TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bentley,John P.
TI  - Principles of measurement systems / 
SN  - 9780130430281 
AV  - QC53 .B44 2005
U1  - 530.8 BE.P 2005 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Harlow, England ; New York : 
PB  - Pearson Prentice Hall
KW  - Physical instruments
KW  - Physical measurements
KW  - Engineering instruments
KW  - Automatic control
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Table of Contents -- Preface to the fourth edition -- Acknowledgements -- Part A: General Principles -- 1. The general measurement system -- 2. Static characteristics of measurement system elements -- 3. The accuracy of measurement systems in the steady state -- 4. Dynamic characteristics of measurement systems -- 5. Loading effects and two-port networks -- 6. Signals and noise in measurement systems -- 7. Reliability, choice and economics of measurement systems -- Part B: Typical measurement system elements 8. Sensing elements -- 9. Signal conditioning elements -- 10. Signal processing elements and software -- 11. Data presentation elements -- Part C: Specialised measurement Systems -- 12. Flow measurement systems -- 13. Intrinsically safe measurement systems -- 14. Heat transfer effects in measurement systems -- 15. Optical measurement systems -- 16. Ultrasonic measurement systems -- 17. Gas chromatography -- 18. Data acquisition and communications systems -- 19. The intelligent multivariable measurement system -- Answers to numerical problems -- Index
N2  - 'Principles of Measurement Systems' treats measurement as a coherent and integrated subject. Looking at sensing, signal conditioning, signal processing, and data presentation, it offers a rounded discussion of the fundamentals of accurate measurement of all kinds of activity
ER  -