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The aim of the present project was to compare measurements from the five types of concrete rheometers to provide data to establish correlations among them. As a
The Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) Digital Cinema Ad Hoc Group is involved in assessing various compression algorithms for digital cinema applications. An
This Report of Test summarizes the results of calibrations of two heat flux gages performed in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National
William M. Pitts, James R. Lawson, John R. Shields
This report of test describes a heat-flux gage calibration system that was developed at the National Bureau of Standards during the 1970s. It is based on a
This volume contains archival reports and publications produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and its predecessor, the National Bureau
Steven J. Emmerich, William S. Dols, James W. Axley
Natural ventilation has the potential to reduce first costs and operating costs for some commercial buildings while maintaining ventilation rates consistent
This Special Publication is essentially a reprint of two NIST Special Publications, SP 945 and SP 946. This particular Practice Guide provides guidelines for
The MatML - Materials Markup Language Workshop was held at NIST to consider the technical and strategic future of MatML, an extensible markup language for
Two cryogenic radiometers from NIST, one from the Optical Technology Division and the other from the Optoelectronics Division, were compared at three visible
This paper discusses how the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) promotes a healthy U.S
Richard G. Gann, Jason D. Averill, Kathryn M. Butler, Walter W. Jones, George W. Mulholland, J L. Neviaser, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, J R. Hall
Fire smoke toxicity has been a recurring theme for fire safety professionals for over four decades. There especially continue to be difficulty and controversy
Anthony P. Hamins, S. J. Fischer, Takashi Kashiwagi
A series of measurements designed to investigate the heat feedback in pool fires burning liquid fuels are reported. Such measurements are essential for the
The National Institute of Justice is the focal point for providing support to State and local law enforcement agencies in the development of counterterrorism
Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical predictions generated by the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator(FDS), a computational fluid dynamics (CFD
This paper investigates the effect that bulk lubricant concentration has on the non-adiabatic lubricant excess surface density on a roughened, horizontal flat
The control of outdoor air intake rates in mechanically ventilated buildings based on indoor carbon dioxide (CO 2) levels, often referred to as CO 2 demand
This report describes the porting of a manufacturing quality control system from PC-type computers operating on Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 95, and IBM QS
This publication contains the Papers and Proceedings of the International Conference on the Economic Evaluation of Technological Change. This collection of
To resolve a long-standing lack of experimental data for electron impact ionization cross sections for inorganic molecules, or the availability of a reliable
NIST Special Publication (SP) 330 is the United States version of the English text of the definitive international reference on the International System of