Mechanical Measurements, 6th edition
Published by Pearson (August 7, 2006) © 2007
- Thomas G. Beckwith
- Roy D. Marangoni
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For courses in Measurement and Instrumentation offered in departments of Engineering.
This much-anticipated revision to the definitive mechanical measurements text continues to set the standard. Emphasizing precision and clarity, the authors cover fundamental issues common to all areas of measurement in Part One, then present individual chapters on applied areas of measurement in Part Two. The text’s modular format makes it accessible to undergraduate students of most engineering disciplines, particularly mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and engineering technology.
• Flexible presentation – Fits several different course formats and accommodates a wide variety of skill levels.
• Separate areas of applied measurements – Help students see the relevance of mechanical measurement to their own field of interest and offer motivation by addressing real-world measurement problems.
• 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.
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Part I Fundamentals of Mechanical Measurement
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    1 The Process of Measurement: An Overview
    2 Standards and Dimensional Units of MeasurementÂ
    3 Assessing and Presenting Experimental DataÂ
    4 The Analog Measurand: Time-Dependent CharacteristicsÂ
    5 The Response of Measuring SystemsÂ
    6 SensorsÂ
    7 Signal ConditioningÂ
    8 Digital Techniques in Mechanical MeasurementsÂ
    9 Readout and Data Processing
Part II Applied Mechanical Measurements
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    10 Measurement of Count, EPUT, Time Interval, and Frequency Measurement of Count, Events per Unit Time, Time Interval, and FrequencyÂ
    11 Displacement and Dimensional MeasurementÂ
    12 Strain and Stress: Measurement and AnalysisÂ
    13 Measurement of Force and TorqueÂ
    14 Measurement of PressureÂ
    15 Measurement of Fluid FlowÂ
    16 Temperature MeasurementsÂ
    17 Measurement of MotionÂ
    18 Acoustical Measurements
Part III Appendices
    A Standards and Conversion Equations
    B Theoretical Basis for Fourier Analysis
    C Number Systems
    D Some Useful Data
    E Stress and Strain RelationshipsÂ
         E.1 The General Plane Stress SituationÂ
         E.2 Direction and Magnitudes of Principal StressesÂ
         E.3 Variation in Shear Stress with DirectionÂ
         E.4 Shear Stress on Principal PlanesÂ
         E.5 General Stress Equations in Terms of Principal StressesÂ
         E.6 Mohr’s Circle for StressÂ
         E.7 Strain at a Point
         F Statistical Tests of Least Squares Fits
    Answers to Selected Problems
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