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Conferences

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH OF TWO X52 PIPELINE STEELS IN A PRESSURIZED HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENT

September 9, 2012

Author(s)

Andrew J. Slifka, Elizabeth S. Drexler, Neha N. Rustagi, Damian S. Lauria, Joseph D. McColskey, Robert L. Amaro

Fatigue crack growth tests were conducted on two API 5L X52 pipeline steel alloys. One alloy was from a new linepipe that was installed for hydrogen service in...

Fatigue Crack Growth of Pipeline Steels in Gaseous Hydrogen- Predictive Model Calibrated to API-5L X52

September 9, 2012

Author(s)

Robert L. Amaro, Elizabeth S. Drexler, Neha N. Rustagi, Nicholas Nanninga, Yaakov Levy, Andrew J. Slifka

A phenomenological fatigue crack growth (FCG) model has been proposed to predict the FCG of API-5L X100 steel in high-pressure gaseous hydrogen [1]. The model...

Phase-shifting algorithms for the interferometric measurement of form error, diameter variation and refractive index inhomogeneity of fused silica spheres

September 9, 2012

Author(s)

Chu-Shik Kang, Ulf Griesmann, Johannes A. Soons

High-precision spheres have many applications in precision engineering and metrology, such as the calibration of transmission spheres for interferometry...

Measurement of the diameter variation and refractive index inhomogeneity of a fused silica sphere using four-surface phase-shifting interferometry

September 9, 2012

Author(s)

Chu-Shik Kang, Ulf Griesmann, Johannes A. Soons

The diameter variation and refractive index inhomogeneity of a fused silica sphere were measured with a frequency-shifting Fizeau interferometer in a four...

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODS FOR ION CHANNEL STRUCTURE-FUNCTION MEASUREMENT

September 7, 2012

Author(s)

Joseph W. Robertson, Vitalii Ivanovich Silin, John J. Kasianowicz

Boundary Discovery in Complex Systems

September 5, 2012

Author(s)

Eric D. Simmon, Joseph Chalfoun, Arthur Griesser

Many of todays extremely complex meta-systems are cross-domain, they require development by multiple stakeholder groups with different goals each implementing...

Web-based Declarative 3D Graphics for Anthropometry Visualization and Education

September 4, 2012

Author(s)

Sanford P. Ressler

graphics system that is integrated seamlessly with web browsers. Users can select anthropometric landmarks and learn their names, view the body from many points...

Data Quality for High Content Screening

September 3, 2012

Author(s)

YaShian Li-Baboud, Oleg Aulov, Peter Bajcsy

TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE KNOWLEDGE GLEANED FROM DATA, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO VERIFY THE QUALITY OF THE DATA SOURCES AND TO HAVE A MEANS OF QUANTIFYING THE...

Preface

September 2, 2012

Author(s)

Andrew M. Dienstfrey, Ronald F. Boisvert

Evaluation of Low-Ohmic Resistance Measurement Capabilities Between VSL and NIST

September 1, 2012

Author(s)

Marlin E. Kraft, Jan van der Beek, Gert Rietveld

The low-ohmic resistance measurement capa¬bilities of VSL and NIST were compared using a set of resistors with values 100 mOhm, 10 mOhm, 1 mOhm, and 100 mOhm...

Measurement Techniques for Evaluating Current Range Extenders from 1 Amp to 3000 Amps

September 1, 2012

Author(s)

Marlin E. Kraft

When measuring standard resistors at different ratios with a Direct Current Comparator (DCC) incorporating Current Range Extenders (CREs) how do you know the...

The TriTon Transformation

August 27, 2012

Author(s)

Daniel C. Smith-Tone

Many new systems have been proposed which hide an easily invertible multivariate quadratic map in a larger structure by adding more variables and introducing...

Simulating Quantum Magnetism with Correlated Non-Neutral Ion Plasmas

August 27, 2012

Author(s)

John J. Bollinger, Joseph W. Britton, Brian C. Sawyer

By employing forces which depend on the internal atomic state (or spin) of an atomic ion, the Coulomb potential energy of a strongly coupled array of ions can...

Service Life Prediction for Sealants

August 27, 2012

Author(s)

Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Kar T. Tan

Previous industry consensus postulated that four elements of the weather: Temperature, Humidity, Ultraviolet Radiation, and Mechanical loading were responsible...

3D Precision Imaging with a Terahertz-bandwidth, Comb-calibrated Swept Laser

August 26, 2012

Author(s)

Esther Baumann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Ian R. Coddington, Kevin O. Knabe, Laura C. Sinclair, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury

A frequency-comb and MEMS-based external-cavity laser are integrated into a THz-bandwidth LIDAR system. Range to a diffuse target is measured at sub-msec update...

