Performance of the Norris Cotton Federal Office Building for the First 3 Years of Operation (open access)

Performance of the Norris Cotton Federal Office Building for the First 3 Years of Operation

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over use of the Norris Cotton Federal Building. The report focuses on the energy conservation features of the building. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1981
Creator: Hill, James Edward; May, William B., Jr.; Richtmyer, Thomas E.; Elder, Jacqueline; Tibbott, Robert L.; Yonemura, Gary T. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining Cost-Effective Insulation Levels for Masonry and Wood-Frame Walls in New Single-Family Housing (open access)

Determining Cost-Effective Insulation Levels for Masonry and Wood-Frame Walls in New Single-Family Housing

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over calculations for cost-effective insulation in single-family housing. Different calculations are made with regards to location, energy pricing, heating and cooling equipment available, and financial criteria. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1981
Creator: Petersen, Stephen R.; Barnes, Kimberly A. & Peavy, Bradley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Measurement in the Standard Penetration Test (open access)

Energy Measurement in the Standard Penetration Test

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over standard penetration testing. The history, limitations, and testing procedures are presented. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: August 1981
Creator: Kovacs, William D.; Salomone, Lawrence A. & Yokel, Felix Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ring-On-Ring Tests and Load Capacity of Cladding Glass (open access)

Ring-On-Ring Tests and Load Capacity of Cladding Glass

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on the load capacity of cladding glass. Testing methods are discussed. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Simiu, Emil; Reed, Dorothy A.; Yancey, Charles W. C.; Martin, Jonathan W.; Hendrickson, Erik M.; Gonzalez, Armando C. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Construction Failure of Harbour Cay Condominium in Cocoa Beach, Florida (open access)

Investigation of Construction Failure of Harbour Cay Condominium in Cocoa Beach, Florida

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over investigations of construction failure in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Factors for the construction failure are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1982
Creator: Lew, H. S.; Carino, N. J.; Fattal, S. G. & Batts, M. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative Measurements of Radio Fading in 1925 (open access)

Cooperative Measurements of Radio Fading in 1925

Scientific paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on radio fading. As stated in the abstract, "the series of measurements on fading were devoted to studies of fading effects during the sunset period, effects during the solar eclipse of January 24, the fading variations throughout a 24-hour day, and the effects of high transmitting power on fading" (p. 419). This paper includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 17, 1927
Creator: Dellinger, J. H.; Jolliffe, C. B. & Parkinson, T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Formulas, Tables and Curves for Computing the Mutual Inductance of Two Coaxial Circles (open access)

Formulas, Tables and Curves for Computing the Mutual Inductance of Two Coaxial Circles

Scientific paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over the mutual inductance of two coaxial circles. As stated in the abstract, "a number of examples are given to show the methods of computation by the different formulas, tables, and charts" (p. 541). This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1924
Creator: Curtis, Harvey L. & Sparks, C. Matilda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brief History of Measurement Systems: with a Chart of the Modernized Metric System (open access)

Brief History of Measurement Systems: with a Chart of the Modernized Metric System

Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards providing an overview of the English system of measurement used in the United States and of the metric system. The internal pages of the pamphlet contain a chart labeled "The Modernized Metric System" which includes tables of common conversions and a chart of the seven base units: meter/length, kilogram/mass, second/time, ampere/electric current, kelvin/temperature, mole/amount of substance, and candela/luminous intensity, as well as two supplementary units: radian/plane angle and steradian/solid angle. There is also a graphic representation of yards versus meters in ruler form at the bottom.
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fitness-for-Service Criteria for Assessing the Significance of Fatigue Cracks in Offshore Structure (open access)

Fitness-for-Service Criteria for Assessing the Significance of Fatigue Cracks in Offshore Structure

Abstract: Results of a research program to develop fitness-for-service criteria for assessing the significance of fatigue cracks in offshore structures are presented in five papers. Each paper describes the goals and approaches to a specific task and details the results of the study.
Date: August 1985
Creator: Cheng, Yi-Wen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library