Handbook of Measurement in Science and Engineering

VOLUME 1 PREFACE xxiii CONTRIBUTORS xxvii PART I CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 1 1 New and Emerging Technologies in Structural Health Monitoring 3 Merit Enckell, Jacob Egede Andersen, Branko Glisic, and Johan Silfwerbrand Acknowledgments, 70 References, 71 2 Applications of GIS in Engineering Measurements 79 Gary S. Spring References, 102 3 Traffic Congestion Management 105 Nagui M. Rouphail Acknowledgments, 129 References, 129 4 Seismic Testing of Highway Bridges 133 Eric V. Monzon, Ahmad M. Itani, and Gokhan Pekcan References, 158 5 Measurements in Environmental Engineering 159 Daniel A. Vallero Nomenclature, 200 References, 202 6 Hydrology Measurements 205 Todd C. Rasmussen Suggested Readings, 231 7 Mobile Source Emissions Testing 233 Mohan Venigalla References, 240 PART II MECHANICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 241 8 Dimensions, Surfaces, and their Measurement 243 Mikell P. Groover References, 256 9 Mass Properties Measurement 259 David Tellet References, 300 10 Force Measurement 301 Patrick Collins Glossary of Terms, 329 References, 340 11 Resistive Strain Measurement Devices 343 Mark Tuttle References, 366 12 Vibration Measurement 367 Sheryl M. Gracewski and Nigel D. Ramoutar Nomenclature, 428 References, 431 13 Acoustical Measurements 433 Brian E. Anderson, Jonathan D. Blotter, Kent L. Gee, and Scott D. Sommerfeldt References, 479 14 Temperature Measurement 483 Peter R. N. Childs Summary, 484 Nomenclature, 519 References, 521 15 Pressure and Velocity Measurements 527 Richard S. Figliola and Donald E. Beasley Nomenclature, 563 References, 564 16 Luminescent Method for Pressure Measurement 567 Gamal E. Khalil, Jim W. Crafton, Sergey D. Fonov, Marvin Sellers, and Dana Dabiri Acknowledgments, 611 References, 612 17 Flow Measurement 615 Jesse Yoder Further Readings, 628 18 Heat Flux Measurement 629 Thomas E. Diller References, 655 19 Heat Transfer Measurements for Nonboiling Two-Phase Flow 661 Afshin J. Ghajar and Clement C. Tang Nomenclature, 683 References, 684 20 Solar Energy Measurements 687 Tariq Muneer and Yieng Wei Tham Acknowledgments, 722 References, 723 21 Wind Energy Measurements 727 Peter Gregg References, 747 22 Human Movement Measurements 749 Rahman Davoodi Acknowledgment, 762 References, 762 23 Flow Measurement 765 Arnold A. Fontaine, Keefe B. Manning, and Steven Deutsch References, 799 PART III INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 803 24 Statistical Quality Control 805 Magd E. Zohdi Further Readings, 817 25 Evaluating and Selecting Technology-Based Projects 819 Hans J. Thamhain Variables and Abbreviations, 831 References, 831 26 Manufacturing Systems Evaluation 833 Walter W. Olson References, 845 27 Measuring Performance of Chemical Process Equipment 847 Alan Cross Instrumentation, 848 References, 858 28 Industrial Energy Efficiency 859 B. Gopalakrishnan, D. P. Gupta, Y. Mardikar, and S. Chaudhari Equipment, 872 Acknowledgments, 881 References, 881 29 Industrial Waste Auditing 885 C. Visvanathan Further Readings, 910 30 Organizational Performance Measurement 911 Jennifer A. Farris, Eileen M. Van Aken, and Geert Letens References, 940 INDEX