Measurement and instrumentation principles /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] ; Boston :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
2001.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=104865 |
Table of Contents:
- Part A: Principles of Measurement * Introduction to measurement * Types of instrument and performance characteristics * Errors during the measurement process * Calibration of measuring sensors and instruments * Measurement noise and signal processing * Measurement and transducing of sensor outputs * Intelligent instruments * Signal transmission * Instrumentation/computer networks * Display, recording and presentation of measurement data * Measurement system reliability and instrument choice * Sensor technologies * Part B: Measurement sensors and instruments * Temperature measurement * Pressure measurement * Flow measurement * Level measurement * Force and torque measurement * Translational displacement transducers * Translational velocity, acceleration, vibration and shock measurement * Rotational displacement transducers * Rotational velocity and acceleration measurement * Dimension measurement * Measurement of miscellaneous quantities * Appendices.