Mechanical measurements 2nd edition

✍ Scribed by S. P. Venkateshan

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 552
• Series: Ane/Athena Books
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first edition of this book was co-published by Ane Books India, and CRC Press in 2008. This second edition is an enlarged version of the web course developed by the author at IIT Madras, and also a modified and augmented version of the earlier book. Major additions/modifications presented are in the treatment of errors in measurement, temperature measurement, measurement of thermo-physical properties, and data manipulation. Many new worked examples have been introduced in this new and updated second edition. �Read more...

Abstract: The first edition of this book was co-published by Ane Books India, and CRC Press in 2008. This second edition is an enlarged version of the web course developed by the author at IIT Madras, and also a modified and augmented version of the earlier book. Major additions/modifications presented are in the treatment of errors in measurement, temperature measurement, measurement of thermo-physical properties, and data manipulation. Many new worked examples have been introduced in this new and updated second edition

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Acknowledgements
Nomenclature
Contents
module I: Measurements, Error Analysis and Design of Experiments
Chapter 1: Measurements and Errors in measurement
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Measurement categories
1.1.2 General measurement scheme
1.1.3 Some issues
1.2 Errors in measurement
1.2.1 Systematic errors (Bias)
1.2.2 Random errors
1.3 Statistical analysis of experimental data
1.3.1 Statistical analysis and best estimate from replicate data
1.3.2 Error distribution. 1.3.3 Principle of Least Squares1.3.4 Error estimation --
single sample
1.3.5 Student t distribution
1.3.6 Test for normality
1.3.7 Nonparametric tests
1.3.8 Outliers and their rejection
1.4 Propagation of errors
1.5 Specifications of instruments and their performance
Chapter 2: Regression analysis
2.1 Introduction to regression analysis
2.2 Linear regression
2.2.1 Linear fit by least squares
2.2.2 Uncertainties in the fit parameters
2.2.3 Goodness of fit and the correlation coefficient
2.3 Polynomial regression
2.3.1 Method of least squares and normal equations. I.1 Errors and error distributionsI. 2 Propagation of errors
I.3 Regression analysis
I.4 Design of experiments
module II: Measurements of Temperature, Heat Flux and Heat Transfer Coefficient
Chapter 4: Measurements of Temperature
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Thermometry or the science and art of temperature measurement
4.2.1 Preliminaries
4.2.2 Practical thermometry
4.3 Thermoelectric thermometry
4.3.1 Thermoelectric effects
4.3.2 On the use of thermocouple for temperature measurement
4.3.3 Use of thermocouple tables and Practical aspects of thermoelectric thermometry. 4.4 Resistance thermometry4.4.1 Basic ideas
4.4.2 Platinum resistance thermometer and the Callendar correction
4.4.3 RTD measurement circuits
4.4.4 Thermistors
4.5 Pyrometry
4.5.1 Radiation fundamentals
4.5.2 Brightness temperature and the vanishing filament pyrometer
4.5.3 Total radiation pyrometer
4.5.4 Ratio Pyrometry and the two color pyrometer
4.5.5 Gas temperature measurement
4.6 Other temperature measurement techniques
4.6.1 Liquid in glass or liquid in metal thermometers
4.6.2 Bimetallic thermometer
4.6.3 Liquid crystal thermometers
4.6.4 IC temperature sensor.

✦ Subjects

Technology. Engineering instruments. Measurement -- Textbooks. Measuring instruments -- Textbooks. Mechanical engineering -- Measurement. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Quality Control.