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NIST Pubs

Stress Analysis of Conical Contact Joints in the NIST 4.45 MN Deadweight Machine

May 10, 2016

Author(s)

Nicholas A. Vlajic, Akobuije D. Chijioke, Ricky L. Seifarth

Structural analysis of conical contact joints in the NIST 4.45 MN Dead Weight Machine using finite element analysis is presented in this paper. This analysis...

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Calibration Laboratories

May 10, 2016

Author(s)

Barbara J. Belzer, Kari K. Harper, Thomas R. Hettenhouser, Warren R. Merkel

NIST Handbook 150-2, 2016 edition, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary...

End-to-End Quality Information Framework (QIF) Technology Survey

May 9, 2016

Author(s)

John L. Michaloski, Thomas D. Hedberg, Hui-Min Huang, Thomas R. Kramer

The goal of this paper is to understand how quality information characterizing the manufactured parts can be reported in a XML standardized format. The Quality...

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Low-Energy Residential Database Technical Manual

May 6, 2016

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Priya D. Lavappa, Eric G. O'Rear, Anne L. Greig, Sangwon Suh

Feasibility Studies for Technologies to Effectively Scrub Soot from Small-Scale Fire Experiments

May 5, 2016

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, Thomas G. Cleary, Matthew F. Bundy

Elimination of particulate from fire exhaust streams is a common issue for fire labs. Two series of fire experiments were conducted in the National Fire...

Applied and Computational Mathematics Division: Summary of Activities for Fiscal Year 2015

May 3, 2016

Author(s)

Ronald F. Boisvert

This report summarizes recent technical work of the Applied and Computational Sciences Division of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National...

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 2 - Seismic Design of Steel Special Moment Frames: A Guide for Practicing Engineers Second Edition:

May 1, 2016

Author(s)

Ronald O. Hamburger, James O. Malley

Case Studies of Community Resilience Policy:

May 1, 2016

Author(s)

Nayanee Gupta, Zoe E. Petropoulos, Austin B. Mudd, Rashida Nek, Sally S. Tinkle

Representation of PIV Chain-of-Trust for Import and Export:

May 1, 2016

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Ketan Mehta, Jason Mohler, Stephen Skordinski, Steven Brady

Identifying and Categorizing Data Types for Public Safety Mobile Applications: Workshop Report:

May 1, 2016

Author(s)

Michael Ogata

Applied and Computational Mathematics Division: Summary of Activities for Fiscal Year 2015:

May 1, 2016

Author(s)

Ronald F. Boisvert

Feasibility Studies for Technologies to Effectively Scrub Soot from Small-Scale Fire Experiments:

May 1, 2016

Author(s)

Anthony Hamins, Thomas Cleary, Matthew Bundy

End-to-End Quality Information Framework (QIF) Technology Survey:

May 1, 2016

Author(s)

John Michaloski, Tom Hedberg, Hui Huang, Thomas Kramer

Report on Post-Quantum Cryptography

April 28, 2016

Author(s)

Lidong Chen, Stephen P. Jordan, Yi-Kai Liu, Dustin Moody, Rene C. Peralta, Ray A. Perlner, Daniel C. Smith-Tone

In recent years, there has been a substantial amount of research on quantum computers - machines that exploit quantum mechanical phenomena to solve mathematical...

STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 3)

April 27, 2016

Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman

This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer, a software tool that analyzes and generates a spreadsheet from a STEP (STandard for the Exchange of...

Baseline Tailor User Guide

April 25, 2016

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell

This guide describes how to use Baseline Tailor, a software tool for navigating the United States Government's Cybersecurity Framework and for tailoring the...

Measuring the Usability and Security of Permuted Passwords on Mobile Platforms

April 25, 2016

Author(s)

Kristen K. Greene, John M. Kelsey, Joshua M. Franklin

Password entry on mobile devices significantly impacts both usability and security, but there is a lack of usable security research in this area, specifically...

