Cae PETES | ) oo H C RADHA KRISHNACopyright © 1983, 1991 New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers Third Edition : 1991 Reprint : 2004 NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL (P) LIMITED, PUBLISHERS 4835/24, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi - 110 002 Offices at: Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jalaridhar, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Ranchi This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. This book cannot be sold outside the country to which it is consigned by the publisher without the prior permission of the publisher. Rs. 165.00 ISBN : 81-224-0383-2 78910111213 1415 Published by New Age International (P) Ltd., 4835/24, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110 002 and printed in India at S.P. Printers, New Delhi-110 002Contents Foreword v Preface to the Third Edition vii Preface to the Second Edition ix Preface to the First Edition xi 1. Basic Concepts of Measurements 1-10 1.1 Whatis measurement 1 1.2___Methods of measurement 2 1.3 Calibration 2 14 Why make measurements _2 1.5 Generalised description of a measurement system_3 1.6 Operational description of a measurement system _6 17 Signaltypes 9 1.8 Modes of operation 9 Exercises 2, Performance Characteristics of Measuring Instruments 11-35 2.1___Introduction 11 2.2 Static performance characteristics _11 23 amic performance characteristics 15 2.4 Inputtypes 17 2.5 Instrument types 18 26 rimental determination of system parameters 26 Exercises 3. Imaccuracy of Measurements and Its Analysis 36-58 3.1 Introduction 36 3.2 Typesoferrors 37 3.3 Sources of errors 37 3.4 Mcanasabestvalue 38 3.5__ Accuracy and precision 39 3.6 Statistical Analysis of data 40 Exercises