properties of aerosols (liquids and solids) leading to effective fire suppression. It is part of the US Department of
Although coatings are used in the electric utility and aircraft industries to protect advanced gas turbines from increasingly high operating temperatures, there
Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Glenn P. Forney, William D. Walton
This report describes the results of calculations using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) that were performed to provide insight on the thermal conditions
Kang B. Lee, James D. Gilsinn, Richard D. Schneeman, Hui-Min Huang
The First Wireless Sensing Workshop was held on June 4, 2001, at the Sensors Expo/Conference at the Rosemont Convention Center in Chicago, IL. The National
These are proceedings of the eleventh conference in this series. The conference was held December 5 and 6, 2001, in Columbus, Ohio, under the sponsorship of the
Stephen Fallis, Russell Reed, G F. Holland, J L. McCormick
The Advanced Propellant/Additive Development for Gas Generator project is a collaborative effort between General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD
The focus of this effort is to investigate the dispersal of liquid fire suppression agents around solid obstacles, and obtain a better understanding of the
This report summarizes research projects, measurement method development, calibration and testing, and data evaluation activities that were carried out during