Transportation Programs & Projects | |
NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting
Last Updated Date: 10/12/2012 Our objective is to develop the measurement methodology, standards and analysis necessary for the US auto industry and base metal suppliers to … more
Pipeline Safety
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Our goal is to provide standard test methods and critical data to the pipeline industry to improve safety and reliability. Of particular interest … more
Hydrogen Pipeline Safety
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Our goal is to establish the codes and standards necessary to ensure safe distribution of hydrogen fuels. The future hydrogen economy will depend … more
Charpy Verification Program
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 The Charpy impact test uses a swinging pendulum to assess the resistance of a material to fracture, and characterize the ductile-to-brittle … more
Fundamentals of Deformation
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 This project provides new measurement methods, property data and simulations for areas critical to US manufacturing, describing the mechanisms … more
Marciniak Mechanical Testing
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 A novel method for measuring multiaxial stress-strain curves in sheet metal has been designed based on a modified Marciniak punch stretching … more
Energy Storage & Delivery
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 The goal of the project is to develop measurement methods to characterize the nanoscale structure and dynamics of polymer electrolyte membranes … more
Yield Surface Measurement
Last Updated Date: 10/04/2012 In order to calculate the stresses that develop within a formed part, and thereby compensate for such things as elastic springback, it is … more
Crystal Plasticity Modeling
Last Updated Date: 10/04/2012 Crystal Plasticity Modeling calculates multiaxial mechanical constitutive behavior by treating the sample as an interacting aggregate of single … more
Nanocalorimetry Measurements
Last Updated Date: 10/04/2012 To develop nanocalorimetry as a method for measuring heats of reaction of nanoscale samples with nanojoule sensitivity in order to detect … more
Measurements and Standards for Thermoelectric Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/04/2012 Our goal is to develop standard reference materials (SRMs), measurement methodologies, and comprehensive data sets (Seebeck coefficient, … more
Mechanical Performance - Extreme Conditions
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 This project provides property data, metrology, and standard test methods for materials systems under extreme conditions for areas critical to US … more
Hardness Standardization
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our objective is to standardize and improve hardness measurement both in the U.S. and internationally. NIST is the U.S. National Metrology … more
Thermophysical Properties of Aviation Fuels
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Environmental concerns, the potential for disruptions in supply, and the need for reusable rocket engines have generated interest in new aviation … more |
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