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Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - April 2001

April 2, 2001

Author(s)

S Fuller, A Boyles

This is the April 2001 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and...

NIST Multizone Modeling Website

April 2, 2001

Author(s)

William S. Dols

This report presents an overview of the NIST Multizone Modeling Website developed by the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the National Institute of...

Proposed Diffuse Ambient Contrast Measurement Methods for Flat Panel Displays

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Edward F. Kelley

Three methods are presented to measure the ratio of full-screen white to full-screen black under diffuse illumination scaled to a typical illuminance level...

Volume Visualization of Bose-Einstein Condensates

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Peter M. Ketcham, D L. Feder, Charles W. Clark, Steven G. Satterfield, Terence J. Griffin, William L. George, Barry I. Schneider, W P. Reinhardt

Theoretical aspects of Bose-Einstein condensates are investigated by conducting computer simulations of their behavior. Scientific visualization techniques are...

Design of a File Format for Logging Website Interaction

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

John V. Cugini, Sharon J. Laskowski

The logging of user behavior in support of Web usability testing is constrained by the difficulty of capturing and analyzing large amounts of logged data...

Global and Local Optimization Algorithms for Optimal Signal Set Design

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Anthony J. Kearsley

The problem of choosing an optimal signal set for non-Gaussian detection was reduced to a smooth inequality constrained mini-max nonlinear programming problem...

Directory of U.S. Private Sector Product Certification Programs

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

C W. Hyer

This document, a revision of the 1996 edition of NIST SP 903: Directory of U.S. Private Sector Product Certification Programs, presents information on 122...

PBX Vulnerability Analysis: Finding Holes in Your PBX Before Someone Else Does

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn

This report presents a generic methodology for conducting an analysis of a Private Branch Exchange (PBX) in order to identify security vulnerabilities. The...

Comparison of FDS Model Predictions With FM/SNL Fire Test Data.

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Frederick W. Mowrer, P A. Friday

The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), a recently developed field tire model based on large eddy simulation (LES), is used to simulate seven full-scale fire tests...

Transient Application, Recirculating Pool Fire, Agent Effectiveness Screen, Final Report, NGP Project 3A/2/890

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler, Anthony P. Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan, Cary Presser

A laboratory-scale facility has been developed to screen the suppression effectiveness of fire fighting agents that are delivered in a transient fashion such as...

NIST Technical Note No. 1438: Optical Radiation Measurement with Selected Detectors and Matched Electronic Circuits Between 200 nm and 20 υm

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

George P. Eppeldauer

Transient Application, Recirculating Pool Fire, Agent Effectiveness Screen: Final Report, NGP Project 3A/2/890

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler, Anthony P. Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan, Cary Presser

Curing of High-Performance Concrete for Strength: Phase I Study

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Nicholas J. Carino, K W. Meeks

This paper reports the results of an exploratory study on the effects of curing duration on the variation of mortar strength with distance from the drying...

Concrete Mixing Methods and Concrete Mixers: State of the Art

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris

The performance of concrete is determined by its microstructure. Its microstructure, in turn, is determined by its composition, its curing conditions, and also...

Ultrasonic Extraction/Anodic Stripping Voltammetry for Determining Lead in Household Paint: A Laboratory Evaluation

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Walter J. Rossiter Jr, M Vangel, M E. McKnight, A Signor, Walter E. Byrd

A laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the reliability of commercial, field-portable ultrasonic extraction-anodic stripping voltammetry (UE/ASV) for...

Wind and Seismic Effects: Proceedings of the 32nd Joint Meeting

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Stephen A. Cauffman

This publication contains the proceedings of the 32nd Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Joint Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. The meeting was held May 16-19...

Sea Turtle Contaminants: A Review with Anotated Bibliography

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Rebecca S. Pugh, Paul R. Becker

NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables. I. Ten Organic Molecules Related to Atmospheric Chemistry

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

O Dorofeeva, V Novikov, Dan A. Neumann

The structural, spectroscopic, and thermodynamic properties of ten organic molecules in the gas phase, including three peroxides and four carboxylic acids, have...

A Manufacturing Collaboratory Case Study - Companion Document

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

E E. Wierba, Amy Knutilla, Michelle P. Steves

This report summarizes a case study of a collaborative tool intervention within a geographically-distributed, product-development team of an automotive parts...

An Introduction to IPsec (Internet Protocol Security)

March 30, 2001

Author(s)

Sheila E. Frankel

IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) is an attempt to utilize cryptographic techniques in a global solution to the problem of Internet security. Rather than...

Users' Guide to the NIST-High-Voltage Capacitance Ratio Bridge

March 28, 2001

Author(s)

Eric D. Simmon, Gerald FitzPatrick, O. Petersons

This TechNote has been written as a guide to the operation of and applications for the NIST Capacitor Ratio Bridge (CRB). The theory, design, and operating...

Visualizing Terrain and Navigation Data

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

Tsung-Ming Tsai, David Coombs, Billibon H. Yoshimi, Ernest Kent

Terrain and navigation data have been collected from sensors mounted on an autonomous offroad vehicle. Data include range images from scanning laser range...

On the Gibbs Adsorption Equation for Diffuse Interface Models

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

Geoffrey B. McFadden, A A. Wheeler

In this paper we discuss some applications of the classical Gibbs adsorption equations to specific diffuse interface models that are based on conserved and non...

Distribution of Link Distances in a Wireless Network

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

Leonard E. Miller

The probability distribution is found for the link distance between two randomly positioned mobile radios for two representative deployment scenarios: (1) the...

Periodic Table: Atomic Properties of the Elements

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

Robert A. Dragoset

Periodic Table: Atomic Properties of the Elements. This is version 2, which incorporates previously published revisions of mass numbers for some stable isotopes...

Automating the Future - A History of the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility 1980-1995

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

J M. Zenzen

The book examines the many challenges scientists from the National Bureau of Standards and later, the National Institute of Standards and Technology faced in...

Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, Collected papers, 1980-2000

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

Gordon W. Day

Treasure of the Past VI: Standard Potential of the Silver-Silver-Chloride Electrode from 0° to 95°C and the Thermodynamic Properties of Dilute Hydrochloric Acid Solutions

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

R G. Bates, Vincent E. Bower

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) 2001 Directory

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

Vanda R. White

The NVLAP Directory is published annually and provides a listing of laboratories accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)...

FY2000 Annual Report--Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program (NGP)

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

The Department of Defenses Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program (NGP) has completed its fourth year of research with a revised goal to develop...

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