Technology & Engineering

This report presents three case studies that illustrate how geographic information systems (GIS) have been used to implement the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Planning and Environment...

In this report, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides a review of the state-of-the-art on how fire effluent might affect people. The available scientific literature on...

The objective of this study was to better understand the relative change in sound level from an activated PASS when it is being used by a firefighter. The alarm signal sound level can be affected by...

Although the number of Christmas tree fires is low, these fires carry a higher level of hazard than other fires that occur in a residential structure. This study, supported by the U. S. Fire...

A model is presented that describes the heat transfer through a gypsum wallboard partition assembly incorporating the mass transport effects of water in liquid and vapor form. Sources of water...

This Addendum to the Mars Reference Mission was developed as a companion document to NASA Special Publication 6107, "Human Exploration of Mars: The Reference Mission of the NASA Exploration Study...

This report describes certification of the Mw of SRM 2888, a polystyrene (PS), by light scattering. As supplemental numbers, the Mn by NMR end group analysis and the Mw, Mn and the MMD by...

This document describes measurement services, instrumentation, and techniques for regular spectral transmittance over the spectral range from 250 nm to 2500 nm at the National Institute of Standards...

In this document, the authors provide an overview of the gas flow calibration service and the procedures for customers to submit their flowmeters to the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

The Special Publication 250-72 presents the detailed descriptions of the Liquid Volume Calibration Services offered by NIST. Information provided in this document includes: 1) specifications for the...

US-VISIT requested that the biometrics usability team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) examine the current US-VISIT face image collection process to identify any usability...

Concerns about building security have resulted in increasing interest in gas phase air cleaning (GPAC) and the need for standard methods to determine the effectiveness of these systems. Similarly,...

Since the publication of its first report in September 2002, the Administration has continued to place a high priority on measures to ensure a level playing field and create a healthy, competitive...

A standard methodology exists for estimating the flux from front projection displays by sampling the projected illuminance of a white source signal. With the advent and use of white projection...

Underground coal mining companies that operate continuous miner sections often apply to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for approval to take extended cuts to depths of up to 40 ft as...

Fugro Pelagos, Inc. (FPI) was contracted by GRW Engineers to conduct a site survey for the USACE (and ultimately Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary-OCNMS) along a portion of coastline from...

On November 22, 1997, a frost ring that signified product leakage was discovered on the bottom center of a tank car that was being unloaded at the Georgia Gulf Corporation chemical plant in Pasadena,...

On April15, 2003, a non specification cargo tank used by River Valley Cooperative (River Valley) exclusively for agricultural purposes as a nurse tank split open after being filled with anhydrous...

On May 1, 2001, a tractor-semi-trailer that had horizontally mounted cylinders filled with compressed hydrogen struck a pickup truck near Ramona, Oklahoma. During the accident, some of its cylinders,...

This must-have book will guide you through your first steps in 3D printing at home! Get started with a solid overview of concepts and techniques and learn the basics of 3D construction with essential...

In this short book the author has attempted to convey, in plain non-technical language, a general idea of the conditions under which aircraft is playing its part in the War, and also to indicate the...

The six important technical areas were selected by the workshop organizing committee, a group of experts from the auto and steel industries, and scientists from several National Laboratories...

For structures sensitive to wind directionality, methods for the estimation of wind effects require the use of time series of directional wind speeds covering time periods exceeding the length of the...

Pollution Free Environment ( from Fuels and Oils ) for the GenerationsAuthor: Bhupindar SinghPublisher: XlibrisPublication Date: Jun 04, 2014Number of Pages: 54 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Harry was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. On finishing high school, he went to England and was hired as a Trainee Engineer by a large Civil Engineering & Building contractor. Training initially...

This Recommendation specifies mechanisms for the generation of random bits using deterministic methods. The methods provided are based on either hash functions, block cipher algorithms or number...

This document provides information on the location and coverage of each photograph returned by the Lunar Orbitar series of spacecraft. Small-scale maps show the overall coverage of each mission and...

The hedonic method provides a mechanism for the impact on the price of a composite good of a new product innovation. Under the right circumstances, and with the right data, it can even help estimate...

This report details analyses in the development of certain correction factors for free-air ionization chambers used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to realize air kerma for its...

Computer-interpretable representations of system structure and behavior are at the center of designing today's complex systems. Engineers create and review such representations using graphical...