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A new method for tensile testing UHMMPE single fibers at high temperatures and strain-rates

August 23, 2019

Author(s)

Don Jenket II, Amy E. Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Amanda L. Forster, Mohamad Al-Sheikhly

Background and Review of Cavity-Enhanced Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion

August 22, 2019

Author(s)

Oliver T. Slattery, Lijun Ma, Kevin Zong, Xiao Tang

Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in a nonlinear crystal has been a workhorse for the generation of entangled and correlated single-photon pairs...

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2017, Volume 1: Engineering Laboratory

August 22, 2019

Author(s)

Andrea M. Medina-Smith, Kathryn Miller, Karen J. Wick

NIST is committed to the idea that results of federally funded research are a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. To the extent feasible and...

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2017, Volume 2: Communications Technology Laboratory, Information Technology Laboratory, Material Measurement Laboratory

August 22, 2019

Author(s)

Andrea M. Medina-Smith, Kathryn Miller, Karen J. Wick

NIST is committed to the idea that results of federally funded research are a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. To the extent feasible and...

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2017, Volume 3: Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Physical Measurement Laboratory

August 22, 2019

Author(s)

Andrea M. Medina-Smith, Kathryn Miller, Karen J. Wick

NIST is committed to the idea that results of federally funded research are a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. To the extent feasible and...

The International System of Units (SI), 2019 Edition

August 20, 2019

Author(s)

David Newell, Eite Tiesinga

The definitive international reference on the International System of Units (SI) is a booklet published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures...

Thermophysical Properties of Polyol Ester Lubricants

August 20, 2019

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Tara Fortin, Marcia L. Huber, Arno D. Laesecke, Eric Lemmon, Elisabeth Mansfield, Mark O. McLinden, Stephanie L. Outcalt, Richard A. Perkins, Kimberly N. Urness, Jason A. Widegren

This report summarizes the results of work performed for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division by the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Influence of optical system operation on stability of single tracks in selective laser melting

August 20, 2019

Author(s)

Ivan Zhirnov, Igor Yadroitsev, Brandon Lane, Sergey Mekhontsev, Steven Grantham, Ina Yadroitsava

Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are increasingly being studied and introduced into the modern industry, but for wide applications there exists some...

Flow Time Innovations: The Effect on Productivity and Production in US Manufacturing

August 19, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

Between 2005 and 2016, US multifactor productivity declined an average 0.3 % annually. Some debate has ensued about the cause of this decline or whether there...

LTE Handset Emissions: Radiation Pattern Measurements Final Test Report

August 16, 2019

Author(s)

Robert D. Horansky, Jason B. Coder, John M. Ladbury

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) throughthe Spectrum Sharing Test and Development (SSTD) program proposed a...

Users Guide to Type277 Loosely Coupled Integration of TRNSYS with Java

August 13, 2019

Author(s)

Farhad Omar

The purpose of this document is to provide instructions for using a newly developed TRNSYS component (Type277). Type277 enables the loosely-coupled integration...

U.S. LEADERSHIP IN AI: A PLAN FOR FEDERAL ENGAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND RELATED TOOLS

August 9, 2019

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi, Lisa Carnahan, Michael Hogan, Matthew Heyman

Emphasizing the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) to the future of the U.S. economy and national security, on February 11, 2019, the President issued...

Security Strategies for Microservices-based Application Systems

August 7, 2019

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Microservices architecture is increasingly being used to develop application systems since its smaller codebase facilitates faster code development, testing...

Situational Awareness for Electric Utilities

August 7, 2019

Author(s)

James J. McCarthy, Otis Alexander, Sallie Edwards, Don Faatz, Chris Peloquin, Susan Symington, Andre Thibault, John Wiltberger, Karen Viani

Through direct dialogue between NCCoE staff and members of the energy sector (comprised mainly of electric power companies and those who provide equipment and...

Ampoules for Radioactivity Standard Reference Materials

August 6, 2019

Author(s)

Ronald Colle

Standard-sized ampoules for radioactive solution standards have been employed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for nearly the past...

Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations

August 2, 2019

Author(s)

Chung Tong Hu, David F. Ferraiolo, David R. Kuhn, Adam Schnitzer, Kenneth Sandlin, Robert Miller, Karen Scarfone

[Includes updates as of August 2, 2019] This document provides Federal agencies with a definition of attribute based access control (ABAC). ABAC is a logical...

On-Machine Measurement Use Cases and Information for Machining Operations

August 2, 2019

Author(s)

John A. Horst, Thomas D. Hedberg, Allison Barnard Feeney

Digital thread standards for both dimensional metrology and industrial machine tool operations have been defined in standards organizations and successfully...

Ampoules for radioactivity standard reference materials:

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

Ronald Colle

NIST time and frequency bulletin:

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

Kathryn Stephenson

Thermophysical properties of polyol ester lubricants:

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

Thomas J Bruno, Tara J Fortin, Marcia L Huber, Arno Laesecke, Eric W Lemmon, Elisabeth Mansfield, Mark O McLinden, Stephanie L Outcalt, Richard A Perkins, Kimberly N Urness, Jason A Widegren

A new method for tensile testing UHMMPE single fibers at high temperatures and strain-rates:

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

Donald R Jenket, Amy E Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Amanda L Forster, Mohamad Al-Sheikhly

NIST conference papers fiscal year 2017::volume 1: Engineering Laboratory

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

Andrea Medina-Smith, Kathryn Miller, Karen Wick

NIST conference papers fiscal year 2017::volume 2: Communications Technology Laboratory, Information Technology Laboratory, Material Measurement Laboratory

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

Andrea Medina-Smith, Kathryn Miller, Karen Wick

NIST conference papers fiscal year 2017::volume 3: Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Physical Measurement Laboratory

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

Andrea Medina-Smith, Kathryn Miller, Karen Wick

Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment (LOF&BE)::summary of workshop at Interflam 2019

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

Samuel L Manzello, Sara McAllister, Sayaka Suzuki, Raphaele Blanchi, Elsa Pastor, Enrico Ronchi

Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials::includes executive summary (A); approach, architecture, and security characteristics (B); and how-to guides (C)

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

William Newhouse, Michael Bartock, Jeffrey Cichonski, Hildegard Ferraiolo, Murugiah Souppaya, Christopher Brown, Spike E Dog, Susan Prince, Julian Sexton