"Version: 20240701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Process instrumentation systems -- 1.3. Instrument characteristics2. Dynamic characteristics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Zero-order instruments -- 2.3. First-order instruments -- 2.4. Second-order systems3. Strain, load, and torque measurement -- 3.1. Introduction --…
"Version: 20220601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.0. Using the book -- 0.1. The 'user' -- 0.2. The 'researcher' -- 0.3. The 'developer' -- 0.4. The 'expert'part I. Introduction and background knowledge. 1. Imaging particulate and multiphase systems -- 1.1. Particulate and multiphase systems : why do they matter? -- 1.2. The importance of imaging -- 1.3. Particle and flow…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Practical realisation of the length by interferometry??ogeneral principles and limitations -- 1.1. A short history of the metre and the present definition -- 1.2. Realisation of the length by direct measurement of the light travelling time (time-of-flight measurement) -- 1.3. The basic concept of length measurement by …
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. All measurements have uncertainties -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Measurement uncertainty in sports -- 1.3. Are uncertainties always acceptable? -- 1.4. Chaos2. What is measurement uncertainty? -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Statistical and systematic uncertainties -- 2.3. Accuracy and stability3. Units of physical values…
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.4. Measurement in the modern world (II) -- 4.1. Envy, money, terror, and the metric system -- 4.2. The endgame -- 4.3. Avez-vous l'heure s'il vous plait? -- 4.4. Falling out of favour with the metric system5. Creating the language that is science -- 5.1. Dividing apples with oranges to make ... something different -- 5.2.…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page 25).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Current directions -- Fundamental constants instead of units -- The Kibble balance -- X-ray crystal density method -- 4. Outlook.Units are at the heart of science and technology. Most measurements require units to express their result. The International System of Units (SI)…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Standards of physical quantities -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The time and frequency standard -- 1.3. The length standard -- 1.4. The mass standard -- 1.5. From macro to micro2. Historical role of precision measurements of time and frequency for the development of physics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Change from Ptolem…
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. History and development of theoretical research -- 2. Basic equations and solution methods -- 2.1. Basic equations -- 2.2. Boundary conditions and methods of solutions -- 2.3. Summary3. Characteristics of EM flowmeters in closed conduits -- 3.1. Concepts and definitions -- 3.2. Effect of the electrode shape on the weig…
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Nano dimensional standards -- 1.1. Nano dimensional standards -- 1.2. Metrological atomic force microscopes -- 1.3. The guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (The GUM, ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008) -- 1.4. Summary2. One-dimensional grating -- 2.1. Importance of one-dimensional grating as a nano dimensional s…