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Design Procedures for Structures with Supplemental Dampers

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
Fahim Sadek, Michael A. Riley
Passive energy dissipation devices are used to reduce the damage from earthquakes by absorbing a portion of the earthquake-induced energy in structures. Wide acceptance of these devices in structures will depend on the availability of simplified methods

Experiences with Using Solar Photovoltaics to Heat Domestic Water

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
Brian P. Dougherty, Arthur H. Fanney
The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry continues to make progress in increasing the efficiency while reducing the manufacturing costs of PV cells. Economies of scale are being realized as manufacturers expand their production capabilities. Products are

International Standards for Design Life of Constructed Assets

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
C Sjostrom, P Jernberg, G J. Frohnsdorff
In 1993, a working group aimed at developing standards for design life was established in ISO Technical Committee TC59, Building Construction. The working group was later elevated to subcommittee status as ISO/TC59/SC14 - Design Life. The purpose of the

NIST Research on Structural Performance of Housing Systems

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
Fahim Sadek, Michael A. Riley
An outline of NIST research in the area of structural performance of housing systems is presented in this paper. The performance of wood-frame houses in past earthquakes and hur-ricanes is summarized, and the state-of-the-art in experimental and analytical

Premixed Flame Inhibition by Manganese and Tin Compounds

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris, Vadim D. Knyazev, Valeri I. Babushok
In this work we presented the first experimental measurements of influence of manganese- and tin-containing compounds (MMT, TMT0 on burning velocity of methane/air flames. We have also developed kinetic models describing the inhibition mechanisms

Wind and Seismic Effects: Proceedings of the 32nd Joint Meeting

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
Stephen A. Cauffman
This publication contains the proceedings of the 32nd Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Joint Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. The meeting was held May 16-19, 2000, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland (USA

Sublethal Effects of Smoke on Survival and Health

March 26, 2001
Author(s)
Richard G. Gann, Jason D. Averill, Kathryn M. Butler, Walter W. Jones, George W. Mulholland, J L. Neviaser, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, J R. Hall

Particle Image Velocimetry in Flickering Methane/Air Diffusion Flames

March 25, 2001
Author(s)
G Papadopoulos, Rodney A. Bryant, William M. Pitts
Phase-resolved measurements of the velocity field in acoustically forced, flickering laminar co-flowing methane/air diffusion flames have been made. Identical flames have been studied extensively in the past in order to characterize the effects of the

Thermal Agent Extinguishment of Two Types of Diffusion Flames

March 25, 2001
Author(s)
William M. Pitts, Rodney A. Bryant, Jiann C. Yang
The extinguishment of diffusion flames on two types of burners-an opposed-flow Tsuji burner and an axisymmetric burner with a surrounding coflow-by thermal agents has been investigated. Thermal agents are those that act primarily by extracting heat and

Nanomechanical Measurements of Polymeric Systems

March 13, 2001
Author(s)
Mark R. VanLandingham, Christopher C. White, Xiaohong Gu, Tinh Nguyen
Durability, in terms of service life, is often related to the failure due to service conditions of an unacceptable percentage of a product population. In many cases, this percentage is much less than 1 %, and thus the factors affecting early times-to

Toward Next-Generation Construction Machines

March 4, 2001
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus, William C. Stone
Construction equipment is typically massive and operated manually with minimal use of sensors or computers for measurement or control. Research in the Intelligent Systems and Structures Divisions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has

A Tool for Modeling Airflow & Contaminant Transport

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
William S. Dols
Multizone modeling refers to annalysis techniques that use a simplified, zonal representation of a building to study building airflows, pressure differences, and contaminant transport. Each zone is assumed to have uniform temperature, pressure, and

Critical Properties and Phase Separation in Lattice Boltzmann Fluid Mixtures

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
Nicos Martys, Jack F. Douglas
Basic equilibrium properties of Lattice Boltzmann (LB) fluid mixtures (coexistence curve, surface tension, interfacial profile, correlation length) are calculated to characterize the critical phenomena occurring in these model liquids and to establish a

Flammable and Combustible Liquid Spill/Burn Patterns

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
Anthony D. Putorti Jr., Jay A. McElroy, Daniel M. Madrzykowski
Discussions with fire investigators indicate that it would be beneficial to have the ability to predict the quantity of liquid fuel necessary to create a burn pattern of a given size. Full-scale spill and fire experiments were conducted with gasoline and

Laser Scanning for Construction Metrology

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
Geraldine S. Cheok, William C. Stone, Robert R. Lipman, Christoph J. Witzgall, Javier Bernal
This paper summarizes work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the Non-Intrusive Scanning Technologies for Construction Assessment Project. It will briefly describe the initial proof-of-concept phase of this project, the

Mechanical Properties of High-Strength Concrete at Elevated Temperatures

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
Long T. Phan, Nicholas J. Carino
This report describes results of NIST's experimental program that focuses on effects of elevated temperature exposure on mechanical properties of hing strength concrete (HSC). Mechanical properties were measured by heating, with and without preload, the
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