Metrology for Nanosystems and Nanoelectronics Reliability Assessments

August 20, 2012

Author(s)

Yaw S. Obeng, Chukwudi A. Okoro, Joseph J. Kopanski

The traditional models and techniques for studying reliability in integrated circuits may not be appropriate for nanoelectronics and nanosystems. In this paper...

Transient Convection-Diffusion Modelling of Peak Temperature in Orthogonal Cutting

August 19, 2012

Author(s)

Timothy J. Burns, Steven P. Mates, Richard L. Rhorer, Eric P. Whitenton, Debasis Basak

Numerical finite-difference simulations of a two-dimensional transient fast convection-slow diffusion model of the temperature field in orthogonal cutting, due...

INVESTIGATING THE MECHANISM OF ENZYME-CATALYZED RING-OPENING COPOLYMERIZATIONS

August 19, 2012

Author(s)

Matthew T. Hunley, Fahriye N. Sari, Kathryn L. Beers

As the research interest in degradable polymers has risen, an ever increasing number of manuscripts report the synthesis of copolymers through ring-opening...

Security Control Variations Between In-House and Cloud-Based Virtualized Infrastructures

August 19, 2012

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Virtualization-related components (such as Hypervisor, Virtual Network and Virtual Machines (VMs)) in a virtualized data center infrastructure need effective...

CHARACTERIZING SUSTAINABILITY FOR MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

August 17, 2012

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani, Jatinder Madan, Jae H. Lee, Kevin W. Lyons, Satyandra K. Gupta

Manufacturing industries lack the measurement science and the needed information base to measure and effectively compare performances of manufacturing processes...

An overview of sustainability indicators and metrics for discrete part manufacturing

August 16, 2012

Author(s)

Duck B. Kim, Swee K. Leong, Chin-Sheng Chen

Sustainable manufacturing (SM) has become an emerging environmental, economic, societal, and technological challenge to the industry, the academia, and the...

Performance Evaluation of Consumer-Grade 3D Sensors for Static 6DOF Pose Estimation Systems

August 16, 2012

Author(s)

Jeremy A. Marvel, Marek Franaszek, Jessica Wilson, Tsai Hong Hong

Low-cost 3D depth and range sensors are steadily becoming more widely available, affordable, and thus popular for robotics enthusiasts. As basic research tools...

Proposal for a standardized test artifact for additive manufacturing machines and processes

August 15, 2012

Author(s)

Shawn P. Moylan, John A. Slotwinski, April L. Cooke, Kevin K. Jurrens, M A. Donmez

Historically, standardized test parts are used to quantitatively evaluate the performance of a machine or process. While several different additive...

Design and Fabrication of a Three-DoF MEMS Stage Based on Nested Structures

August 15, 2012

Author(s)

Yong Sik Kim, Nicholas G. Dagalakis, Satyandra K. Gupta

This paper presents the design, fabrication and testing of a Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) based positioning stage which is capable of generating...

Web-enabled Real-time Quality Feedback for Factory Systems using MTConnect

August 15, 2012

Author(s)

John L. Michaloski, Byeong Eon Lee, Frederick M. Proctor, Sid Venkatesh

Quality is a key element to success for any manufacturer, and the fundamental prerequisite for quality is measurement. In the discrete parts industry, quality...

Spectral responsivity calibrations of two type pyroelectric radiometers using three different methods

August 15, 2012

Author(s)

Jinan Zeng, George P. Eppeldauer, Leonard M. Hanssen, Vyacheslav B. Podobedov

Spectral responsivity calibrations of two different type pyroelectric radiometers have been made in infrared region up to 14 μm in power mode using three...

Thermogravimetric Analysis with a Heated Quartz Crystal Microbalance

August 11, 2012

Author(s)

Ward L. Johnson, Elisabeth Mansfield

Thermogravimetric analysis with an SC-cut quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) were demonstrated at temperatures in the range from 20 C to 450 C. A measurement...

Validation of a one-antenna reverberation-chamber technique for estimating the total and radiation efficiency of an antenna

August 6, 2012

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway

Because of the statistical environment created inside a reverberation chamber, they offer a unique test facility. In particular, these chambers are ideally...

On Lower Bound Antenna Efficiency Measurements in a Reverberation Chamber

August 6, 2012

Author(s)

Jason B. Coder, John M. Ladbury

This paper addresses a few specific aspects of measuring the lower bound of antenna efficiency in a reverberation chamber. While the initial method for...

Characterizing Reverberation Chambers by Measurements of the Enhanced Backscatter Coefficient

August 6, 2012

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway

Reverberation chambers (RC) are becoming a popular alternative testing facility for a wide range of electromagnetic applications. In order for these tests to...

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