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Manufacturing of Prostheses

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

Matthew A. Davies, Ronald G. Dixson

This paper is a summary of a workshop session during the Workshop on Biomedical Materials and Devices, held June 13 -14, 2001. The workshop is part of a series...

MSEL FY 2001 Programs and Accomplishments: Polymers Division

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

B M. Fanconi, Eric J. Amis

The Polymers Division provides measurement methods, standards, and concepts to facilitate technology development, manufacture of products, commerce, and use of...

A Comparison of Rating Water-Source Heat Pumps Using ARI Standard 320 and ISO Standard 13256-1

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

William V. Payne, Piotr A. Domanski

This investigation compares the ARI 320 (1998) and the ISO 13256-1 (1998) heating and cooling standards for water-source heat pumps to determine the difference...

Comparison of Concrete Rheometers: International Tests at LCPC (Nantes, France) in October 2000

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

L Brower, Chiara C. Ferraris

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...

Characterization of Projection Systems for the MPEG-4 Digital Cinema Compression Scheme Evaluation

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

Paul A. Boynton, Charles D. Fenimore

The Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) Digital Cinema Ad Hoc Group is involved in assessing various compression algorithms for digital cinema applications. An...

Measuring the Performance and Intelligence of Systems: Proceedings of the 2000 PerMIS Workshop, August 14-16, 2000

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

A Meystel, Elena R. Messina

This volume contains the materials of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop (PERMIS), held at the National Institute of Standards and...

Simulation-Based Shop Floor Control: Formal Model, Model Generation,

September 1, 2001

Author(s)

Albert T. Jones, Y J. Son, R A. Wysk

The high cost of control software development and maintenance has been recognized as a significant problem inhibiting CIM solutions. In this paper, a structure...

MEMS Length and Strain Measurements Using an Optical Interferometer

August 21, 2001

Author(s)

Janet M. Cassard

NIST HANDBOOK 150-2E National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Calibration Laboratories Technical Guide for Optical Radiation Measurements

August 21, 2001

Author(s)

C D. Faison, Carroll S. Brickenkamp

Calibration of Heat Flux Gages for Forum Heat Flux Measurements Working Group Interlaboratory Comparison. Report of Test FR 4015

August 20, 2001

Author(s)

William M. Pitts, John R. Shields

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...

NIST/BFRL CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR HEAT-FLUX GAGES

August 6, 2001

Author(s)

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...

Powder X-Ray Reference Patterns of Sr₂RGaCu₂O_y(R=Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Y)

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, James A. Kaduk, Igor Levin, W Greenwood, J Dillingham

X-ray Rietveld refinements were conducted on a series of 11 lanthanide phases, SR 2RGaCu 2O 7 (R=Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Y) that are...

MatML-Materials Markup Language Workshop Report

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

C P. Sturrock, E F. Begley, J G. Kaufman

The MatML - Materials Markup Language Workshop was held at NIST to consider the technical and strategic future of MatML, an extensible markup language for...

Comparison of Two Cryogenic Radiometers at NIST

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

Jeanne M. Houston, David J. Livigni

Two cryogenic radiometers from NIST, one from the Optical Technology Division and the other from the Optoelectronics Division, were compared at three visible...

The NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory: Assisting U.S. Aerospace Manufacturing Through Measurements and Standards

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

David C. Stieren

This paper discusses how the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) promotes a healthy U.S...

Metric Ruler: Toward a Metric America; August 2001 Revision

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

J B. McCracken

This document is a 300 mm plastic ruler containing information on the Modern Metric System.

Treasure of the Past: Molecular Basis of Flame Inhibition

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

John W. Hastie

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

P Unger

International Study of the Sublethal Effects of Fire Smoke on Survivability and Health (SEFS): Phase 1. Final Report (NIST TN 1439)

August 1, 2001

Author(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...

Improved Real-Scale Fire Measurements Having Meaningful Uncertainty Limits(NISTIR 6774)

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

William M. Pitts

Heat Feedback to the Fuel Surface in Pool Fires (NIST SP 971)

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

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...

Powder-matrix Systems for Safter Handling and Storage of Suppression Agents

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Harsha K. Chelliah

Infrared Absorptivity Temperature Dependence of Gas Phase Methanol and Sulfur Dioxide

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

Pamela M. Chu, George C. Rhoderick, P. A. Johnson

Collected Reports and Publications by the National Institute of Standards and Technology on Heat Flux Gage Calibration and Usage

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

William M. Pitts, Star R. Burgess

This volume contains archival reports and publications produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and its predecessor, the National Bureau...

Natural Ventilation Review and Plan for Design and Analysis Tools

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

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...

NIST Recommended Practice Guide: The Use of Nomenclature in Dispersion Science and Technology

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

Vincent A. Hackley, Chiara F. Ferraris

This Special Publication is essentially a reprint of two NIST Special Publications, SP 945 and SP 946. This particular Practice Guide provides guidelines for...

Comparison of Two Cryogenic Radiometers at NIST

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

Jeanne Houston, David J. Livigni

Guide for the Selection of Communication Equipment for Emergency First Responders

July 11, 2001

Author(s)

Alim A. Fatah

The National Institute of Justice is the focal point for providing support to State and local law enforcement agencies in the development of counterterrorism...

Measurement Comparison of a Low-Intermodulation Termination for the U.S. Wireless Industry

July 1, 2001

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon

After the recent, successful completion of a passive intermodulation measurement comparison for nonlinear two-port devices, the National Institute of Standards...

User's Guide for Smokeview Version 2.0: A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data (NISTIR 6761)

July 1, 2001

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 (CFD...

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