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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781436803321

Autore

Morris Alan S. <1948->

Titolo

Measurement and instrumentation : theory and application / / Alan S. Morris, Reza Langari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, MA : , : Academic Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-280-58225-1

9786613612038

0-12-381962-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (640 p.)

Disciplina

681

Soggetti

Measurement

Automatic control

Engineering instrument

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Introduction to Measurement; Types of Instruments and Performance Characteristics; Errors During the Measurement Process; Calibration of Measuring Sensors and Instruments; Data Acquisition with LabVIEW; Signal Processing with LabVIEW; Electrical Indicating and Test Instruments; Display, Recording and Presentation of Measurement Data; Variable Conversion Elements; Signal Transmission; Digital Computation and Intelligent Instruments; Measurement Reliability and Safety Systems; Sensor Technologies; Temperature Measurement; Pressure Measurement; Flow Measurement; Level Measurement; Mass, Force and Torque Measurement; Translational Motion Transducers; Rotational Motion; Appendix A Conversion Tables Between Imperial and SI Units; Appendix B Thevenin's Theorem; Appendix C Thermocouple Tables.

Sommario/riassunto

Measurement and Instrumentation introduces undergraduate engineering students to the measurement principles and the range of sensors and instruments that are used for measuring physical variables. Based on Morris's Measurement and Instrumentation Principles, this brand new text has been fully updated with coverage of



the latest developments in such measurement technologies as smart sensors, intelligent instruments, microsensors, digital recorders and displays and interfaces. Clearly and comprehensively written, this textbook provides students with the knowledge and tools, incl