Myer Kutz

Handbook of Measurement in Science and Engineering, 2 Volume Set

Herausgeber: Kutz, Myer

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The most comprehensive, up-to-date reference set on engineering measurements covering all major engineering disciplines, Handbook of Engineering Measurements, Set provides a multidisciplinary resource of engineering measurement theory, necessary tools, techniques of measurement and analysis, and applications. Encyclopedic in scope, beyond anything currently available on the market, Volume 1 covers civil and environmental engineering, mechanical and biomedical engineering, and industrial engineering; Volume II covers and spans materials properties and testing, instrumentation, and measurement standards.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 2096
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 189mm x 100mm
• Gewicht: 3933g
• ISBN-13: 9781118384633
• ISBN-10: 1118384636
• Artikelnr.: 35455772

Autorenporträt

Myer Kutz holds engineering degrees from RPI and MIT. He was Vice President and General Manager of Wiley's STM division and has consulted and authored for most of the major professional and technical publishing houses. He is the author of 7 books and the editor of more than 7 handbooks.

Inhaltsangabe

VOLUME 1 PREFACE xxiii CONTRIBUTORS xxvii PART I CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 1 1 New and Emerging Technologies in Structural Health Monitoring 3 Merit Enckell
Jacob Egede Andersen
Branko Glisic
and Johan Silfwerbrand Acknowledgments
70 References
71 2 Applications of GIS in Engineering Measurements 79 Gary S. Spring References
102 3 Traffic Congestion Management 105 Nagui M. Rouphail Acknowledgments
129 References
129 4 Seismic Testing of Highway Bridges 133 Eric V. Monzon
Ahmad M. Itani
and Gokhan Pekcan References
158 5 Measurements in Environmental Engineering 159 Daniel A. Vallero Nomenclature
200 References
202 6 Hydrology Measurements 205 Todd C. Rasmussen Suggested Readings
231 7 Mobile Source Emissions Testing 233 Mohan Venigalla References
240 PART II MECHANICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 241 8 Dimensions
Surfaces
and their Measurement 243 Mikell P. Groover References
256 9 Mass Properties Measurement 259 David Tellet References
300 10 Force Measurement 301 Patrick Collins Glossary of Terms
329 References
340 11 Resistive Strain Measurement Devices 343 Mark Tuttle References
366 12 Vibration Measurement 367 Sheryl M. Gracewski and Nigel D. Ramoutar Nomenclature
428 References
431 13 Acoustical Measurements 433 Brian E. Anderson
Jonathan D. Blotter
Kent L. Gee
and Scott D. Sommerfeldt References
479 14 Temperature Measurement 483 Peter R. N. Childs Summary
484 Nomenclature
519 References
521 15 Pressure and Velocity Measurements 527 Richard S. Figliola and Donald E. Beasley Nomenclature
563 References
564 16 Luminescent Method for Pressure Measurement 567 Gamal E. Khalil
Jim W. Crafton
Sergey D. Fonov
Marvin Sellers
and Dana Dabiri Acknowledgments
611 References
612 17 Flow Measurement 615 Jesse Yoder Further Readings
628 18 Heat Flux Measurement 629 Thomas E. Diller References
655 19 Heat Transfer Measurements for Nonboiling Two-Phase Flow 661 Afshin J. Ghajar and Clement C. Tang Nomenclature
683 References
684 20 Solar Energy Measurements 687 Tariq Muneer and Yieng Wei Tham Acknowledgments
722 References
723 21 Wind Energy Measurements 727 Peter Gregg References
747 22 Human Movement Measurements 749 Rahman Davoodi Acknowledgment
762 References
762 23 Flow Measurement 765 Arnold A. Fontaine
Keefe B. Manning
and Steven Deutsch References
799 PART III INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 803 24 Statistical Quality Control 805 Magd E. Zohdi Further Readings
817 25 Evaluating and Selecting Technology-Based Projects 819 Hans J. Thamhain Variables and Abbreviations
831 References
831 26 Manufacturing Systems Evaluation 833 Walter W. Olson References
845 27 Measuring Performance of Chemical Process Equipment 847 Alan Cross Instrumentation
848 References
858 28 Industrial Energy Efficiency 859 B. Gopalakrishnan
D. P. Gupta
Y. Mardikar
and S. Chaudhari Equipment
872 Acknowledgments
881 References
881 29 Industrial Waste Auditing 885 C. Visvanathan Further Readings
910 30 Organizational Performance Measurement 911 Jennifer A. Farris
Eileen M. Van Aken
and Geert Letens References
940 INDEX VOLUME 2 PART IV MATERIALS PROPERTIES AND TESTING 945 31 Viscosity Measurement 947 Ann M. Anderson
Bradford A. Bruno
and Lilla Safford Smith References
979 32 Tribology Measurements 981 Prasanta Sahoo 33 Corrosion Monitoring 1007 Pierre R. Roberge References
1116 34 Surface Properties Measurement 1121 Mrinalini Mulukutla and Sandip P. Harimkar References
1147 35 Thermal Conductivity of Engineering Materials 1151 Juergen Blumm References
1188 36 Optical Methods for the Measurement of Thermal Conductivity 1189 Prabhakar R. Bandaru and Max S. Aubain Acknowledgments
1209 References
1209 37 Selection of Metals for Structural Design 1213 Matthew J. Donachie Further Readings
1261 38 Mechanical Properties of Polymers 1263 Daniel Liu
Jackie Rehkopf
and Maureen Reitman References
1290 39 Electrical Properties of Polymers 1291 Evaristo Riande and Ricardo Diaz-Calleja References
1338 40 Nondestructive Inspection 1343 Robert L. Crane and Jeremy S. Knopp References
1410 41 Testing of Metallic Materials 1413 Peter C. McKeighan Acknowledgments
1436 References
1436 42 Ceramics Testing 1437 Shawn K. McGuire and Michael G. Jenkins References
1461 43 Plastics Testing 1463 Vishu Shah Further Readings
1496 44 Testing and Instrumental Analysis for Plastics Processing: Key Characterization Techniques 1499 Maria del Pilar Noriega References
1527 45 Analytical Tools for Estimation of Particulate Composite Material Properties 1529 Tarek I. Zohdi and Magd E. Zohdi References
1537 PART V INSTRUMENTATION 1539 46 Instrument Statics 1541 Jerry Lee Hall
Sriram Sundararajan
and Mahmood Naim References
1570 47 Input and Output Characteristics 1573 Adam C. Bell References
1610 48 Bridge Transducers 1611 Patrick L. Walter References
1660 Further Readings
1661 49 Signal Processing 1663 John Turnbull References
1683 50 Data Acquisition and Display Systems 1685 Philip C. Milliman References
1715 PART VI MEASUREMENT STANDARDS 1517 51 Mathematical and Physical Units
Standards
and Tables 1719 Jack H. Westbrook Bibliography for Letter Symbols
1731 Bibliography for Graphic Symbols
1737 Bibliography for Units and Measurements
1802 52 Measurement Uncertainty 1911 David Clippinger Disclaimer
1924 References
1925 53 Measurements 1927 E. L. Hixson and E. A. Ripperger References
1942 INDEX I-1