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NIST Response to the 6th CORM Report: Pressing Problems and Projected National Needs in Optical Radiometry

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Albert C. Parr, Gerald T. Fraser, Keith R. Lykke

The Council for Optical Radiation Measurements (CORM) issues periodic reports which, in part, bear upon the mission and responsibility of the Optical Technology...

Dedication to Richard D. Deslattes

November 1, 2001

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...

Interface Specification for a Supply Chain Simulation

November 1, 2001

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...

Security Self-Assessment Guide for Information Technology Systems

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Marianne M. Swanson

[Withdrawn December 19, 2007; Superseded by SP 800-53 (Feb. 2005), http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918658, and SP 800-53A (July...

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 3): User's Guide (NISTIR 6784)

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney, J E. Floyd, Simo A. Hostikka

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software described in this document solves...

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 3): Technical Reference Guide (NISTIR 6783)

November 1, 2001

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) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The equations described in this document are a form of...

User's Guide to NIST Fingerprint Image Software (NFIS)

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Michael D. Garris, Craig I. Watson, R. McCabe, Charles L. Wilson

This report documents a public domain fingerprint image software distribution developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the...

Recommendation for Interstate Criminal History Transmission Specification

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Michael D. Garris

This report contains technical comments and recommendations regarding the ¿Interstate Criminal History Transmission Specification ¿ XML Version 2.01¿ published...

NIST Special Database 29: Plain and Rolled Images from Paired Fingerprint Cards

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

This new NIST fingerprint database offers the user complete paired fingerprint cards that include all ten rolled fingerprints and the plain/flat impressions at...

NIST Special Database 30: Dual Resolution Images from Paired Fingerprint Cards

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

This new NIST fingerprint database offers the user complete paired fingerprint cards that include all ten rolled fingerprints and the plain impressions at the...

The Fundamentals of Neutron Powder Diffraction

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

John R. Copley

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

November 1, 2001

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...

ALARM 2.0 Users Manual: Minimizing Compliance Costs of the Life Safety Code for Prisons

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

S F. Weber, L I. Schultz

ALARM, Alternative Life Safety Analysis for Retrofit Cost Minimization, is a software tool that helps prison facility managers and fire safety engineers achieve...

Strength and Ductility of Concrete Beams Reinforced with Carbon FRP and Steel

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Dat Duthinh, M A. Starnes

Seven concrete beams reinforced internally with steel and externally with carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) applied after the concrete had cracked were...

Contributions of NIST/NBS Researchers to the Crystallography of Construction Materials

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman

For more than one hundred years, the continuous theme underlying the NBS / NIST staff contribution to the crystallography of building materials has been the...

Strength of an Interlocking FRP Connection

November 1, 2001

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) -- Technical Reference Guide

November 1, 2001

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...

Standard Reference Material 1750: Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometers, 13.8033 K to 429.7485 K

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Weston L. Tew, Gregory F. Strouse

The Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer (SPRT) is defined by the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) as the interpolating instrument for...

Intrusion Detection Systems

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Rebecca Bace, Peter Mell

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-94, Guide to Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS), http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=50951]...

The APEX Method and Real-Time Blind Deconvolution of Scanning Electron Microscope Imagery

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso, D S. Bright, Andras Vladar

Loss of resolution due to image blurring is a major concern in electron microscopy. The point spread function describing that blur is generally unknown. This...

NIST Recommended Practice Guide: Capacitance Cell Measurement of the Out-of-Plane Expansion of Thin Films

November 1, 2001

Author(s)

Chad R. Snyder, F I. Mopsik

The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) continues to be a critical parameter in modeling for the microelectronics industry. Over the past several years, NIST...

Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code

October 17, 2001

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen

[Superseded by SP 800-28 Version 2 (March 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152039] Active content technologies allow code, in...

Development of a Hazard-Based Method for Evaluating the Fire Safety of Passenger Trains (NISTIR 6588)

October 14, 2001

Author(s)

Richard W. Bukowski, Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Jason D. Averill, S. H. Markos

The fire safety of U.S. passenger rail trains currently is addressed through small-scale flammability and smoke emission tests and performance criteria...

Vibrational Branching Ratios and Asymmetry Parameters in the Photoionization of CO₂ in the Region Between 650 and 840

October 1, 2001

Author(s)

Albert C. Parr, J B. West, M R. King, K Ueda, P M. Dehmer, J L. Dehmer

The vibrational branching ratios and asymmetry parameters for CO2 have been determined in the wavelength region of 650 to near ionization onset at about 840...

Fraunhofer Diffraction Effects on Total Power for a Planckian Source

October 1, 2001

Author(s)

Eric L. Shirley

An algorithm for computing diffractions effects on total power in the case of Fraunhofer diffraction by a circular lens or aperture is derived. The result for...

Conformance Criteria for Enterprise-Reference Architectures

October 1, 2001

Author(s)

Jim G. Nell

he purpose of this paper is to evaluate the feasibility of imposing conformance criteria on enterprise-reference architectures. Determining whether a software...

The Ninth Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-9)

October 1, 2001

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees, Donna K. Harman

This paper provides an overview of the ninth Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-9) held in Gaithersburg, Maryland, November 13-16, 2000. TREC-9 is the latest in a...

Planning Report 01-2: The Economic Impacts of NIST's Data Encryption Standard (DES) Program

October 1, 2001

Author(s)

David Leech, Michael Chinworth

[Prepared by TASC, Inc. for NIST] This report examines the evolution and economic significance of NISTs Data Encryption Standard (DES) Program. DES was...

Using the Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed and FDD Test Shell for FDD Tool Development

October 1, 2001

Author(s)

Steven T. Bushby, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Cheol D. Park, Michael A. Galler

vances in building automation technology have taken place for a variety of building services including heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) control...

A Methodology for Compensating Errors Detected by Process-Intermittent Inspection

October 1, 2001

Author(s)

Herbert T. Bandy, M A. Donmez, David E. Gilsinn, Michael Kennedy, Kenneth W. Yee, Alice V. Ling, Neil D. Wilkin

This report describes principles and methodology for compensating geometric errors of machined parts due to machining processes. The error tendencies are...

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