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Ryan Felts, Marc Leh, Tracy A. McElvaney, Dereck R. Orr
The Public Safety community is in a period of great transition. Over the next 20 years, technology advancements will enable data, video, and eventually voice
Accurate quantitative data on cement and clinker microstructure images can prove valuable for monitoring and controlling the manufacturing of cement-based
Craig G. Weinschenk, Kristopher Overholt, Daniel M. Madrzykowski
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), which is a fire model that is developed and maintained by the Na- tional Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was used
Chiara F. Ferraris, Nicos Martys, Myoungsung Choi, Van Bui, Trey Hamilton, Didier Lootens
With the increasing use of pumping to place concrete, the development and refinement of the industry practice to ensure successful concrete pumping is becoming
The room temperature tensile properties of iron with different purity levels (commercially pure, high-purity, and ultra-high-purity) were characterized at
Enrico Lucon, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo, Stephane Lefrancois
As a contribution to the establishment of an international scale for instrumented Charpy testing, aimed at ensuring that impact forces are obtained more
Brian J. Polidoro, Lisa C. Ng, William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich, Andrew K. Persily
As building envelope performance and HVAC equipment efficiencies continue to be improved to reduce building energy use, a greater percentage of the total energy
Kevin L. Mills, James J. Filliben, Christopher E. Dabrowski
We characterize the effects of asymmetries, dynamics, and failures when introduced into a cloud computing simulator, which had previously been characterized
Paul D. Domich, Betsy Pettit, Arthur H. Fanney, William M. Healy
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding built the Net Zero Residential
Betsy Pettit, Cathy Gates, Arthur H. Fanney, William M. Healy
Homeowners and builders have increasingly strived to build low energy use and environmentally friendly homes. As materials and equipment have improved, energy
A workshop was held at NIST Gaithersburg on October 27 and 28, 2014 to discuss the exothermic reaction of halogenated hydrocarbons. The industries that gathered
Richard G. Gann, Morgan Bruns, Amanda Robbins, Edward J. Hnetkovsky, Michael Ladas
The introduction of cigarette ignition propensity standards has led to a reduction in the availability of high ignition propensity commercial cigarettes. Since
Marc A. Weiss, John Eidson, Charles Barry, David Broman, Bob Iannucci, Edward A. Lee, Kevin Stanton, Sr, Leon Goldin
A new economy built on the massive growth of endpoints on the internet will require precise and verifiable timing in ways that current systems do not support
Several American National Standard Institute/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (ANSI/IEEE) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Enrico Lucon, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo
Modern line pipe steels are characterized by a continuously increasing ratio between ductility and mechanical strength, which makes it difficult to interpret
Enrico Lucon, Christopher N. McCowan, Raymond L. Santoyo
In this investigation, we performed instrumented Charpy tests in order to characterize the impact properties of three steels, used by NIST for the production of
Primary focus of this paper is to review existing test methods that quantify steam burn injuries and to compare bench-scale test methods that use pre-wetted
Shonali Nazare, William M. Pitts, Szabolcs Matko, Rick D. Davis
This study reports on the smoldering propensity of commercially available barrier fabrics (BFs) in a small-scale upholstered seating mock-up configuration. Most
Shonali Nazare, William M. Pitts, Szabolcs Matko, Rick D. Davis
This study reports on the smoldering propensity of commercially available barrier fabrics (BFs) in a small-scale mock-up configuration. Most BFs are smolder
Defensive code is instructions added to software for the purpose of hardening it against uncontrolled failures and security problems. It is often assumed that
Mark W. Davis, William M. Healy, Matthew Boyd, Lisa Ng, William V. Payne, Harrison Skye, Tania Ullah
NIST has constructed a Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility that will be used as a testbed for investigating the measurement science related to systems
Andrew K. Persily, Liang Chung J. Lo, Steven J. Nabinger, Dustin Poppendieck, Li Piin Sung
Polymer and other coatings are commonly used to protect, enhance, or decorate wood, plastic and metal products used in homes and other buildings. Nanoparticles
Kristopher J. Overholt, Craig G. Weinschenk, Daniel M. Madrzykowski
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), which is a fire model that is developed and maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was used to
This report provides an example application of screening techniques in experimental computer science, including validation and selection of metrics and measures
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff is considering developing a performance standard to address the hazard of acute residential carbon
Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Emmerich, Brian J. Polidoro
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and others are concerned about the hazard of acute residential carbon monoxide (CO) exposures from portable