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NIST HB 130 - Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality (2008)

October 1, 2007

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Lisa Warfield, T Coleman, L T. Sebring

This handbook compiles uniform laws and regulations developed by the Committee on Laws and Regulations of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM)...

Effect of CuO Nanolubricant on R134a Pool Boiling Heat Transfer with Extensive Measurement and Analysis Details

October 1, 2007

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

This paper quantifies the influence of CuO nanoparticles on the boiling performance of R134a/polyolester mixtures on a roughened, horizontal, flat surface...

Electro-physical Technique for Post-fabrication Measurements of CMOS Process Layer Thicknesses

October 1, 2007

Author(s)

Janet M. Cassard, Paul T. Vernier

This paper presents a combined physical and electrical post-fabrication method for determining the thicknesses of the various layers in a commercial 1.5-um...

The Decontamination for Building Plumbing Systems - Analysis and Procedures

September 30, 2007

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado

This report describes the results of measurements and analysis of methods to decontaminate building plumbing systems in the event of the accidental or...

Maze Hypothesis Development in Assessing Robot Performance During Teleoperation

September 28, 2007

Author(s)

Salvatore P. Schipani, Elena R. Messina

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) personnel had the opportunity to assess 14 prospective Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) robots, for the...

Effect of Lubricant on R410A Horizontal Flow Boiling

September 27, 2007

Author(s)

N N. Sawant, Mark A. Kedzierski, J S. Brown

The paper experimentally quantified the effect of lubricant on horizontal flow boiling of R410A. This was accomplished by first establishing a baseline by...

NIST Special Publication 250-79 Airspeed Calibration Service.

September 26, 2007

Author(s)

Tsyh Tyan Yeh, J. M. Hall

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides calibration services for airspeed instrumentation such as Pitot-static tubes, anemometers...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-11 2007 Edition National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM

September 21, 2007

Author(s)

Kurt Fischer, Carroll S. Brickenkamp

NIST Handbook 150-11, NVLAP Electromagnetic Compatibility and Telecommunications, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of...

Effect of CuO Nanoparticle Concentration on R134a/Lubricant Pool Boiling Heat Transfer With Extensive Analysis

September 20, 2007

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

This paper quantifies the influence of CuO nanoparticle concentration on the boiling performance of R134a/polyolester mixtures on a roughened, horizontal flat...

Feasibility of Using a Concrete Mixing Truck as a Rheometer(Orlando, Florida)

September 19, 2007

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris, Roy Cooley, Joe Grein, Max A. Peltz, Michael Topputo, Steve Verdino

The goal of the tests reported here was to further determine the feasibility of using a concrete mixing truck as a rotational rheometer. This work is the...

Proceedings of the NIST/USCAR Workshop on Friction Issues Related to Metal Forming

September 17, 2007

Author(s)

Mark R. Stoudt

The NIST Metallurgy Division has initiated a research project to study the friction behavior of automotive alloys during sheet metal forming. The principal...

Guided Data Capture (GDC) 5.0

September 17, 2007

Author(s)

Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, Robert N. Goldberg, Michael D. Frenkel

Guided Data Capture (GDC) 5.0 includes capture capabilities for biochemical substances and selected biothermodynamic properties. A key characteristic of data...

6th Annual PKI R&D Workshop "Applications-Driven PKI" Proceedings

September 13, 2007

Author(s)

William T. Polk, Kent Seamons

NIST hosted the sixth Annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 17-19, 2007. The two and a half day event brought together PKI experts...

Material Standards for Environmental Health and Safety for Engineered Nanoscale Materials

September 13, 2007

Author(s)

Dianne L. Poster, John A. Small, Michael T. Postek

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in its 2006 document, Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials...

Microwave Spectra of Molecules of Astrophysical Interest: XXV. Methylamine

September 5, 2007

Author(s)

Vadim V. Ilyushin, Francis J. Lovas

The microwave spectrum of methylamine in its ground vibrational state is critically reviewed and supplemented with spectral frequency calculations derived from...

