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Proposed Bullet Signature Comparisons Using Autocorrelation Functions

July 1, 2000
Author(s)
Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standard bullets and casings are intended … verify that the computerized optical-imaging equipment in those laboratories is operating properly. They will be … traceability and unification of ballistics measurements. In 1998, two prototype standard bullets were developed at …

Comparison of High Frequency AC-DC Voltage Transfer Standards at NRC, VSL, PTB, and NIST

May 1, 2000
Author(s)
Piotr S. Filipski, C. J. van Mullem, D. Janik, M. Klonz, Joseph R. Kinard Jr., Thomas E. Lipe Jr., Bryan C. Waltrip
… (PTB), Germany, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA. The first comparison was part of the … Results of both comparisons show very good agreement in the considered frequency range (10 Hz to 100 MHz) between …

CODATA Recommended Values of the Fundamental Constants: 1998

April 1, 2000
Author(s)
Peter J. Mohr, Barry N. Taylor
… recommended by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) for international use. Further, it describes in detail the adjustment of the values of the subset of … replaces its immediate predecessor recommended by CODATA in 1986. The new adjustment, which takes into account all of …

Flow Calibration Services at NIST

April 1, 2000
Author(s)
John D. Wright, Pedro I. Espina
… Flow Group of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland offers calibration services for flow meters used in gas, water, and liquid hydrocarbon. Gas flow meters are …

Mobile Agent Security

October 1, 1999
Author(s)
Wayne Jansen, Athanasios T. Karygiannis
… Mobile agent technology offers a new computing paradigm in which a program, in the form of a software agent, can suspend its execution on …

Sheet and Line Resistance of Patterned SOI Surface Film CD Reference Materials as a Function of Substrate Bias

April 1, 1999
Author(s)
Richard A. Allen, Eric M. Vogel, Loren W. Linholm, Michael W. Cresswell
… metrology systems. The reference artifacts are fabricated in monocrystalline silicon-on-insulator films and are responsive to the goals of the National Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors beyond the 120 nm … uniquely high repeatability and low-cost metrology tool in the production of CD-reference artifacts. …

Report on the First-Generation NIST Convective Heat Flux Calibration Facility

December 10, 1998
Author(s)
David G. Holmberg, C A. Womeldorf
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a convective heat flux calbration … radiation methods, recognizing that many sensors are used in mixed radiation and convection envionments. By extending … convective environment, direct comparisons of sensors in controlled convective and radiative environments are …

InSb Working Standard Radiometers

October 1, 1998
Author(s)
George P. Eppeldauer, Alan L. Migdall, Leonard M. Hanssen
… characterized at the national Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The InSb radiometers will hold the … At the peak response, the noise-equivalent-power is 0.6 pW in an electrical banwidth of 0.3 Hz. The ratio of the dc …

Multi-Stage Active Vibration Isolation System

June 1, 1998
Author(s)
S J. Richman, J A. Giaime, David B. Newell, R T. Stebbins, P L. Bender, J E. Faller
… will limit the operating band to frequencies above 40 Hz. In this paper, we describe recent progress on the JILA active … This device is being constructed to demonstrate the technology needed for useful reduction of low-frequency seismic noise in a gravitational wave interferometer. It consists of three …

Dimensional Metrology at the Nanometer Level: Combined SEM and PPM

July 1, 1997
Author(s)
Michael T. Postek, H Ho, L Harrison
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is currently exploring the potentials … of a commercial proximal probe microscope (PPM) operating in the scanning tunneling or atomic force mode into a high … electron microscope (SEM). This instrument will be used in the development of NIST traceable standards for …

Selection of Calibration Particles for Scanning Surface Inspection Systems

August 8, 1996
Author(s)
George W. Mulholland, Nelson P. Bryner, Walter S. Liggett Jr, B W. Scheer, R. K. Goodall
… In response to the semiconductor industry's need for both … a joint SEMATECH, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and VLSI Standards, Inc. project was initiated to …

Rayleigh Light Scattering for Concentration Measurements in Turbulent Flows

July 25, 1995
Author(s)
William M. Pitts
… over a number of years, an understanding of scalar mixing in turbulent flows remains elusive. An understanding is required because turbulent mixing has a pivotal role in a wide variety of natural and technologically important … As an example, the mixing and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere and bodies of water are often dependent on …

World Wide Web and Mosaic: User

January 1, 1994
Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is moving forward in providing and accessing information through the World Wide … software package. The World Wide Web is a seamless world in which all information, from any source, can be accessed in …

Workshop on Elevator Use During Fires

January 1, 1993
Author(s)
J H. Klote, Scott Deal, Bernard M. Levin, N E. Groner, E. A. Donoghue
… signs next to elevators indicate they should not be used in fire situations. These elevators are not intended as means … Fires was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD on September 29, 1992. This workshop …

Guide for Selecting Automated Risk Analysis Tools

October 1, 1989
Author(s)
Irene E. Gilbert
… for managers and those responsible for managing risks in computer and telecommunications systems. The document … is derived from reviews of risk analysis software tools in the Risk Management Research Laboratory which is … sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Computer Security Center …

Lubbock Tornado: A Survey of Building Damage in an Urban Area (NBS TN 558)

March 1, 1971
Author(s)
N. F. Somes, R D. Dikkers, T. H. Boone
… of the National Bureau of Standards' Institute of Applied Technology sent a three-man team to investigate the damage to … agencies and individuals whose assistance is acknowledged in the report. The report concludes that current good practice in the design and construction of buildings and mobile homes …
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