Guidelines for the Creation of Interoperable Software Identification (SWID) Tags

April 22, 2016

Author(s)

David A. Waltermire, Brant Cheikes, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

This report provides an overview of the capabilities and usage of software identification (SWID) tags as part of a comprehensive software lifecycle. As...

A Guide to United States Apparel and Household Textiles Compliance Requirements

April 21, 2016

Author(s)

Karen Reczek, Lisa M. Benson

This guide addresses apparel, including childrens apparel, and household textiles. It does not include other textiles, such as sleeping bags, tents, sporting...

Best Practices for Privileged User PIV Authentication

April 21, 2016

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, David Cooper, Andrew R. Regenscheid, Karen Scarfone, Murugiah P. Souppaya

The Cybersecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan (CSIP), published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on October 30, 2015, requires that federal...

Field Sampling Procedures for Fuel and Motor Oil Quality Testing, A Handbook for Use by Fuel and Oil Quality Regulatory Officials

April 20, 2016

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, David A. Sefcik, Lisa Warfield, Kenneth S. Butcher

Fuel and motor oil quality programs are implemented to provide an official presence in the marketplace to verify that sellers of engine fuels and motor oils...

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative 2014/2015 Hydrocarbon Intercalibration Experiment: Description and Results for SRM 2779 Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil and Candidate SRM 2777 Weathered Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil

April 20, 2016

Author(s)

Jacolin A. Murray, Lane C. Sander, Stephen A. Wise, Christopher M. Reddy

Following an open meeting entitled, Hydrocarbon Chemistry QA/QC, at the 2014 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference in Mobile, Alabama, the...

OAGi/NIST Workshop on Open Cloud Architecture for Smart Manufacturing

April 20, 2016

Author(s)

Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Yan Lu, Yunsu Lee, Jaehun Lee, Albert W. Jones, Simon P. Frechette

This report summarizes the results from the OAGi/NIST Workshop on Open Cloud Architecture for Smart Manufacturing, which was held at the National Institute of...

Public Safety Analytics R&D Roadmap

April 19, 2016

Author(s)

Tracy A. McElvaney, Ryan Felts, Marc Leh

The public safety community is in a period of great transition. Over the next 20 years, technology advancements will increase accessibility of data/video...

Temperature-Dependent Material Modeling for Structural Steels: Formulation and Application

April 15, 2016

Author(s)

Mina S. Seif, William E. Luecke, Lisa Y. Choe, Joseph A. Main, Joseph D. McColskey, Chao Zhang, Jonathan M. Weigand, John L. Gross, Fahim Sadek

This report presents the formulation and application of a newly developed temperature-dependent material model for structural steels. First it presents a model...

Methods for characterizing a radiation detector for specifying radiation fields during testing against standards for homeland security applications

April 15, 2016

Author(s)

Anne L. Sallaska, Leticia Pibida, Ronaldo Minniti, C M. O'Brien

A wide variability exists among commercial radiation detection instruments used to measure exposure rate or ambient dose equivalent rate. These instruments are...

New NIST Security Standard Can Protect Credit Cards, Health Information

April 14, 2016

Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38G, "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for...

JPEG 2000 CODEC Certification Guidance for 1000 ppi Fingerprint Friction Ridge Imagery

April 13, 2016

Author(s)

John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi, Michael D. Garris, Frederick R. Byers, John D. Grantham

The document describes the procedure by which applications of JPEG 2000 CODECs will be evaluated with respect to conformance to the NIST guidance for...

PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP 800-73-4 compliance)

April 13, 2016

Author(s)

David Cooper, Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Jason Mohler

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-73 contains the technical specifications to interface with the smart card to retrieve and use the Personal Identity...

Phase Analysis of Portland Cements by Combined Quantitative X-Ray Powder Diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy

April 11, 2016

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman, Pan Feng, Jeffrey W. Bullard

X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) has been used for several decades to identify and measure the mass fractions of various crystalline phases in portland cement...

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