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- Title
- Project Summaries 1998. NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory.
- File
- PB98150220.pdf
- Author(s)
- Raufaste, N. J.
- Source
- July 1998, 244 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NISTIR-6203
- Abstract
- NIST's Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL), one of NIST's seven Laboratories, enhances the competitiveness of U.S. industry and public safety through performance prediction and measurement technologies and technical advances that improve the life cycle quality of constructed facilities. BFRL's efforts are closely coordinated with complementary activities of industry, professional and trade organizations, academia, and other agencies of government. The vision of BFRL, the structure of its technical programs, and the determination and timing of its technical products are based on analyses of industry needs and BFRL's own unique resources and capabilities. This report summarizes BFRL's research for 1998. The report is arranged by its research programs: structural engineering, materials engineering, mechanical and environmental systems, fire safety and engineering, fire science, and applied economics.
- Keywords
- ; Fire safety; Structural engineering; Research management; Standards; Flammability testing; Construction materials; Safety engineering; United States; Fires; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Testing laboratories; Building codes; Construction