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This paper demonstrates that the effects of the ceiling on the progress of a wall fire are quite significant, and that a project to quantify and model the...
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Charles Dinkel
[Withdrawn on October 19, 2015] The Automated Password Generator Standard specifies an algorithm to generate passwords for the protection of computer resources...
The NIST EXPRESS Toolkit is a software library for building EXPRESS-related tools. This paper gives an introduction, overview, and history of the toolkit. This...
The purpose of the workshop, held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on December 10-11, 1992, was to review the existing and required...
Glenn P. Forney, Richard W. Bukowski, William D. Davis
This report documents the work performed during the first year of the International Fire Detection Research Project sponsored by the National Fire Protection...
Kevin B. McGrattan, Anthony D. Putorti Jr., W H. Twilley, D D. Evans
Experimentation, analysis, and modeling have been performed to predict the downwind dispersion of smoke resulting from in situ burning of oil spills. North...
James E. Fowler, Kevin K. Jurrens, Mark E. Luce, Howard T. Moncarz
One of the primary focus areas of the NIST Rapid Response Manufacturing (RRM) intramural project is to establish an RRM Testbed Laboratory. This RRM Testbed...
The National PDES project at NIST is focused on the development and implementation of the emerging international standard for the exchange of product model data...
This report documents an assessment of the State-of-the-Art in Rapid Prototyping (RP) systems for mechanical parts. This technology area has been identified as...
This report contains an attendance list, handout materials, copies of visuals from invited papers, and notes from three breakout sessions held during a June 30...
This paper addresses applications of zone fire models to simulate smoke flow in multistory buildings. Natural flows in buildings are discussed. A zero order...
This document describes a reference model (RM) for Software Engineering Environment (SEE) Frameworks. This clause provides some motivation for the work...
The Database Language SQL (SQL) is a standard interface for accessing and manipulating relational databases. An SQL-compliant database management system (DBMS)...
Thomas J. Ohlemiller, K M. Villa, E Braun, K Eberhardt, Richard H. Harris Jr., James R. Lawson
Research funded under the Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-352) has led to the development of two test methods for measuring the ignition propensity of...
Test results of hybrid post-tensioned precast concrete beam-to-column connections are presented. These tests represent Phase IV A of an experimental program on...