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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...
In practical fire suppression systems for large rooms or compartments, water sprinklers are often located on or near the ceilings. In this configuration, the...
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...
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...
Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical predictions generated by the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS). FDS is a computational fluid...
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...
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...
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...
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...
What follows is the description of an experiment in which we investigated the possibility that blurring techniques and lossless compression could be combined as...
The Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) is intended for all scientific and technological measurements in science, engineering, commerce...
The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is the de facto standard for writing parallel scientific applications in the message passing programming paradigm...
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...
Eric W. Lemmon, R. T. Jacobsen, S G. Penoncello, Daniel G. Friend
A thermodynamic property formulation for standard dry air based upon available experimental p-p-T, heat capacity, speed of sound, and vapor-liquid equilibrium...
We report measurements of heat transfer coefficients of flowing supercritical carbon dioxide (7.38 MPa critical pressure, 31.1 C critical temperature) in a...
This guide is an easy-to-use introductory reference for industry and government officials on the general principles and concepts behind the European Union's (EU...
Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Jim G. Nell, Curtis H. Parks
This paper describes the activity model as proposed for use in the Internet Commerce for Manufacturing (ICM), a National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed (NAMT)...
MEP centers must often report on the impacts they have on their client firms. The main data source for these impacts is the Census Follow-up Survey, which...
This report describes the results of calculations using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) that were performed to provide insight on the thermal conditions...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began its first semiconductor metrology projects over 40 years ago, and continues that work in close...