Handbook of Measurement in Science and Engineering

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Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 9 Contributors......Page 29 Preface......Page 33 PART I CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING......Page 37 Chapter 1 NEW AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING......Page 39 Chapter 2 APPLICATIONS OF GIS IN ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS......Page 115 Chapter 3 TRAFFIC CONGESTION MANAGEMENT......Page 141 Chapter 4 SEISMIC TESTING OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES......Page 169 Chapter 5 MEASUREMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING......Page 195 Chapter 6 HYDROLOGY MEASUREMENTS......Page 241 Chapter 7 MOBILE SOURCE EMISSIONS TESTING......Page 269 PART II MECHANICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING......Page 277 Chapter 8 DIMENSIONS, SURFACES, AND THEIR MEASUREMENT......Page 279 Chapter 9 MASS PROPERTIES MEASUREMENT......Page 295 Chapter 10 FORCE MEASUREMENT......Page 337 Chapter 11 RESISTIVE STRAIN MEASUREMENT DEVICES......Page 379 Chapter 12 VIBRATION MEASUREMENT......Page 403 Chapter 13 ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS......Page 469 Chapter 14 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT......Page 519 Chapter 15 PRESSURE AND VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS......Page 563 Chapter 16 LUMINESCENT METHOD FOR PRESSURE MEASUREMENT......Page 603 Chapter 17 FLOWMETERS......Page 651 Chapter 18 HEAT FLUX MEASUREMENT......Page 665 Chapter 19 HEAT TRANSFER MEASUREMENTS FOR NONBOILING TWO-PHASE FLOW......Page 697 Chapter 20 SOLAR ENERGY MEASUREMENTS......Page 723 Chapter 21 WIND ENERGY MEASUREMENTS......Page 763 Chapter 22 HUMAN MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS......Page 785 Chapter 23 FLOW MEASUREMENT......Page 801 PART III INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING......Page 839 Chapter 24 STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL......Page 841 Chapter 25 EVALUATING AND SELECTING TECHNOLOGY-BASED PROJECTS......Page 855 Chapter 26 MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS EVALUATION......Page 869 Chapter 27 MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS EQUIPMENT......Page 883 Chapter 28 INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY......Page 895 Chapter 29 INDUSTRIAL WASTE AUDITING......Page 921 Chapter 30 ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT......Page 947