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The Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) Program is NIST''s coordinating focus for manufacturing efforts sponsored under the U.S...
This document describes the results of Phase I Needs Analysis of the Production Systems Engineering component of the Production and PDM Project within SIMA. It...
The High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) program was formally established by the High Performance Computing Acto of 1991 (Public Law 102-194). T...
The NIST Noise Project has constructed and tested a radiometer for the measurement of noise sources in the WR-28 waveguide band (26.5 GHz to 40 GHz). It is a...
Presently, the Consolidated Fire and Smoke Transport Model zone fire model (CFAST) assumes that smoke travels instantly from one side of a compartment to...
M E. McKnight, Jonathan W. Martin, Michael A. Galler, Robert R. Lipman, Theodore V. Vorburger, Ambler Thompson, Fern Y. Hunt
This is a conference report on the Workshop on Advanced Methods and Models for Appearance of Coatings and Coated Objects held at Gaithersburg, MD, May 20, 1996.
The report presents basic features of the evaporator model, EVAP5M, and simulation results for an evaporator operating with R-22 and R-407C at non-uniform air...
4-D/RCS is a reference model architecture that provides a theoretical foundation for designing, engineering, integrating, and testing intelligent controllers...
Phenomenological equations for solid material burning in combination with pyrolysis kinetics and uncoupled transient heat conduction provide relationships...
Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Walter W. Jones
Several methods for studying predictive capability and sensitivity have been applied to fire models, but with limited utility. These range from explicit...
Existing methods for evaluating the performance of smoke and thermal detectors are reviewed. The levels of combustion gases, smoke, temperature and velocity...
This paper discusses an engineering approach for estimating the generation rate of carbon monoxide (CO) within a room containing a fire. The algorithm...
Daniel M. Madrzykowski, G Roadarmel, Laurean A. DeLauter
The objective of this study was to investigate the capability of "durable agents" to protect building exterior materials from ignition. The "durable agents"...
A series of experimental measurements were conducted in a baffle stabilized turbulent jet spray flame and a baffle stabilized pool fire in an effort to provide...
Thermal conductivity measurements from an international interlaboratory study between the United States and Canada are presented for two materials, glass-fiber...
David Flater, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Evan K. Wallace
Intelligent control of discrete parts manufacturing jobs and machinery requires state models for the jobs and the controllers. Different approaches to control...
Rebecca W. Portier, Richard Peacock, Walter W. Jones
Fire Data Management System, FDMS, is a system designed to store and retrieve fire test results obtained from bench-scale and real-scale tests as well as fire...