Doubt-free uncertainty in measurement : an introduction for engineers and students /: an introduction for engineers and students. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Colin Ratcliffe, Bridget Ratcliffe.
• Authors: Ratcliffe, Colin; Ratcliffe, Bridget
• Contents: ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Terminology""; ""Measurand""; ""True Value""; ""True Value and Uncertainty Interval""; ""Confidence, Significance and Coverage Factor (k-factor)""; ""Type A and Type B Uncertainties""; ""Systematic and Random Uncertainties""; ""Is it an Error or an Uncertainty? ""; ""Elemental Uncertainties ""; ""Calibration""; ""Measured or Calculated Quantities? ""; ""Propagation of Uncertainty""; ""Standard Uncertainty and Expanded Uncertainty""; ""Root Sum of the Squares (RSS)""; ""The Big Picture""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Type A and Type B Elemental Uncertainties"" ""Random Uncertainty""""Repeatable, or Systematic, Uncertainty""; ""Type A and Type B Elemental Uncertainty""; ""Sources of Elemental Uncertainty ""; ""Accuracy-Pandoraâ€?s Box? ""; ""Final reminder ""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Standard Uncertainty of a Measurement""; ""Finding the Standard Uncertainty when an Uncertainty Is Quoted at a Certain Level of Confidence""; ""Finding the Standard Uncertainty when an Elemental Uncertainty Is Given as a Standard Deviation with No Information About the Sample Size"" ""Finding the Standard Uncertainty when the Uncertainty Is Given as a Standard Deviation and the Sample Size Is also Given""""Finding the Standard Uncertainty when the Elemental Uncertainty has a Known Statistical Distribution""; ""Combining Several Standard Uncertainties to find the Standard Uncertainty for a Single Measured Quantity""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Expanded Uncertainty of a Measurement and an Uncertainty Budget for a Single Measurement""; ""Expanded Uncertainty, U""; ""Example""; ""Changing the Level of Confidence""; ""An Uncertainty Budget""; ""Chapter 5"" ""Propagation of Uncertainty & An Uncertainty Budget Example""""General Principles""; ""Absolute and Relative Uncertainty""; ""Uncertainty Budgetâ€?How to Use the Uncertainty Analysis to Improve the Accuracy of a Measurement Process""; ""Uncertainty Budget Example: Radiation Heat Transfer""; ""Conclusions""; ""Earlier Examples Revisited""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Sensitivity by Perturbation""; ""Returning to the CNC Cooling Fluid Problem""; ""Case Study""; ""A Fully Worked Example Developing the Uncertainty Analysis for a Process, Including a Discussion of Uncertainty Budgets"" ""The Big Picture """"Description of the Experiment to Measure Viscosity ""; ""Measurements ""; ""Uncertainty Analysis ""; ""Transducer Uncertainty ""; ""Summary of Transducer Standard Uncertainties ""; ""Uncertainty of Measurement ""; ""Propagation of Uncertainty ""; ""Uncertainty Budgets ""; ""Uncertainty Budget Summary ""; ""Appendix""; ""The Mathematics of Resolution and Truncation ""; ""Derivation of the Standard Uncertainty When Using the Full-Resolution ""; ""Derivation of the Standard Uncertainty When Using the Half-Resolution ""
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 003.54; Engineering; Uncertainty (Information theory) -- Mathematical models; Physical measurements; Measurement -- Mathematical models; Distribution (Probability theory); SCIENCE -- System Theory; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Operations Research; Distribution (Probability theory); Measurement -- Mathematical models; Physical measurements; Uncertainty (Information theory) -- Mathematical models; Science -- Weights & Measures; Technology & Engineering -- General; Mensuration & systems of measurement; Engineering: general; System safety; Engineering economy; Technology & Engineering -- Quality Control; Reliability engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319120638; 3319120638
• Related ISBNs: 9783319120621; 331912062X
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