Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers and Scientists: A Practical Guide
Cambridge University Press, 1/7/2021
EAN 9781108478359, ISBN10: 1108478352
Hardcover, 370 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Build the skills for determining appropriate error limits for quantities that matter with this essential toolkit. Understand how to handle a complete project and how uncertainty enters into various steps. Provides a systematic, worksheet-based process to determine error limits on measured quantities, and all likely sources of uncertainty are explored, measured or estimated. Features instructions on how to carry out error analysis using Excel and MATLAB®, making previously tedious calculations easy. Whether you are new to the sciences or an experienced engineer, this useful resource provides a practical approach to performing error analysis. Suitable as a text for a junior or senior level laboratory course in aerospace, chemical and mechanical engineering, and for professionals.
1. Introduction and definitions
2. Quick start
replicate error basics
3. Reading error
4. Calibration error
5. Error propagation
6. Model fitting.