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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Standard Test Methods and Data for Modeling Crashworthiness

Author(s)
Richard J. Fields, Timothy J. Foecke, Roland deWit, G E. Hicho, Lyle E. Levine
This report determines what data is typically needed for models predicting crash behavior, reviews the methods available to obtain such data, and identifies

Process Specification Language: An Analysis of Existing Representations

Author(s)
Amy Knutilla, Craig I. Schlenoff, Steven R. Ray, Stephen T. Polyak, Austin Tate, S C. Cheah, Richard C. Anderson
The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Process Specification Language (PSL) project is to investigate and arrive at a neutral

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Tethered Chains

Author(s)
Raymond D. Mountain, Joseph B. Hubbard
A description is provided for a molecular dynamics code that simulates the dynamics of long chain molecules tethered to a smooth surface. The operation of the

Fracture Toughness Data for Brittle Materials

Author(s)
R G. Munro, Stephen W. Freiman, T L. Baker
Fracture toughness data, as represented by the critical stress intensity factor, K Ic, and the fracture energy, γ, have been compiled from publicly accessible

Aircraft Cargo Area Fire Detection (NISTIR 6146)

Author(s)
D Blake, J O'Sullivan, S Hammann, M L. Kolleck, Thomas Cleary
Overviews of fire deteciton in aircraft cargo areas were presented by David Blake of the Federal Aviation Administration, John O'Sullivan of British Airways

Workspace Variation of a Hexapod Machine Tool

Author(s)
J Conti, C Clinton, Li Zhang, Albert J. Wavering
A method is presented to evaluate the workspace variation of a Stewart platform based machine tool. Three sets of constraints, covering strut lengths, platform

Small Angle Scattering by Dislocations

Author(s)
R Thomson, Lyle E. Levine, Gabrielle G. Long
It is shown that the small-angle scattering of x rays or neutrons by dislocations in a deformed metal, which are partially ordered into wall-like structures, is

Metallurgy of the RMS Titanic

Author(s)
Timothy J. Foecke
Metallurgical and mechanical analyses were performed on steel and rivet samples recovered from the wreck of the RMS Titanic. It was found that the steel
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