Studies of Operational Measurement of ROC Curve on Large Fingerprint Data Sets Using Two-Sample Bootstrap

September 4, 2007

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu

From the operational perspective, for large-size fingerprint data, a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is usually measured by the true accept rate...

Benefit-Cost Analysis of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems

September 2, 2007

Author(s)

David T. Butry, M H. Brown, S Fuller

This report documents a benefit-cost analysis performed to measure the expected present value of net benefits resulting from the installation of a multipurpose...

NIST Workshop on Materials Test Procedures for Hydrogen Pipelines:The proceedings of a workshop held August 21-22, 2007 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Thomas A. Siewert, J. David McColskey, Richard E. Ricker

NIST Workshop on Materials Test Procedures for Hydrogen Pipelines

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Thomas A. Siewert, Joseph D. McColskey, Richard E. Ricker

The Materials Reliability and Metallurgy Divisions have expanded their efforts to advance the technology for the construction, repair, and inspection of...

Structure and Extinction of Low Strain Rate Non-Premixed Flames by an Agent in Microgravity (NISTIR 7445)

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, Matthew F. Bundy, C B. Oh, Stephen P. Fuss, J. Logue

This final report describes the study that has been supported through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) microgravity grants program from...

Users Manual for Version 3.0 of the Cost-Effectiveness Tool for Capital Asset Protection

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman, Amy S. Rushing

Economic tools are needed to help the owners and managers of buildings, industrial facilities, and other critical infrastructure to select cost-effective...

Simulation Modeling of Emergency Response Facility Based on Software Product Line Technology

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

The development of a simulation model has always been a challenging task; it is time-consuming and requires expertise. Furthermore, most customized simulation...

Measurement Tools for the Immersive Visualization Environment: Steps Toward the Virtual Laboratory

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

John G. Hagedorn, Joy Dunkers, Steven G. Satterfield, Adele Peskin, John T. Kelso, Judith E. Terrill

This paper describes a set of tools for performing measurements of objects in a virtual reality based immersive visualization environment. These tools enable...

NIST Recommended Practice Guide: Computing Uncertainty for Charpy Impact Machine Test Results

September 1, 2007

Author(s)

Jolene Splett, Christopher N. McCowan, Hariharan K. Iyer, Chih-Ming Wang

The purpose of this recommended practice guide is to demonstrate how to determine the uncertainty associated with mean absorbed energy of specimens tested on a...

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and its Applicability to Federal Agency Systems

August 30, 2007

Author(s)

Peter M. Mell, Karen A. Scarfone, Sasha Romanosky

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) provides an open framework for communicating the characteristics and impacts of IT vulnerabilities. The National...

Building Electronic Function Into Nanoscale Molecular Architectures

August 30, 2007

Author(s)

H D. Abruna, M Ratner, Roger D. van Zee

The use of molecules in electronic circuit has been the subject of recent study. Experimentally, two-terminal, molecular rectifiers have been demonstrated...

Guide to Secure Web Services

August 29, 2007

Author(s)

Anoop Singhal, Theodore Winograd, Karen A. Scarfone

The advance of Web services technologies promises to have far-reaching effects on the Internet and enterprise networks. Web services based on the eXtensible...

Meta-Analysis of Third-Party Evaluations of Iris Recognition

August 24, 2007

Author(s)

Elaine M. Newton, P J. Phillips

Iris recognition has long been widely regarded as a highly accurate biometric, despite the lack of independent, large-scale testing of its performance. Recently...

Secure Web Services

August 23, 2007

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin provides information on current and emerging standards that have been developed for Web services, and provides background information on the most...

Facial Respirator Shape Analysis using 3D Anthropometric Head Data

August 15, 2007

Author(s)

Riley Fenlon

For firefighters and first response crews, the facial respirator is the first and last defense against hazardous and potentially harmful airborne agents. That...

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