Practical Temperature Measurement

Informationen zum Autor Peter Childs, FREng, is the Professorial Lead in Engineering Design and Innovation Design Engineering. He is Professor at Large, Co-Director of the Energy Futures Lab, and was Founding Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. His general interests include creativity, innovation, design, fluid flow and heat transfer, energy and robotics. Prior to his current post at Imperial, he was director of the Rolls-Royce supported University Technology Centre for Aero-Thermal Systems, director of InQbate and professor at the University of Sussex. He has contributed to over 200 refereed journal and conference papers, and several books including the Handbook on Mechanical Design Engineering (Elsevier, 2013, 2019) as well as temperature measurements and rotating flow. He has been principal or co-investigator on contracts totaling over £100 million. He is Editor of the Journal of Power and Energy, Professor of Excellence at MD-H, Berlin, and Chairperson at BladeBUG Ltd and Founder Director and Chairperson at QBot Ltd.Introduces the concepts of temperature and its measurement to engineers, physicists and chemists of all disciplines. This book describes a range of techniques and devices available for temperature measurement and provides guidance for the selection of a particular method for a given application. It also includes worked examples of real situations.

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• Authors: Dr Peter R. N. Childs, P. R. N. Childs, Peter Childs, Peter R. N. Childs, Peter R. N. (Dyson School of Design Engine Childs, Peter R. N. (Dyson School of Design Engineering Childs, Peter R. N. (Engineering Design Childs, Peter R. N. (Professorial Lead in Engineer Childs, Childs Peter
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2001
• EAN: 9780750650809
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-5080-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Thermodynamics; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, Thermodynamics & heat, Thermodynamics and heat, Heat transfer processes