Modern scientific world requires an increasing number of complex measurements and instruments. The subject matter of this well-planned text is designed to ensure that the students gain a thorough understanding of the concepts and principles of measurement of physical quantities and the related transducers and instruments. This edition retains all the features of its previous editions viz. plenty of worked-out examples, review questions culled from examination papers of various universities for practice and the solutions to numerical problems and other additional information in appendices.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
Besides the inclusion of a new chapter on Hazardous Areas and Instrumentation (Chapter 15), various new sections have been added and existing sections modified in the following chapters:
Chapter 3 Linearisation and Spline interpolation
Chapter 5 Classifications of transducers, Hall effect, Piezoresistivity, Surface acoustic waves, Optical effects (This chapter has been thoroughly modified)
Chapter 6 Proximitys sensors
Chapter 8 Hall effect and Saw transducers
Chapter 9 Proving ring, Prony brake, Industrial weighing systems, Tachometers
Chapter 10 ITS-90, SAW thermometer
Chapter 12 Glass gauge, Level switches, Zero suppression and Zero elevation, Level switches
Chapter 13 The section on ISFET has been modified substantially
ARUN K GHOSH (PhD, Physics, Calcutta University, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University, Houston, Texas). He served as the Head, Instrumentation Centre, University of Kalyani; Principal, Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology, Berhampur; and Principal, Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur.
A distinguished teacher, Professor Ghosh has over 26 years of teaching experience and has published 35 research papers in journals of national and international repute.