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Modern measurements : fundamentals and applications /

This book explores the modern role of measurement science for both the technically most advanced applications and in everyday and will help readers gain the necessary skills to specialize their knowledge for a specific field in measurement.

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Group Author: Ferrero, Alessandro; Petri, Dario; Carbone, Paolo Electrical engineer; Catelani, Marcantonio
Published: IEEE Press ; John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,
Publisher Address: Piscataway, NJ : Hoboken, NJ :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Measurement
Measuring instruments
Engineering instruments
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering General
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference
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Summary: This book explores the modern role of measurement science for both the technically most advanced applications and in everyday and will help readers gain the necessary skills to specialize their knowledge for a specific field in measurement.
Carrier Form: xviii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN: 9781118171318 :
1118171314
9781119021339
1119021332
Index Number: T50
CLC: TB22
Call Number: TB22/M689
Contents: PREFACE xv -- ACRONYMS xvii -- I FUNDAMENTALS 1 -- 1 MEASUREMENT MODELS AND UNCERTAINTY 3 / Alessandro Ferrero and Dario Petri -- 1.1 Introduction 3 -- 1.2 Measurement and Metrology 4 -- 1.3 Measurement Along the Centuries 5 -- 1.3.1 Measurement in Ancient Greece 6 -- 1.3.2 Measurement in the Roman Empire 6 -- 1.3.3 Measurement in the Renaissance Period 7 -- 1.3.4 Measurement in the Modern Age 8 -- 1.3.5 Measurement Today 9 -- 1.4 Measurement Model 10 -- 1.4.1 A First Measurement Model 11 -- 1.4.2 A More Complex Measurement Model 16 -- 1.4.3 Final Remarks 19 -- 1.5 Uncertainty in Measurement
References 283 -- Exercises 285 -- 9 RELIABILITY MEASUREMENTS 287 /Marcantonio Catelani -- 9.1 Introduction 287 -- 9.2 Brief Remarks on the Concept of Quality 288 -- 9.3 Reliability, Failure and Fault: Basic Concepts and Definitions 288 -- 9.4 Reliability Theory 292 -- 9.4.1 Reliability Models and Measures Related to Time to Failure 292 -- 9.4.2 Life Distributions 298 -- 9.4.3 Reliability Parameters 300 -- 9.4.4 The Bath-Tube Curve 302 -- 9.5 System Reliability Assessment 303 -- 9.5.1 Series Configuration 304 -- 9.5.2 Parallel Configuration 305 -- 9.5.3 k-out-of-n Configuration 307 -- 9.6 An

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