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COMPUTATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR MODELING AND ENHANCING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: INTRODUCING THE CENTER FOR RISK-BASED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PLANNING

December 10, 2015
Author(s)
John W. van de Lindt, Bruce Ellingwood, Therese P. McAllister, Gardoni Paolo, Daniel Cox, Harvey Cutler, Walter G. Peacock
… the built environment generally is governed by codes and standards, which are applicable to individual facilities and … other infrastructure sectors. The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently awarded a new Center of …

Seebeck Coefficient Metrology: Do Contemporary Protocols Measure Up?

January 29, 2015
Author(s)
Joshua B. Martin, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Martin L. Green
Comparative measurements of the Seebeck coefficient are challenging due to the diversity of instrumentation and measurement protocols. With the implementation of standardized measurement protocols and the use of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs®), for

The Half-Life of 209Po : Revisited

August 13, 2014
Author(s)
Ronald Colle, Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Lizbeth Laureano-Perez
A substantial 25 % error in the then known and accepted (102  5) year half-life of 209Po was reported on in 2007. This error was detected from decay data from two separate primary standardizations of a 209Po solution standard, which were performed

Thermophysical Properties of Chlorine from Speed-of-Sound Measurements

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
John J. Hurly
The speed of sound was measured in gaseous chlorine using a highly precise acoustic resonance technique. The data span the temperature range 260 K to 440 K and the pressure range 100 kPa to the lesser of 1500 kPa or 80 % of the sample's vapor pressure. A

Performance Evaluation of Phasor Measurement Systems

July 1, 2008
Author(s)
Zhenyu Huang, Bogdan Kasztenny, Vahid Madani, Ken Martin, Sakis Meliopoulos, Damir Novosel, Gerard N. Stenbakken
… phasor quality on applications, the NASPI Performance and Standards Task Team (PSTT) has prepared two comprehensive …

A Test Methodology for Multiple Sensor Multiple Criteria Alarms

September 26, 2004
Author(s)
Thomas G. Cleary
… to be advanced in order to demonstrate to stakeholders (standards organizations, testing laboratories, manufacturers, … fire detection performance, but there are no consensus standards related to nuisance sources, which are typically …

Intramural comparison of NIST laser and optical fiber power calibrations

March 1, 2004
Author(s)
John H. Lehman, Igor Vayshenker, David J. Livigni, Joshua A. Hadler
… nm. The optical detectors have been designated as checks standards for the purpose of routine intracomparison of our … of the quality-system document, ISO 17025. The check standards are two optical-trap detectors: one based on … The results indicate that the responsivity of the check standards, as determined independently using the four …

What Is This Thing Called Conformance?

December 1, 2000
Author(s)
Lynne S. Rosenthal, Mary C. Brady
… they do it. OASIS, NIST, and W3C are building it. And, standards often require it. What is it?Conformance is usually …

Body Dimensions for Apparel

January 1, 1994
Author(s)
Yung-Tsun T. Lee
… satisfactorily. In the United States, current sizing standards rely on body measurement data that were gathered by … documentation of national and international apparel sizing standards. The information in this report will provide the … surveys and the development of new or improved sizing standards for apparel. …

Effects of Sample Mounting on Flammability Properties of Intumescent Polymers

January 1, 1993
Author(s)
Takashi Kashiwagi, Thomas G. Cleary
Various flammability properties of polycarbonate samples were measured with the Cone Calorimeter and Lateral Ignition and Flame Spread, LIFT, devices at various external fluxes. Four different sample mountings were used with the Cone Calorimeter to

Experience with IMDAS in the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility

July 1, 1989
Author(s)
Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Jane Lo
… unique engineering laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Manufacturing … other government agencies can use to experiment with new standards and to study new methods of measurement and quality …

Loading Protocols and Backbone Curves: U.S. and Japan Perspectives

September 13, 2020
Author(s)
Bruce F. Maison, Kazuhiko Kasai, Matthew Speicher
With the gaining popularity of performance-based engineering, it is essential to have reliable estimates of component (e.g., steel beam or column) performance under actual earthquake loading demands. In the United States, a component backbone curve
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