Building and Fire Research Programs & Projects | |
700 MHz Band Channel Propagation Model
Last Updated Date: 09/14/2012 To provide telecommunications designers working in public safety communications with channel propagation models to use in simulation and testing. more
Fire Risk Reduction in Buildings Program
Last Updated Date: 08/28/2012 The total cost of fire in the United States in 2008, as defined by NFPA, is estimated at $362 B, or roughly 2.5% of U.S. gross domestic … more
Nanomagnetic Imaging
Last Updated Date: 08/20/2012 The microscopic arrangement of the magnetic structure within a thin metal film plays a fundamental role in many technological applications ranging … more
Novel Sources for Focused-ion Beams
Last Updated Date: 08/14/2012 Focused beams of ions have a wide range of uses, from nanoscale imaging to the fabrication of nanomaterials. At the CNST, researchers … more
Mechanical Performance - Extreme Conditions
Last Updated Date: 08/01/2012 This project provides property data, metrology, and standard test methods for materials systems under extreme conditions for areas critical to US … more
Net-Zero Energy, High-Performance Buildings Program
Last Updated Date: 07/31/2012 Buildings account for 40 % of the primary energy consumption and 72 % of the electricity consumption in the United States, while accounting for 40 … more
Fire Modeling for Performance-Based Design Project
Last Updated Date: 07/12/2012 Two NIST models, CFAST (Consolidated Fire And Smoke Transport) and FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator), are the most widely used models worldwide for … more
Developing Experimental Capabilities for a new National Structural Fire Research Laboratory Project
Last Updated Date: 06/27/2012 This project will develop the tools, safety systems, protective measures, and design reaction frames needed to conduct real-scale experiments in … more
Electron Transport in Graphene
Last Updated Date: 06/06/2012 Graphene, a one-atom thick sheet of carbon, shows great promise as a material for building nanometer-scale electronic devices that would help to … more
Novel Working Fluids for High-Efficiency HVAC&R Equipment Project
Last Updated Date: 06/05/2012 Concerns over global warming and ozone depletion will limit or phase out several refrigerants currently used in commercial and residential cooling … more
Seismic Behavior of Deep Steel Beam-Columns with Plastic Hinges Project
Last Updated Date: 01/20/2012 This project will characterize the behavior of plastic hinge(s) that develop in deep, slender wide-flange steel beam-columns at large deformations … more
Assessment of First Generation PBSD Methods Project
Last Updated Date: 01/20/2012 The project supports two critical problem-focused studies in Performance Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE). The applicability and accuracy of … more
Seismic Design of Wind Load-Controlled Buildings Project
Last Updated Date: 01/20/2012 In some regions of moderate seismicity, particularly in the eastern U.S., design of lateral force resisting systems (LFRS) can be governed by wind … more
Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Walls Project
Last Updated Date: 01/20/2012 This project includes two critical problem-focused tasks in Performance Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE): (1) the evaluation of reinforced … more
Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Structures Project
Last Updated Date: 01/20/2012 A critical need exists for practitioners conducting Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) evaluations to be able to accurately model … more |
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