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Christopher C. White, R. S. Williams, Steve Lacher, Corey C. Halpin
A new cyclic fatigue test apparatus (CFTA) was developed at the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. The new CFTA is computer-controlled and powered by electric linear actuators. Computer control allows the CFTA to subject specimens to specific
Christopher C. White, R. S. Williams, Steve Lacher, Corey C. Halpin
To develop service-life prediction methods for the study of sealants, a fully instrumented weather station was installed at an outdoor test site near Madison, Wisconsin. Temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, ultraviolet (UV) radiation at 18 wavelengths
Metal oxide fillers, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2), are heavily utilized in polymeric coatings and plastics for opacification, pigmentation, and mechanical enhancement. It is well known that the photoreactivity of TiO2 can contribute to the degradation
Over the years, NIST has been very active in adhesion research. Although there has never been an organizational group or large-scale program that focused specifically on this topic, a wide variety of projects have had adhesion, or related properties, as a
Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Kar T. Tan
The effects of applied strain on sealants exposed to outdoor weathering were examined for two sealant formulations, sealants A and C. Both static and dynamic strain was applied to the sealants during the summer in a Gaithersburg, MD-outdoor location. Both
Konstantinos Kyritsis, Christopher Hall, Dale P. Bentz, Nicola Meller, Moira A. Wilson
Cement-based materials used to seal geothermal or deep oil wells are exposed to severe conditions. Optimizing engineering properties such as strength and permeability is therefore very important. We have synthesized hydroceramic materials for such
** DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (for Final Version see NIST TN 1681) ** This document is intended to provide practicing engineers and building code officials with a technical resource that contains the current best practice for fire-resistant design of
Assessing the fluid-to-solid transition in cementitious systems at early-ages is crucial for scheduling construction operations, determining when laboratory testing can begin, and for assessing when computer simulations of shrinkage stress should begin
Kar T. Tan, Bryan D. Vogt, Christopher C. White, Kristen Hamilton, Nicholas Wagman, Joshua E. Goldman, Jessica M. Torres, Kristen L. Steffens, Cyril Clerici, Sushil K. Satija, Donald L. Hunston
There are many advantages that structural adhesives can offer compared to the more traditional joining methods, such as welding, bolting, mechanical fastening, etc. However, there are some issues that currently limit the wider application of adhesives. One
Joannie W. Chin, Sylvain H. Petit, Amanda L. Forster, Michael A. Riley, Kirk D. Rice
During routine field use of soft body armor, the ballistic panels often become saturated with perspiration. This condition motivates the user to clean and/or deodorize the armor, and anecdotal evidence is given for various methods used to accomplish this
Dale P. Bentz, Max A. Peltz, Kenneth A. Snyder, Jeffrey M. Davis
Our nation's infrastructure and long term containment of nuclear waste are two critical applications requiring concrete with an increased service life. In this paper, a new paradigm for increasing concrete service life is presented. Since diffusion of