Materials Science Portal - OverviewPlastics, carbon nanotubes, high-strength alloys, artificial bone and joint replacements are just some of the emerging materials for which the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) develops testbeds, defines benchmarks, and develops formability measurements and models... Programs and Projects
Xray Stress Measurement
Using X-ray diffraction techniques one can measure the full stress tensor just inside the surface of a sheet metal specimen under applied … more
Thin Film Electronics
The Thin Film Electronics Project enables the commercialization of emerging and future semiconductor electronic device technologies, such as … more
Marciniak Multiaxial Testing
A novel method for measuring multiaxial stress-strain curves in sheet metal has been designed based on a modified Marciniak punch stretching … more
Crystal Plasticity Modeling
Crystal Plasticity Modeling calculates multiaxial mechanical constitutive behavior by treating the sample as an interacting aggregate of single … more
Cruciform Multiaxial Mechanical Testing
The cruciform mechanical test is widely used to measure the multiaxial deformation behavior of materials. Standardization of this technique would … more Software
Electron holography
An electron hologram is a fringe modulated image containing the amplitude and phase information of an electron transparent object. The HolograFREE … more
GPPois: Gaussian Processes for Poisson-noised data
gppois is a Bayesian tool for learning about a smooth function based on noisy measurements of its values. Users train a model of the … more
RMCProfile Utility Programs
Structure refinements using a Reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) method employ large atomic ensembles to fit experimental data. The method relies on a … more
OOF: Finite Element Analysis of Microstructures
The OOF software provides a finite-element modeling capability to users in the field of materials science. It encapsulates advanced numerical … more |
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