| 3D | three-dimensional |
| AFRL |
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory |
| ASR |
alkali-silica reaction |
| CAMS |
Cyberinfrastructure for Atomistic Materials Science |
| CBM |
condition-based maintenance |
| CBM+ |
Condition Based Maintenance Plus Prognostics (a DOD program/initiative) |
| COMB |
Charge Optimized Many-Body (potentials) |
| CT |
computed tomography, x-ray computed tomography |
| CTOL |
conventional take-off and landing |
| DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DFT |
Density Functional Theory |
| DMMI |
Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure (Standing Committee) |
| DOD |
U.S. Department of Defense |
| DODI |
Department of Defense Instruction |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| DVE |
design volume element |
| EAM |
Embedded Atom Method (potentials) |
| EBSD |
electron backscatter diffraction analysis |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FEA |
finite element analysis |
| FIB-SEM |
focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy |
| FLAIR |
Fine Lightweight Aggregates as Internal Reservoirs |
| HUMS |
health and usage monitoring system |
| ICME |
integrated computational materials engineering |
| ICSE |
integrated computational structural engineering |
| IDIQ |
Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity |
| IVHM |
Integrated Vehicle Health Management |
| LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| MAI |
Metals Affordability Initiative (Consortium) |
| MGI |
Materials Genome Initiative |
| MSA |
materials state awareness |
| MVE |
microstructural volume element |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NDE |
nondestructive evaluation |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSTC |
National Science and Technology Council |
| OEM |
original equipment manufacturer |
| PROF |
Probability of Fracture |
| PVE |
property design volume element |
| PZT |
lead zirconate titanate |
| QNDE |
quantitative nondestructive evaluation |
| R&D |
research and development |
| RCM |
reliability centered maintenance |
| ReaxFF |
Reactive Force Field (potentials) |
| RVE |
representative volume element |
| S&T |
science and technology |
| SEM |
scanning electron microscopy |
| SHM |
structural health monitoring |
| SLP |
service life prediction, system life prediction |
| SPHERE |
Simulated Photodegradation via High Energy Radiant Exposure (chamber) |
| SPS |
Smart Predictive System |
| STEM |
scanning transmission electron microscopy |
| SVE |
statistical volume element |
| TATB |
triaminotrinitrobenzene |
| USAF |
U.S. Air Force |
| UV |
ultraviolet |
| VERDiCT |
Viscosity Enhancers Reducing Diffusion in Concrete Technology (NIST program) |
