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Transportation Portal - Overview Transportation-related industries rely on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for a wide range of assistance including more than 350 different reference materials used in manufacturing vehicles; tools for accurately measuring the performance of stronger, lightweight metals, composites, and polymers; development of standards and performance tests for alternative transportation energy sources; and continual improvement in methods for monitoring the safety and strength of roadways and rail lines. Programs and Projects
Charpy Verification Program
The Charpy impact test uses a swinging pendulum to assess the resistance of a material to fracture, and characterize the ductile-to-brittle … more
Characterization of Porous Transport Media for Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Efficiently managing water transport in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is critical to the performance, cost, and durability in order … more
Evolution of Image Spatial Resolution
Measuring the through-plane water content in a hydrogen fuel cell is critical to understanding this complicated heat and mass transport … more
Measurements and Standards for Thermoelectric Materials
Our goal is to develop standard reference materials (SRMs), measurement methodologies, and comprehensive data sets (Seebeck coefficient, … more
Hardness Standardization
Our objective is to standardize and improve hardness measurement both in the U.S. and internationally. NIST is the U.S. National Metrology … more
Pipeline Safety
Our goal is to provide standard test methods and critical data to the pipeline industry to improve safety and reliability. Of particular interest … more |
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