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The various activities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the development of a Product Data Exchange Standard (PDES) will be...
The Automated Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF) is a unique engineering laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for...
Refrigerant 22 flow through short tube restrictors was investigated. The analysis pertained to initially subcooled refrigerant flowing through short tubes with...
Richard W. Bukowski, Richard D. Peacock, Walter W. Jones, C. L. Forney
This report describes the first version of a method for predicting the hazards to occupants involved in a building fire. To implement the method, a personal...
This report is a basic guide to the use of the GMAP System Architecture as installed on the NIST AMRF VAX as part of the National PDES Testbed Project. An...
The properties of nine halogenated hydrocarbons are collected from a variety of sources, including unpublished data. These data are evaluated and correlated...
FAST (fire and smoke transport) is a zone model capable of predicting the environment in a multi- compartment structure subjected to a fire. This reference...
A procedure is presented for determining the cooling performance ratings of air-source unitary air conditioners and heat pumps consisting of a condensing unit...
The course of the fire is traced in terms of developing fire phenomena. Special emphasis is given to burning rate of building furnishings, smoke layer...