Introduction to Engineering Experimentation

1. Introduction. 2. General Characteristics of Measurement Systems. 3. Measurement Systems with Electrical Signals. 4. Computerized Data Acquisition Systems. 5. Discrete Sampling and Analysis of Time-Varying Signals. 6. Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data. 7. Experimental Uncertainty Analysis. 8. Measurement of Solid-Mechanical Quantities. 9. Measuring Pressure, Temperature and Humidity. 10. Measuring Fluid Flow Rate, Fluid Velocity, Fluid Level, and Combustion Pollutants. 11. Dynamic Behavior of Measurement Systems. 12. Guidelines for Planning and Documenting Experiments. Appendix A: Computational Methods for Chapter 5. Appendix B: Selected Properties of Substances. Glossary. Answers to Selected Problems. Index.