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2013 Summer Programs for Science Teachers

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications for the 2013 NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers and
Set of Grand Master Thread Gauges

Gauging the Needs of the Petroleum Industry

When he looked at the dramatic increase in his laboratory's thread gauge calibration income – a 50 % increase over last year and a 1000 % increase from 14 years

Marciniak Multiaxial Testing

A novel method for measuring multiaxial stress-strain curves in sheet metal has been designed based on a modified Marciniak punch stretching geometry. Since the

Yield Surface Measurement

In order to calculate the stresses that develop within a formed part, and thereby compensate for such things as elastic springback, it is necessary for the
Marlin Kraft adjusts a current shunt connection.

Minimizing Uncertainty in Current Events

The electrical power industry – and the equipment makers and calibration laboratories that serve it – need to be able to quantify DC currents of hundreds or