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Simulation and gaming can support decision making through all phases of incident management including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and...
Database-assisted design (DAD) is a methodology of designing structures for wind loads that makes direct use of pressure time series from wind tunnel tests...
Motivated by recent efforts to mitigate blast loading using energy-absorbing materials, this paper investigates the mechanics of uniaxial crushing of cellular...
Ratio calibration for a digital voltmeter (DVM) is critical for some applications such as force measurement. The NIST DVM ratio service has provided ratio...
John V. Messina, Eric D. Simmon, Matthew L. Aronoff
In a global response to increasing health and environmental concerns, there has been a trend towards governments enacting legislation to encourage sustainable...
Carbon nanotubes have unique properties of interest for applications in aerospace, electronics, and biotechnology. However, the properties of different batches...
We report on a technique for extracting an accurate value of the nonlinear inductance DL(i) in superconducting transmission lines. The novelty of this technique...
Brian E. O'Neill, Timothy P. Quinn, Victor Frenkel, King C. Li
A biphasic model of soft tissue has been combined with a simple confined compression test to measure the hydraulic conductivity of soft tissues. The biphasic...
Leonard M. Hanssen, Sergey Mekhontsev, Simon G. Kaplan
Over the past decade and a half, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established measurement capabilities for the characterization of...
Arthur H. Fanney, Brian P. Dougherty, Mark W. Davis
Computer simulation models to accurately predict the electrical performance of photovoltaic modules are essential. Without such models, potential purchasers of...
Arthur H. Fanney, Brian P. Dougherty, Mark W. Davis
Computer simulation models to accurately predict the electrical performance of photovoltaic modules are essential. Without such models, potential purchasers of...
Till P. Rosenband, David Hume, Anders Brusch, Luca Lorini, P. O. Schmidt, Tara M. Fortier, Jason Stalnaker, Scott A. Diddams, Nathan R. Newbury, W Swann, Windell Oskay, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland, James C. Bergquist
We compare the frequencies of two single ion frequency standards: 27Al + and 199Hg +. Systematic fractional frequency uncertainties of both standards are below...
John Mcferran, Ljerka Nenadovic, John B. Schlager, Nathan R. Newbury
We report on the development of a passively mode-locked Yb-Er co-doped fiber laser with a repetition frequency, frep, of 860 MHz. The laser, centered at 1.54 υm...
The idea of ``nugget pyramids'' has recently been introduced as a refinement to the nugget-based methodology employed to evaluate answers to complex questions...
Charles J. Burroughs, Alain Rufenacht, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus
We have measured stepwise-approximated sinewaves generated by a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard with several different output configurations. These data...
In this paper we present measurements with a pulse-driven AC Josephson voltage standard (ACJVS) that uses a ternary arbitrary bitstream generator as the bias...
Madelaine H. Hernandez, Adwoa Akuffo, Colleen E. Hood, Jose M. Ortiz, Allen R. Hefner Jr.
New automated metric systems and procedures have been developed and introduced in order to evaluate the long stability of SiC PiN diodes, and long term...
Jose M. Ortiz, Tam H. Duong, Angel Rivera-Lopez, Allen R. Hefner Jr.
Simulated results for techniques used to validate the on-state, resistive load switching, inductive load switching, and high voltage depletion capacitance...
Jeong Buhwan, Hyunbo Cho, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Albert W. Jones
With its prevalence in enterprise applications integration, the service-oriented approach has been studied in various ways. The popularity, however, results in...
This paper presents a summary and analysis of a study on optical modeling for critical dimension metrology. The paper is focused on two primary elements: 1) the...
The Home Lift, Position and Rehabilitation (HLPR) Chair, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) within the Intelligent Systems...
Micro dynamics of large-scale communication networks is often described by a Markov process with a large number of locally interacting components. Due to...
Michael R. Souryal, Johannes Geissbuehler, Leonard E. Miller, Nader Moayeri
When the range of single-hop wireless communication is limited by distance or harsh radio propagation conditions, relays can be used to extend the communication...
Stephen J. Treado, Alan B. Vinh, David G. Holmberg, Michael A. Galler
This paper describes a methodology for controlling access to building information to approved external entities such as police, fire and public safety officials...
Catherine A. Remley, Joe Gering, Susan L. Sweeney, C. Michael Olsen, Cliff Xie, Dave K. Walker, Tom McKay, John J. Pekarik
We describe an interlaboratory measurement comparison of distortion in a CMOS low-noise device operating under weakly nonlinear conditions. Issues that commonly...
Joseph E. Reiner, Andreas Jahn, Laurie E. Locascio, Michael Gaitan, John J. Kasianowicz
Liposomes are self-assembled spherical vesicles comprised of a lipid bilayer membrane that segregates an internal aqueous environment from an external aqueous...
Elizabeth S. Drexler, Andrew J. Slifka, Nicholas Barbosa, John W. Drexler
Present techniques for assessing the reliability of active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) rely on testing one or two environmental conditions at a time...
More and more countries are beginning eco-compliance legislation for electronics products. Where does the USA stand? This paper will discuss the following areas...
Walter G. McDonough, Jae Hyun Kim, Nolan J. Brandenburg, William R. Blair, Gale A. Holmes
Folding of ballistic fibers comprising soft body armor may be a factor in the performance deterioration that has been observed in used soft body armor. To...