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Measurement and instrumentation principles /

'Measurement and Instrumentation Principles' is the latest edition of a successful book that introduces undergraduate students to the measurement principles and the range of sensors and instruments that are used for measuring physical variables. Completely updated to include new technologi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morris, Alan S., 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford [England] ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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.