Measurement and Instrumentation: Theory and Application

Measurement and Instrumentation: Theory and Application, Second Edition, introduces undergraduate engineering students to measurement principles and the range of sensors and instruments used for measuring physical variables.

This updated edition provides new coverage of the latest developments in measurement technologies, including smart sensors, intelligent instruments, microsensors, digital recorders, displays, and interfaces, also featuring chapters on data acquisition and signal processing with LabVIEW from Dr. Reza Langari.

Written clearly and comprehensively, this text provides students and recently graduated engineers with the knowledge and tools to design and build measurement systems for virtually any engineering application.

Provides early coverage of measurement system design to facilitate a better framework for understanding the importance of studying measurement and instrumentationCovers the latest developments in measurement technologies, including smart sensors, intelligent instruments, microsensors, digital recorders, displays, and interfacesIncludes significant material on data acquisition and signal processing with LabVIEWExtensive coverage of measurement uncertainty aids students’ ability to determine the accuracy of instruments and measurement systems

1. Fundamentals of Measurement Systems
2. Instrument Types and Performance Characteristics
3. Measurement Uncertainty
4. Statistical Analysis of Measurements Subject to Random Errors
5. Calibration of Measuring Sensors and Instruments
6. Data Acquisition and Signal Processing
7. Variable Conversion
8. Measurement Signal Transmission
9. Display, Recording, and Presentation of Measurement Data
10. Intelligent Devices
11. Measurement Reliability and Safety Systems
12. Data Acquisition with LabVIEW
13. Sensor Technologies
14. Temperature Measurement
15. Pressure Measurement
16. Flow Measurement
17. Level Measurement
18. Mass, Force, and Torque Measurement
19. Translational Motion, Vibration, and Shock Measurement
20. Rotational Motion Transducers
21. Summary of Other Measurements

Appendix 1: Imperial–Metric–SI Conversion Tables Appendix 2: Thévenin's Theorem Appendix 3: Thermocouple Tables Appendix 4: Using mathematical tables