Measurement & Instrumentation :

This book is designed for senior undergraduates as well as postgraduates specializing in Measurement and Instrumentation as a major. It is also targeted towards practicing engineers and researchers seeking exposure of certain advanced techniques of measurement.Apart from few chapters on fundamental topics included for continuity the book presents a collection of specialized sensing and signal processing techniques not easily found between two covers.Each chapter of this edited volume presents in a lucid style a brief background the motivations principles involved and the techniques finally ending in its application. A beginner in the specific areas of Measurement and Instrumentation presented here will find sufficient material to start with.Coverage :-• Sensors: Electrical Optical Chemical Biochemical Nucleonic Microwave and MEMS• Signal Conditioning and Processing: Signal Conditioning Signal Processing Filtering Telemetry and Data Communication• Image Based Instrumentation: Biomedical and Remote Sensing• Intelligent Instrumentation: Sensor Fusion and Signal Estimation• Applications: Irrigation Medical Robotic Bioprocess and Two-phase Flow.Chapters of this book have been written by the faculty members and research scholars of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur based on their experience of research and teaching over three decades in the field of Measurement and Instrumentation.Contents :-Preface</i> Part A : Introduction Chapter 1: Evolution and Trends in Measurement and Instrumentation Chapter 2: Instrument Performance Evaluation Part B : Sensors Chapter 3: Electrical Sensors Chapter 4: Optical Sensors Chapter 5: Chemical Sensors Chapter 6: Biochemical Sensors Chapter 7: Nucleonic Sensors Chapter 8: Microwave Sensors Chapter 9: Silicon Micromachining Microsensors and MEMS Chapter 10: Design of MEMS Capacitive Accelerometers Part C: Signal Conditioning and Processing Chapter 11: Signal Conditioning and Processing Chapter 12: Telemetry and Data Communication Chapter 13: High Order Filter Design Part D : Image Based Instrumentation Chapter 14: Boundary Extraction and Contour Propagation of Heart Image Sequences Chapter 15: Remote Sensing An Overview Part E : Intelligent and Virtual Instrumentation Chapter 16: Sensor Fusion and Estimation in Instrumentation Chapter 17: On-line Monitoring of Manufacturing Processes: ACase study of Tool Monitoring in Face Milling Chapter 18: Real Time Power System Frequency Estimation Techniques Part F : Applications Chapter 19: Automation in Irrigation Chapter 20: VLSI in Medical Instrumentation Chapter 21: Robotic Instrumentation Chapter 22: Bioprocess Instrumentation Chapter 23: Measurement of Two-Phase Flow Parameters (Void Fraction and Flow Rate).About the Editors :-M.K. Ghosh Formerly Professor Department of Electrical Engineering IIT Kharagpur.S. Sen Professor Department of Electrical Engineering IIT Kharagpur.S. Mukhopadhyay Professor Department of Electrical Engineering IIT Kharagpur.