Measurement and Instrumentation
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Measurement and Instrumentation

Theory and Application

3rd Edition - September 2, 2020

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  • Authors: Alan Morris, Reza Langari
  • eBook ISBN: 9780128171424
  • Paperback ISBN: 9780128171417

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Measurement and Instrumentation: Theory and Application, Third Edition, introduces undergraduate engineering students to measurement principles and the range of sensors and instruments used for measuring physical variables. Providing the most balanced coverage of measurement theory/technologies and instrumentation, this clearly and comprehensively written text arms students and recently graduated engineers with the knowledge and tools to design and build measurement systems for virtually any engineering application.

Key Features

  • Provides early coverage of measurement system design to facilitate a better framework for understanding the importance of studying measurement and instrumentation
  • Covers the latest developments in measurement technologies, including smart sensors, intelligent instruments, microsensors, digital recorders, displays and interfaces
  • Includes significant material on data acquisition and signal processing with LabVIEW
  • New sections in this updated edition include an expansion of sections on MEMS and electrical safety, new illustrations, including more photos of real devices, and more worked examples and end-of-chapter problems

Readership

Junior and senior undergraduate engineering students taking measurement and instrumentation courses primarily in mechanical and aerospace engineering departments

Table of Contents

  • 1. Fundamentals of Measurement Systems
    2. Instrument Types and Performance Characteristics
    3. Measurement Uncertainty
    4. Statistical Analysis of Measurements Subject to Random Errors
    5. Calibration of Measuring Sensors and Instruments
    6. Data Acquisition and Signal Processing
    7. Variable Conversion
    8. Measurement Signal Transmission
    9. Display, Recording, and Presentation of Measurement Data
    10. Intelligent Devices
    11. Measurement Reliability and Safety Systems
    12. Data Acquisition with LabVIEW
    13. Sensor Technologies
    14. Temperature Measurement
    15. Pressure Measurement
    16. Flow Measurement
    17. Level Measurement
    18. Mass, Force, and Torque Measurement
    19. Translational Motion, Vibration, and Shock Measurement
    20. Rotational Motion Transducers
    21. Summary of Other Measurements

    Appendix
    1. Imperial-Metric-SI Conversion Tables
    2. Thévenin’s Theorem
    3. Thermocouple Tables
    4. Using Mathematical Tables

Product details

  • No. of pages: 736
  • Language: English
  • Copyright: © Academic Press 2020
  • Published: September 2, 2020
  • Imprint: Academic Press
  • eBook ISBN: 9780128171424
  • Paperback ISBN: 9780128171417

About the Authors

Alan Morris

Dr. Morris Retired senior lecturer in the Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield. He has taught the undergraduate course in measurement and instrumentation for nearly 30 years, as well as undergraduate courses in robot technology, engineering design and laboratory skills, and graduate level courses in robot control, modeling and measurement for quality assurance. He is the author of eight books and more than 130 research papers in the fields of measurement and instrumentation and robot control.

Affiliations and Expertise

Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK

Reza Langari

Reza Langari
Dr. Langari is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University and head of the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution. He earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He has held research positions at NASA Ames Research Center, Rockwell International Science Center, United Technologies Research Center, as well as the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. Langari's expertise is in the area of computational intelligence with application to mechatronic systems and industrial automation. He has played a significant role in the development of theoretical foundations of fuzzy logic control and its applications to problems in mechanical engineering. His work on stability of fuzzy control systems is widely recognized as pioneering the use of nonlinear systems analysis techniques to fuzzy logic.

Affiliations and Expertise

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

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