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Informationen zum Autor Myer Kutz holds engineering degrees from RPI and MIT. He was Vice President and General Manager of Wiley's STM division and has consulted and authored for most of the major professional and technical publishing houses. He is the author of 7 books and the editor of more than 7 handbooks. Klappentext The most comprehensive, up-to-date reference set on engineering measurements covering all major engineering disciplines, Handbook of Engineering Measurements, Set provides a multidisciplinary resource of engineering measurement theory, necessary tools, techniques of measurement and analysis, and applications. Encyclopedic in scope, beyond anything currently available on the market, Volume 1 covers civil and environmental engineering, mechanical and biomedical engineering, and industrial engineering; Volume II covers and spans materials properties and testing, instrumentation, and measurement standards. Zusammenfassung The most comprehensive, up-to-date reference set on engineering measurements covering all major engineering disciplines, Handbook of Engineering Measurements, Set provides a multidisciplinary resource of engineering measurement theory, necessary tools, techniques of measurement and analysis, and applications. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 1.1 Introduction, 5 1.2 Background, 6 1.3 New and Emerging Technologies, 8 1.4 Fiber-Optic Technology, 16 1.5 Acoustic Emission, 24 1.6 Radar Technology, 27 1.7 Global Positioning System, 31 1.8 Corrosion Monitoring Systems, 33 1.9 Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) Systems, 35 1.10 Components of Structural Health Monitoring System, 37 1.11 Structural Health Monitoring System Design, 41 1.12 System Procurement and Installation, 44 1.13 Application of Structural Health Monitoring Systems, 47 1.14 Discussion, 67 1.15 Conclusion, 69 Acknowledgments, 70 References, 71 2 Applications of GIS in Engineering Measurements 79 Gary S. Spring 2.1 Introduction, 79 2.2 Background, 80 2.3 Basic Principles of GIS, 81 2.4 Measurement-Based GIS Applications, 96 2.5 Implementation Issues, 97 2.6 Conclusion, 100 References, 102 3 Traffic Congestion Management 105 Nagui M. Rouphail 3.1 Introduction and Background, 105 3.2 Scope of the Chapter, 106 3.3 Organization of the Chapter, 107 3.4 Fundamentals of Vehicle Emission Estimation, 107 3.5 Inventory of Traffic Congestion Management Methods, 112 3.6 Assessing Emission Impacts of Traffic Congestion Management, 119 3.7 Summary, 128 Acknowledgments, 129 References, 129 4 Seismic Testing of Highway Bridges 133 Eric V. Monzon, Ahmad M. Itani, and Gokhan Pekcan 4.1 Introduction, 133 4.2 Similitude Requirements, 134 4.3 Specimen Fabrication, 141 4.4 Input Motion, 148 4.5 Instrumentation, 150 4.6 Data Acquisition and Processing, 155 4.7 Results, 157 References, 158 5 Measurements in Environmental Engineering 159 Daniel A. Vallero 5.1 Introduction, 159 5.2 Environmental Sampling Approaches, 166 5.3 Laboratory Analysis, 169 5.4 Measurement Uncertainty, 183 5.5 Measurement Decision Making, 186 5.6 Environmental Indicators, 191 5.7 Extending Measurement Data Using Models, 199 5.8 Summary, 200 Nomenclature, 200 References, 202 6 Hydrology Measurements 205 Todd C. Rasmusse...
