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NIST Pubs

Aerosol and SPGG Technology Fire Suppression Screening Methods (NISTIR 5904)

October 28, 1996

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler, Jiann C. Yang, Thomas G. Cleary

The search for alternatives to halons for fire suppression applications has identified not only new compounds which have physical properties similar to the...

Heat Flux Calibration Flow and Conduction Facilities: Status Report

October 28, 1996

Author(s)

Kenneth D. Steckler, William L. Grosshandler

Standard methods exist at NIST for calibrating thermal radiation detectors up to 10 kW/m2 using blackbody caviies, and up to 40kW/m2 using a monochromatic laser...

Combustion of Polymethylmethacrylate Spheres at Normal and Reduced Gravity (NISTIR 5904)

October 28, 1996

Author(s)

Jiann C. Yang, Anthony P. Hamins, N Gorchkov, M Glover

Polymer combustion is a highly complicated process where chemical reactions may occur not only in the gas phase, but also in the condensed phase as well as at...

Stiffness Modeling of a Stewart-Platform-Based Milling Machine

October 4, 1996

Author(s)

C Clinton, Li Zhang, Albert J. Wavering

Robotics & Intelligent Systems

Overview of the Fourth Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-4)

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Donna K. Harman

A Machining Process Planning Activity Model for System Integration

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng

A key issue of integrating process planning systems with design systems and production planning systems is how to overcome barriers in data exchange and sharing...

TIA Round Robin for the Measurement of PMD

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams

Accuracy Issues in Comparisons of Time- and Frequency-Domain Polarization Mode Dispersion Measurements

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams

Carbon Monoxide Dispersion in Residential Buildings: Literature Review and Technical Analysis.

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily

Carbon monoxide (CO) detectors are being used increasingly in residential buildings to warn occupants about CO concentrations that could potentially cause acute...

Buoyant Flows in Shafts.

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

L Benedict, E E. Zukoski

The motions of buoyant flows contained within vertical shafts are being investigated in an experimental program that will lead to a prediction of the transport...

Absorption/Emission Spectroscopy Measurements of Soot Volume Fraction and Soot Emission in Large Fires

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

L A. Gritzo, Y R. Sivathanu, W Gill, T Y. Chu

Applications of Molecular Dynamics to the Study of Thermal Degradation in Polymers (NISTIR 5904)

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Marc R. Nyden

The flammability of polymeric materials is a major concern which impacts public safety and limits their use in buildings, ships, aircraft and clothing...

Computations of Inhibition Effectiveness of Halogenated Compounds in Premixed Flames (NISTIR 5904)

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Valeri I. Babushok, T Noto, Anthony P. Hamins, Wing Tsang

The burning velocity is an important parameter which characterizes the inhibition efficiency of halon-containing additives employed as flame retardants. The...

Device Driver Development for Microsoft Windows NT1: Accessing Motion Control Hardware Using a Multimedia Framework

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Richard D. Schneeman

In order to integrate motion control hardware into an advanced operating system such as Microsoft Windows NT, a flexible set of device drivers delivering a wide...

A Proposed Software Test Service for Special Functions

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Daniel W. Lozier

Distributed Detection for Tomographic Measurements of Component Concentrations in Fire Generated Plumes (NISTIR 5904)

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

R T. Baum, Kevin B. McGrattan, Marc R. Nyden

One of the major goals of fire research is to develop the capability to make realistic assessments of fire impact and risk by utilizing models. Currently the...

Errors Due to Connectors in Optical Fiber Power Meters

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Igor Vayshenker, Xiaoyu X. Li, Darryl A. Keenan, Thomas Scott

Nonlinearity of Optical Fiber Power Meters

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Igor Vayshenker, Shao Yang, Xiaoyu X. Li, Thomas Scott

Evaporation of a Small Aqueous Suppressing Agent Droplet (NISTIR 5904)

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

W. S. Chien, Jiann C. Yang, M D. King, William L. Grosshandler

Due to its ozone-depleting potential, halon 1301 (CF3Br) has been banned from production under the Montreal Protocol. The research for halon replacement(s) has...

Technical Digest Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 1996

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Gordon W. Day, Douglas L. Franzen, Paul A. Williams

Determination of Zero-Dispersion Wavelength in Optical Fiber Using Four-Wave Mixing

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

John B. Schlager, S. E. Mechels, Douglas L. Franzen

Uncertainty in Null Polarimeter Measurements

October 1, 1996

Author(s)

Kent B. Rochford, Chih-Ming Wang

Generally Accepted Principles and Practices for Securing Information Technology Systems

September 3, 1996

Author(s)

Marianne M. Swanson, Barbara Guttman

As more organizations share information electronically, a common understanding of what is needed and expected in securing information technology (IT) resources...

Electron Interactions With C₃F₈

September 1, 1996

Author(s)

Loucas G. Christophorou, James K. Olthoff, MVVS. Rao

To aid the many and diverse applications for which perfluoropropane (C 3F 8) is suited, we critically evaluate and synthesize existing knowledge on electron...

Teaching Computers to Read Handprinted Paragraphs

September 1, 1996

Author(s)

Michael D. Garris

Metrology for Electromagnetic Technology: A Bibliography of NIST Publications

September 1, 1996

Author(s)

Annie J. Smith

Interoperability Requirements for CAD Data Transfer in the AutoSTEP Project

September 1, 1996

Author(s)

Simon P. Frechette

This document describes user requirements for implementing STEP in a production environment for packaging applications used in the auto industry. The main...

Optoelectronics at NIST

September 1, 1996

Author(s)

Gordon W. Day

Intracycle Evaporative Cooling in a Vapor Compression Cycle (NISTIR 5873)

September 1, 1996

Author(s)

B. S. Kim, Piotr A. Domanski

The temperature glide of zeotropic mixtures during phase change provides the opportunity to limit throttling losses of the refrigeration cycle by intracycle...

Comparative High Voltage Impulse Measurements

September 1, 1996

Author(s)

Gerald FitzPatrick, Edward F. Kelley

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