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Treasure of the Past: I. Recomparison of the United States Prototype Meter

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

L A. Fischer

U.S. meter No. 27, like the prototypes of all the principal nations, and also like the international meter, is composed of 90 per cent platinum and 10 percent...

On Weakly Analytic and Faithfully Convex Functions in Convex Programming

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

G P. McCormick, Christoph J. Witzgall

Weakly-analytic convex, faithfully convex, and self-concordant functions are considered, and their relationships described. The purpose of the report is to...

Silicon Microelectronics Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

Joaquin (. Martinez, Stephen Knight, A D. Settle-Raskin

The microelectronics industry is a driving force fueling the U.S. economy, leading to rapid improvements in productivity, and enabling other new high technology...

A Systematic Approach for Multidimensional, Closed-Form Analytical Modeling: Minority Electron Mobilities in Ga_1-x Al_x As Heterostructures

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

Herbert S. Bennett, James J. Filliben

A significant, practical challenge, which arises in developing computationally efficient physical models for use in computer simulations of microelectronic and...

Optical Fiber Power Meter Calibrations at NIST

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

Igor Vayshenker, Xiaoyu X. Li, David J. Livigni, Thomas Scott, Christopher L. Cromer

NIST has established measurement services for the calibration of optical fiber power meters at the three nominal wavelengths of 850, 1300, and 1550 nm using...

A Measurement System for Characterizing the Detection Performance of Metal Detectors: Design and Operation

June 1, 2000

Author(s)

Nicholas Paulter, Donald R. Larson, Jon R. Pratt

A measurement system for evaluating the performance of hand-held (HH) and walk-through (WT) metal detectors is described. These detectors produce time-varying...

SCREENING OF CANDIDATE FIRE SUPPRESSANTS

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

Marc R. Nyden, Jiann C. Yang, J D. Mather

Exploratory research has indicated that the following chemical families are likely 10 contain chemicals possessing both a high degree of fire suppression...

Performance of a Fast Response Agent Concentration Meter

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

Erik L. Johnsson, George W. Mulholland, Gerald T. Fraser, A Zuban, I I. Leonov

There is a need for monitoring the concentration of potential halon replacement chemicals with millisecond response time [I]. One scenario of great concern to...

Review of Technologies for Active Suppression of Fuel Tank Explosions

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

Ginger Bennett

Relative Benefit Assessment of Fire Protection System Changes

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

Ginger Bennett

Detection and Measurement of Middle Distillate Fuel Vapors Using Tunable Dye Lasers.

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

K L. Mcnesby, R T. Wainner, A W. Miziolek, W M. Jackson, I A. McLaren

A sensor for measurement of vapors from the hydrocarbon-based fuels JP-8, DF-2, and gasoline is described. The sensor is based upon a previously reported laser...

A METHOD FOR EXTINGUISHING ENGINE NACELLE FIRES BY USE OF INTUMESCENT COATINGS

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

Ginger Bennett

MODELING THE EFFECT OF WATER SPRAY SUPPRESSION ON LARGE-SCALE POOL FIRES

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

P E. DesJardin, L A. Gritzo, S R. Tieszen

In practical fire suppression systems for large rooms or compartments, water sprinklers are often located on or near the ceilings. In this configuration, the...

Extinction of Counterflow Diffusion Flames with Fine-Water Droplets

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

A K. Lazzarini, Harsha K. Chelliah, R H. Krauss, Gregory T. Linteris

Fire Suppression by Particulate Containing Metallic Compounds

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

P N. Wanigarathne, R H. Krauss, Harsha K. Chelliah, Robert J. Davis

Water Mist Suppression of Methane/Air and Propane/Air Counterflow Flames

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

E J. Zegers, B A. Williams, R S. Sheinson, J W. Fleming

inhibition of Premixed Methane-Air Flames by Submicron Water Mists

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

Stephen P. Fuss, d J. Dye, B A. Williams, J W. Fleming

Suppression Effectiveness Screening for Impulsively Discharged Agents

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler, Anthony P. Hamins, S R. Charagundla, Cary Presser

EXPERIMENTAL AND MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATION OF OPPOSED-FLOW PROPANE / AIR FLAMES BY PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

Valeri I. Babushok, R T. Wainner, K L. Mcnesby, R G. Daniel, A W. Miziolek

In this work. we repoil the results of experimental and con1put:itioiial studies on inhibition and extinction of opposed-flow propane (C&)-air tlaines by DMMP...

Flame Inhibition by Ferrocene, Alone and with CO2 and Cf3H

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, M D. Rumminger

Experimental Investigation of Extinguishment of Laminar Diffusion Flames By Thermal Agents

May 2, 2000

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant, Marcia L. Huber, William M. Pitts

As part of the National effort to identify effective replacements for halon fire suppressants, NIST has been investigating whether highly effective thermal...

User's Guide for Smokeview Version 1.0: A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data (NISTIR 6513)

May 1, 2000

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). FDS is a computational fluid...

Shear Strength of High-Strength Concrete Walls and Deep Beams

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dat Duthinh

In the last 30 years, the compressive strength of concrete that can be produced reliably in the field has more than doubled, from 35 MPa (5000 psi) to 85 MPa...

Spot Test Kits for Detecting Lead in Household Paint: A Laboratory Evaluation

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Walter J. Rossiter Jr, M Vangel, M E. McKnight, G Dewalt

A laboratory study was conducted to determine the reliability of spot test kits for detecting the presence of lead in household paint when tests were conducted...

Effect of Drying Shrinkage Cracks and Flexural Cracks on Concrete Bulk Permeability

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder

A review of the computer program 4sight has revealed that an accurate prediction of water transport through the concrete depends upon an accurate prediction of...

Proceedings of the Symposium on the Foundations of Interactive Digital TV Application Software Environment (DASE)

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Alan Mink, Robert D. Snelick

As the co-chairs of the DASE Symposium 2000, we would like to welcome you to this inaugural symposium. We have the pleasure of holding the DASE Symposium 2000...

Image Compression and Deblurring

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Anastase Nakassis, Alfred S. Carasso

What follows is the description of an experiment in which we investigated the possibility that blurring techniques and lossless compression could be combined as...

An Interpretation of the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker

The Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) is intended for all scientific and technological measurements in science, engineering, commerce...

IMPI: Making MPI Interoperable

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

William L. George, John G. Hagedorn, J E. Devaney

The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is the de facto standard for writing parallel scientific applications in the message passing programming paradigm...

Ninth International Conference on Computer Technology in Welding, September 28-30, 1999, Detroit, MI

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Thomas A. Siewert, C Pollock

This is the proceedings of the ninth conference in this series. It was held September 28 to 30, 1999, in Detroit, MI, under the sponsorship of the American...

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