TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beckwith
TI  - Mechanical measurements
SN  - 9789332518520
U1  - 531.7 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Noida
PB  - pearson
KW  -  Engineering instruments.
KW  - Measuring instruments
N1  -  1 The Process of Measurement: An Overview; 2 Standards and Dimensional Units of Measurement; 3 Assessing and Presenting Experimental Data;  4 The Analog Measurand: Time-Dependent Characteristics;  5 The Response of Measuring Systems; 6 Sensors;  7 Signal Conditioning; 8 Digital Techniques in Mechanical Measurements;  9 Readout and Data Processing; 10 Measurement of Count, EPUT, Time Interval, and Frequency Measurement of Count, Events per Unit Time, Time Interval, and Frequency; 11 Displacement and Dimensional Measurement; 12 Strain and Stress: Measurement and Analysis; 13 Measurement of Force and Torque; 14 Measurement of Pressure; 15 Measurement of Fluid Flow;  16 Temperature Measurements; 17 Measurement of Motion; 18 Acoustical Measurements
N2  - Fully modernized and expanded coverage of thermocouples; extensively revises material on radiation pyrometery, temperature measurement error, and calibration. • Updated coverage of flow meters to reflect the latest standards. • Hypothesis testing incorporated into the material on data treatment, uncertainty and error analysis; Chi-squared testing statistics have been expanded and reorganized. • Updated and expanded digital techniques – Includes digital imaging and digital signal processors; modern computer buses are covered. • Modern photodetectors added to the material. • Discussion of modern frequency sources and phase-lock loops. • Revised accelerometer calibration methods to reflect improvement in sensor technology. • New problems added to supplement new text material. • Elimination of obsolescent instrumentation throughout the text
ER  -