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Economics of Egress Alternatives and Life-Safety Costs

September 30, 2010
Author(s)
Robert E. Chapman, David T. Butry, Allison L. Huang, Douglas S. Thomas
Fire protection measures are needed to maintain the safety and integrity of the Nation s building stock and to limit loss of life and property when building fires do occur. Statistics published by the National Fire Protection Association demonstrate that

Methodology for Calculating Construction Industry Supply Chain Statistics

September 30, 2010
Author(s)
Douglas S. Thomas
Data from the Economic Census provides detailed statistics on the construction industry; however, the data is only gathered every five years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides statistics on the construction industry on an annual basis, but these

2009 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'09) Workshop

July 9, 2010
Author(s)
Rajmohan Madhavan, Elena R. Messina
The Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) workshop is dedicated to defining measures and methodologies of evaluating performance of intelligent systems. The main theme of the ninth iteration of the workshop, PerMIS'09, addressed the question

A Sensor-Driven Fire Model, Version 1.2

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
William D. Davis
Modern building fire sensors are capable of supplying substantially more information to the fire service than just the simple detection of a possible fire. In order to use this information, a decision support system needs to be developed that interprets a

Physics Laboratory: Activities, Accomplishments & Recognition 2008-2009

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Jonathan E. Hardis
This report summarizes the research and measurement science carried out during 2008-2009 in the NIST Physics Laboratory. The Laboratory supports U.S. industry, government, and the scientific community by providing measurement services and research for

NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0

January 10, 2010
Author(s)
George W. Arnold, David A. Wollman, Gerald FitzPatrick, Dean Prochaska, David Holmberg, David H. Su, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Nada T. Golmie, Tanya L. Brewer, Mark Bello, Paul A. Boynton
Under the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is assigned "primary responsibility to coordinate development of a framework that includes protocols and model standards for

SRM NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog, January 2010

January 4, 2010
Author(s)
Regina R. Montgomery, Joan C. Sauerwein
NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) are used by industry, government, and academia to ensure the highest quality measurements. This catalog lists over 1100 individual reference materials produced and sold by NIST, each with carefully assigned values

Time and Frequency Users Manual

September 2, 2009
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi
This book is for the person who needs information about making time and frequency measurements. It is written at a level that will satisfy those with a casual interest as well as laboratory engineers and technicians who use time and frequency every day. It

FIRE FACTS

August 28, 2009
Author(s)
James R. Lawson
Fire Facts gives the reader an ordered series of temperature and heat flux values that may be associated to fire growth conditions and relates these exposure conditions to specific physical responses. The thermal conditions are presented in ascending order

Building Occupant Safety Research 2008

June 12, 2009
Author(s)
Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard W. Bukowski
Historically, building egress systems have evolved in response to specific large loss incidents. Currently, systems are designed around a concept of providing stair capacity for the largest occupant load floor in the building with little or no

Maintenance and Validation of Liquid-in-Glass Thermometers

January 1, 2009
Author(s)
Christina D. Cross, Dean C. Ripple, Gregory F. Strouse
Liquid-in-glass thermometers are pervasive in use throughout industry and provide a convenient method for measuring temperature over for a broad range of applications with reasonable stability and accuracy. However, liquid-in-glass thermometers are subject

Measurement of Axisymmetric Crystallographic Texture

January 1, 2009
Author(s)
Mark D. Vaudin
Crystallographic texture has for many years been the fiefdom of metallurgists and geologists, who have developed elegant methodologies for the analysis of highly complex textures and texture evolutions. Over the past two decades, the importance and
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