NIST Pubs

Measuring Water Flow Rate for a Fire Hose Using a Wireless Sensor Network for Smart Fire Fighting

November 19, 2019

Author(s)

Christopher U. Brown, Gregory W. Vogl, Wai Cheong Tam

Measuring Water Flow Rate for a Fire Hose Using Wired Accelerometers for Smart Fire Fighting

November 19, 2019

Author(s)

Christopher U. Brown, Gregory W. Vogl, Wai Cheong Tam

Compartment Fire Experiments on Long-Span Composite-Beams with Simple Shear Connections, Part 2: Test Results

November 19, 2019

Author(s)

Lisa Y. Choe, Selvarajah Ramesh, Matthew S. Hoehler, Mina S. Seif, Matthew F. Bundy, John Reilly, Branko Glisic

NIST Big Data Interoperability Framework: Volume 2, Big Data Taxonomies

November 18, 2019

Author(s)

Wo L. Chang, Nancy Grady

Big Data is a term used to describe the large amount of data in the networked, digitized, sensor-laden, information-driven world. While opportunities exist with...

Voter Records Interchange Common Data Format Specification Version 1.0

November 14, 2019

Author(s)

John P. Wack

This document presents a specification for voter records data interchange related to voter registration, i.e., registration requests from online voter...

Reference Correlation for the Viscosity of Cyclopentane from the Triple Point to 460 K and up to 380 MPa

November 14, 2019

Author(s)

K.A. Tasidou, Marcia L. Huber, Marc J. Assael

This paper presents a new wide-ranging correlation for the viscosity of cyclopentane based on critically evaluated experimental data. The correlation is...

Guidebook for Standards-Based Testing of Radiation-Detection Systems

November 12, 2019

Author(s)

Leticia S. Pibida, Chritina Forrested, Peter Chiaro, Don Potter

This guide describes the test setups and processes needed to perform standards-based testing of radiological and nuclear detection systems. This guide is...

Specific Volume-Cooling Rate Analysis: Glass Transition of Cross-linked Epoxy in Atomistic Simulation

November 8, 2019

Author(s)

Ketan S. Khare, Frederick R. Phelan Jr.

This is a technical video that animates a Figure in a previously published manuscript. Hence, only requires notation. Published manuscript: https://pubs.acs.org...

Notes from the NIST Research Innovation to Implementation in Forensic Science Symposium (RI2I)

November 5, 2019

Author(s)

Richard R. Cavanagh

Human Factors in Smart Home Technologies Workshop Summary

November 4, 2019

Author(s)

Julie Haney, Susanne M. Furman

On September 24, 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted a one- day workshop entitled "Human Factors in Smart Home Technologies."...

Influence of Isotopologue Dipole Moments on Precision Dielectric-Constant Measurements

November 4, 2019

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey

Measurements of the relative permittivity (dielectric constant) of fluids such as methane have been interpreted with the assumption that the substance has zero...

NIST time and frequency bulletin - November 2019:

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Kelsey Rodriguez

Voices of first responders - examining public safety communication from the rural perspective::findings from user-centered interviews phase 1, volume 3

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Kristen K Greene, Shaneï¿½ Dawkins, Mary F Theofanos, Michelle Steves, Susanne Furman, Yee-Yin Choong, Sandra Spickard Prettyman

Voter records interchange common data format specification ::version 1.0

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Sam Dana, John Dziurlaj, E John Sebes, Paul Stenbjorn, John P Wack, Sarah Whitt

Cast vote records common data format specification::version 1.0

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

John Wack, Sam Dana, Herb Deutsch, John Dziurlaj, Ian Piper

Notes from the NIST Research Innovation to Implementation in Forensic Science Symposium (RI2I)::June 19-20, 2019

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Richard R Cavanagh, Aislinn Berge, Amanda Coute, Ron Fazio, Timothy Graham, Charla Marshall, Jennifer Miller, Lawrance Mullen, Amanda Sozer, Charlotte Word

Developing cyber resilient systems::a systems security engineering approach

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Ron Ross, Victoria Pillitteri, Richard Graubart, Deborah Bodeau, Rosalie McQuaid

Annual manufacturing review::2019

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas S Thomas

Uniform laws and regulations in the areas of legal metrology and fuel quality as adopted by the 104th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2019:

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Breyanna Blackwell, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield, Douglas Olson

Checking the net contents of packaged goods as adopted by the 104th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2019:

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Breyanna Blackwell, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield, Douglas Olson

Optical-Fiber Power Meter Comparison between NIST and LAMETRO

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Johnny Jimenez, Maria Ugalde, John H. Lehman, Igor Vayshenker

We describe the results of a comparison of reference standards between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST-USA) and Laboratorio de...

Annual Manufacturing Review: 2019

October 31, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

This report provides an overview of the US manufacturing industry. There are three aspects of US manufacturing that are considered: (1) how the US industry...

NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2020 Ed.)

October 30, 2019

Author(s)

Tina Butcher, Gloria Lee, Juana Williams, Breyanna M. Blackwell

NIST Handbook 44 was first published in 1949, having been preceded by similar handbooks of various designations and in several forms, beginning in 1918. NIST...

Airflow and Indoor Air Quality Models of DOE Prototype Commercial Buildings

October 24, 2019

Author(s)

Lisa C. Ng, Amy Musser, Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Emmerich

An previous report, NIST Technical Note 1734, Airflow and Indoor Air Quality Models of DOE Reference Commercial Buildings [1], detailed the CONTAM models of the...

Compartment Fire Experiments on Long-Span Composite-Beams with Simple Shear Connections Part 1: Experiment Design and Beam Behavior at Ambient Temperature

October 22, 2019

Author(s)

Selvarajah Ramesh, Lisa Choe, Mina S. Seif, Matthew Hoehler, William L. Grosshandler, Ana Sauca, Matthew Bundy, William E. Luecke, Yi Bao, Matthew Klegseth, Genda Chen, John Reilly, Branko Glisic

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently expanded its large-scale structural-fire testing capabilities in the National Fire Research...

Development of a Standard Fire Condition for a Large Compartment Floor Assembly

October 22, 2019

Author(s)

Ana Sauca, Chao Zhang, William L. Grosshandler, Matthew Bundy, Lisa Choe

This report presents the experimental investigation of a test fire in a large compartment of about 10 m wide, 7 m deep and 3.8 m high constructed in the...

NIST Big Data Interoperability Framework: Volume 1, Definitions

October 21, 2019

Author(s)

Wo L. Chang, Nancy Grady

Big Data is a term used to describe the large amount of data in the networked, digitized, sensor-laden, information-driven world. The growth of data is...

NIST Big Data Interoperability Framework: Volume 3, Use Cases and General Requirements

October 21, 2019

Author(s)

Wo L. Chang, Geoffrey Fox

Big Data is a term used to describe the large amount of data in the networked, digitized, sensor-laden, information-driven world. While opportunities exist with...

NIST Big Data Interoperability Framework: Volume 6, Reference Architecture

October 21, 2019

Author(s)

Wo L. Chang, David Boyd, Orit Levin

Big Data is a term used to describe the large amount of data in the networked, digitized, sensor-laden, information-driven world. While opportunities exist with...

NIST Big Data Interoperability Framework: Volume 7, Standards Roadmap

October 21, 2019

Author(s)

Wo L. Chang, Russell Reinsch, David Boyd, Carl Buffington

While opportunities exist with Big Data, the data can overwhelm traditional technical approaches. To advance progress in Big Data, the NIST Big Data Public...