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NIST Pubs

NIST Instrumented Charpy Analysis Software (NICAS) - User's Manual

April 15, 2020

Author(s)

Damian S. Lauria, Enrico Lucon

The NIST Instrumented Charpy Analysis Software (NICAS) is a standalone LabVIEW program that can be used to analyze instrumented impact tests in accordance with...

Harnessing Measurement Science to Advance Food Safety

April 15, 2020

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, David M. Bunk, Carlos A. Gonzalez, Scott A. Jackson, Leah R. Kauffman, Katrice A. Lippa, Catherine A. Rimmer, Stephen Semancik, Michael R. Winchester, Laura J. Wood

Shock Measurements Based on Pendulum Excitation and Laser Doppler Velocimetry: Primary Calibration by SI-Traceable Distance Measurements

April 10, 2020

Author(s)

Muhammad Afridi, Jon Geist, Michael Gaitan

A new method is described to provide a primary calibration of shock measurements produced by a shock measurement system consisting of pendulum excitation and...

Advanced Temperature-Control Chamber for Resistance Standards

April 10, 2020

Author(s)

Shamith Payagala, Alireza Panna, Albert Rigosi, Dean G. Jarrett

Calibration services for resistance metrology have continued to advance their capabilities and establish new and improved methods for maintaining standard...

Election Event Logging Common Data Format Specification

April 9, 2020

Author(s)

John P. Wack

This publication describes an election event logging common data format specification for devices used in U.S. elections such as optical scanners, election...

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - 2020 Annual Supplement to NIST Handbook 135

April 9, 2020

Author(s)

Priya Lavappa, Joshua D. Kneifel

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Cryptographic and Security Testing (CST)

April 7, 2020

Author(s)

Bradley W. Moore, Beverly A. Trapnell, James F. Fox, Carolyn French

NIST Handbook 150-17 presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory...

Improving 3D Vision-Robot Registration for Assembly Tasks

April 3, 2020

Author(s)

Marek Franaszek, Geraldine S. Cheok, Karl Van Wyk, Jeremy A. Marvel

Quality registration between the coordinate frames of a perception system and a robot is important for the efficient operation of autonomous systems in vision...

Strategic Roadmap for Interoperable Public Safety Video Analytics

April 3, 2020

Author(s)

Diane E. Ridgeway

Since 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security has provided over $16 billion dollars in grant assistance to secure cities and non-profit organizations against...

Analysis of a Slug Calorimeter with a Curie Point

April 3, 2020

Author(s)

Jiann C. Yang, Thomas J. Ohlemiller

A lump-capacitance heat transfer model was developed to model the operation of a slug calorimeter constructed of metal with a Curie point. The resulting formula...