Applied Measurement Engineering: How to Design Effective Mechanical Measurement Systems

1. Basic Concepts. 2. Measurement System Transfer Functions and Linearity. 3. Frequency Content ... or ... Waveshape Reproduction. 4. Nonself Generating Transducers and How They Really Work. 5. Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know about the Wheatstone Bridge. 6. Self Generating Transducers. 7. The Transducer Model and the Problem of Noise. 8. Noise Level Reduction Techniques. 9. Information Conversion Techniques. 10. Frequency Analysis. 11. Sampled Measurement Systems. 12. Measurement System Operational Methods. 13. Data Validation Methodologies. 14. Knowledge-Based Measurement Systems. 15. The Subject of Software. 16. Leadership and Management Issues. 17. The Subjects of Craft, Responsibility and Professionalism.