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  title info:
    title: Modern measurements
    sub title: fundamentals and applications
  name:
    name part: Ferrero, Alessandro
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Petri, Dario
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Carbone, Paolo
    name part: (Electrical engineer)
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Catelani, Marcantonio
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: 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.
  table of 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 20 -- 1.5.1 The Origin of the Doubt 21 -- 1.5.2 The Different Effects on the Measurement Result 23 -- 1.5.3 The Final Effect 25 -- 1.6 Uncertainty Definition and Evaluation 27 -- 1.6.1 The Error Concept and Why it Should be Abandoned 28 -- 1.6.2 Uncertainty Definition: The GUM Approach 29 -- 1.6.3 Evaluating Standard Uncertainty 31 -- 1.6.4 The Combined Standard Uncertainty 35 -- 1.7 Conclusions 39 -- Further Reading 40 -- References 41 -- Exercises 41 -- 2 THE SYSTEM OF UNITS AND THE MEASUREMENT STANDARDS 47 / Franco Cabiati -- 2.1 Introduction 47 -- 2.2 Role of the Unit in the Measurement Process 48 -- 2.3 Ideal Structure of a Unit System 50 -- 2.4 Evolution of the Unit Definition 52 -- 2.5 The SI System of Units 53 -- 2.6 Perspectives of Future SI Evolution 59 -- 2.7 Realization of Units and Primary Standards 62 -- 2.7.1 Meter Realization and Length Standards 65 -- 2.7.2 Kilogram Realization and Mass Standards: Present Situation 66 -- 2.7.3 Kilogram Realization: Future Perspective 67 -- 2.7.4 Realization of the Second and Time Standards 69 -- 2.7.5 Electrical Unit Realizations and Standards: Present Situation 71 -- 2.7.6 Electrical Units Realization and Standards: Future Perspective 76 -- 2.7.7 Kelvin Realization and Temperature Standards: Present Situation 78 -- 2.7.8 Kelvin Realization and Temperature Standards: Future Perspective 79 -- 2.7.9 Mole Realization: Present Situa…
  table of contents: 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 Analysis Techniques for Dependability 310 -- 9.6.1 Failure Modes and Effect Analysis 311 -- 9.6.2 Fault Tree Analysis 312 -- 9.7 Conclusions 313 -- Further Reading 314 -- References 314 -- Exercises 315 -- 10 EMC MEASUREMENTS 317 /Carlo Carobbi -- 10.1 Introduction 317 -- 10.2 Definitions and Terminology 318 -- 10.3 The Measuring Receiver 321 -- 10.3.1 Quasi-Peak Measuring Receivers 321 -- 10.3.2 Peak Measuring Receivers 329 -- 10.4 Conducted Emission Measurements 329 -- 10.4.1 The Artificial Mains Network 329 -- 10.4.2 The Current Probe 332 -- 10.5 Radiated Emission Measurements 333 -- 10.5.1 Antennas for the 9 kHz to 30 MHz Frequency Range 334 -- 10.5.2 Antennas for the Frequency Range Above 30 MHz 335 -- 10.5.3 Measurement Sites 339 -- 10.6 Immunity Tests 343 -- 10.6.1 Conducted Immunity Tests 343 -- 10.6.2 Radiated Immunity Tests 346 -- 10.7 Conclusions 347 -- Further Reading 348 -- References 348 -- Exercises 351 -- PROBLEM SOLUTIONS 353 -- INDEX 371.
  note: edited by Alessandro Ferrero, Dario Petri, Paolo Carbone, Marcantonio Catelani.
  note: Includes index.
  note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
  subject:
    topic: Measurement
  subject:
    topic: Measuring instruments
  subject:
    topic: Engineering instruments
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Engineering (General)
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Reference
  subject:
    topic: Engineering instruments
  subject:
    topic: Measurement
  subject:
    topic: Measuring instruments
  classification: T50
  classification: 620/.0044
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      publisher: Piscataway, New Jersey ; Hoboken, New Jersey : IEEE Press : Wiley, ©2015
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