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Passenger Minivan Fire Tests. REPORT OF TEST FR 4012

Author(s)
D W. Stroup, Laurean A. DeLauter, James J. Lee, G Roadarmel
Two fire tests were conducted using a passenger minivan. The fire test scenarios were selected as part of a fire investigation being conducted by the U.S

2001 ITL Technical Accomplishments

Author(s)
Elizabeth B. Lennon, M Helfer
This report presents the achievements and highlights of NIST¿s Information Technology Laboratory during FY2001. Following the Director¿s Foreword and the ITL

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

Author(s)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Morris J. Dworkin, Elaine Barker, James R. Nechvatal, James Foti, Lawrence E. Bassham, E. Roback, James F. Dray Jr.
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) specifies a FIPS-approved cryptographic algorithm that can be used to protect electronic data. The AES algorithm is a

Interface Specification for a Supply Chain Simulation

Author(s)
Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Shigeki Umeda
This paper describes the scope and configuration of the simulation model that is under development for a manufacturing supply chain. An information model that

Dedication to Richard D. Deslattes

Author(s)
Ernest G. Kessler, Gabrielle G. Long
On May 16, 2001, the National Institute of Standards and Technology lost a most illustrious career scientist in x-ray research. This volume is dedicated to

Quasicrystals

Author(s)
John W. Cahn
The discretely diffracting aperiodic crystals termed quasicrystals, discovery at NBS in the early 1980s, have led to much interdisciplinary activity involving

Phase Equilibria and Crystallography of Ceramic Oxides

Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Robert S. Roth, Terrell A. Vanderah, H F. McMurdie
Research in phase equilibria and crystallography has been a tradition in the Ceramics Division at NIST since the early thirties. In the early years, effort was

Computer Forensics Guidance

Author(s)
G E. Fisher
This ITL Bulletin describes two projects in the computer forensics arena and provides guidance on the use of the products developed from them. The first project

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 2) -- Technical Reference Guide

Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Howard R. Baum, Ronald G. Rehm, Anthony P. Hamins, Glenn P. Forney, J E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelof fire-driven fluid flow. The equations described in this document are a form of the

Strength of an Interlocking FRP Connection

Author(s)
Dat Duthinh, K K. Bajpai
The strength of an interlocking fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) connection was measured in bending, and in-plane and out-of-plane shear. This connection allows

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 2) -- User's Guide

Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney, J E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelof fire-driven fluid flow. The software described in this document solves numerically
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