Measurement Science for Engineers

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-903996-58-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

This volume, from an international authority on the subject, deals with the physical and instrumentation aspects of measurement science, the availability of major measurement tools, and how to use them. This book not only lays out basic concepts of electronic measurement systems, but also provides numerous examples and exercises for the student.

Zielgruppe

Final year undergraduates and postgraduate students in measurement and control, electrical engineering, physics and other branches of engineering

Autoren/Hrsg.

Regtien, Paul

van der Heijden, F.

Korsten, M. J.

Otthius, W

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Basics of measurement; Measurement errors and uncertainty; true values, errors and uncertainty; Analogue signal conditioning; Digital signal conditioning; Analogue to digital and digital to analogue conversion; Measurement; thermal and optical quantities, magnetic quantities time and time-related quantities; Measurement of mechanical quantities; Imaging instruments; Worked examples

Über Autor(innen)

Regtien, Paul
Paul Regtien is Professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Twente, The Netherlands and Head of the Laboratory for Measurement and Instrumentation. An internationally renowned worker in this field, he is author of several textbooks and many papers on the subject.