Ebook: Measurement and instrumentation in engineering: principles and basic laboratory experiments

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; 1: THE PLACE OF MEASUIEMENT, INSTNIMENTATION, AND LABORATORY; 1-1. Introduction; 1-2. Significance of Measurement and Instrumentation; 1-3. Measuring Systems; A. The Transducer and Its Environment: An Overview; B. The Nature of Measurement: a Design Problem; C. Functional Stages of Measuring Systems; D. The Sensing Process; E. Examples of Typical Sensors; 1-4. The Measurement Problem; A. Valid Measurements; B. Measuring Systems; 1-5. The Instrumentation Problem; 1-6. The Laboratory Problem