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FIRE PATTERN REPEATABILITY: A LABORATORY STUDY ON GYPSUM WALLBOARD

September 1, 2010
Author(s)
Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Charles Fleischmann
… variability of burn patterns. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting a multi-year … of Justice (NIJ) and the NIST Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES), to examine the repeatability of burn …

Research Required to Support Full Implementation of Performance-Based Seismic Design

April 15, 2009
Author(s)
William Holmes, Andre Filiatrault, John Hooper, Nicolas Luco, Jack Moehle, Maryann Phipps
… the performance expected from use of prescriptive code or standards requirements in designing new buildings and … results of this task will not only improve the codes and standards but also will facilitate an orderly transition to …

Ultra-Low Level Plutonium Isotopes in the NIST SRM 4355A (Peruvian Soil-1)

January 9, 2009
Author(s)
Kenneth G. Inn, Jerome LaRosa, Svetlana Nour, James J. Filliben, George Brooks, Stephen Lamont, Rob Steiner, Ross W. Williams, Brad Patton, Debbie Bostick, Gregory Eiden, Steve Petersen, Donna Beals, James Cadieux, Greg Hall, Steve Goldenberg, Stephen Vogt
… facilities have relied on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standard Reference Material …

Charge Nucleation and Wear on Mica Surfaces

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
J Batteas
The area of nanotribology has advanced greatly in the past 17 years with the introduction of scanned probe microscopies for the characterization of surface properties. The ability to probe the details of structure, friction and adhesion on a local atomic

Perspectives on the Future of Manufacturing Engineering

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
R Jackson
… of relevant projects involving the National Institute of Standards and Technology and industrial partners will be … to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards. …

Final Report of the National Construction Safety Team on the Collapses of the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigations of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, Richard G. Gann, William L. Grosshandler, Hai S. Lew, Richard W. Bukowski, Fahim Sadek, Frank W. Gayle, Therese P. McAllister, Jason D. Averill, James R. Lawson, Harold E. Nelson, Stephen A. Cauffman
… This is the final report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) econstruction of the … the towers; and areas in current building and fire codes, standards, and practices that warrant revision. Extensive …

Test of CD-SEM Shape-Sensitive Linewidth Measurement

July 1, 2004
Author(s)
John S. Villarrubia, Andras Vladar, Michael T. Postek
In a model-based library (MBL) approach to scanning electron microscope (SEM) linewidth measurement, a library of simulation results for a range of lineshapes is searched for a match to the measured image of the unknown line. Compared to standard

A Link-Level Simulator of the cdma2000 Reverse-Link Physical Layer

August 1, 2003
Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi, F Chin, K Ban, R Wyatt-Millington
… system is an evolutionary enhancement of the IS-95 standards which support 3G services defined by the … cdma2000 models were developed at theNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), using SPW (SignalProcessing …

Thermal Measurements for Fire Fighters' Protective Clothing

December 3, 2001
Author(s)
James R. Lawson, R Vettori
… Work is underway at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to identify measurement needs for … of measurement issues critical to the development of standards for fire fighters' protective clothing and the …

Suppression of Fires Exposed to an External Radiant Flux

December 1, 2001
Author(s)
Michelle K. Donnelly, William L. Grosshandler
When materials are burning in the presence of a continuous, external energy source, they are often more difficult to extinguish and may require an increase in suppression agent to extinguish the fire. This situation could exist for class C fires involving

Accuracy and Versatility of the NIST M48 Coordinate Measuring Machine

October 1, 2001
Author(s)
John R. Stoup, Theodore D. Doiron
… excellent measurement results for gage blocks, long end standards, step gages, ring and plug gages, small holes, ball … such as plain ring gages, large plug gages, and long end standards, will be presented along with other proposed …
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