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Experimentation and Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers [Hardcover]

Hugh W. Coleman (Author), W. Glenn Steele (Author)
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January 25, 1999 0471121460 978-0471121466 2
The dramatic developments in the field of experimental uncertainty analysis over the last ten years have led to sweeping changes in applications, resulting in a new international experimental uncertainty standard. Now, in the only manual available with direct applications to the design and analysis of engineering experiments, respected authors Hugh Coleman and Glenn Steele have thoroughly updated their bestselling title to include the new methodologies being used by the United States and international standards committee groups. Along with several new examples, this latest edition includes new material on:
* The utilization of Uncertainty Magnification Factors (UMFs) and Uncertainty Percentage Contributions (UPCs) in the planning and early design phases of experiments
* Refined procedures for accounting for the effects of correlated bias errors
* Improved methods for accounting for the effects of asymmetric systematic uncertainties
* The importance of (previously ignored) correlated random errors with an example illustrating how to account for them
* Uncertainties in comparative testing
* Uncertainties in the comparison of data and predictions (code validation)
* Uncertainty analysis by direct Monte Carlo simulation
* A new method to determine regression uncertainties that properly accounts for both random and systematic uncertainties


With a step-by-step approach, engineering students as well as practicing professional engineers who analyze or design experiments will find Experimentation and Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers, Second Edition to be an invaluable reference tool.


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"…present a logical approach to experimentation and validation through the application of uncertainty analysis in the planning, design, construction, and reporting phases of experimental and validation programs." (Book News, August 2009) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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How to apply uncertainty analysis to experimentation. Describes how to incorporate uncertainty analysis into the planning, design, construction, debugging, execution, data analysis, and reporting stages of experimental programs. Estimation and propagation of both precision (random) errors and bias (fixed) errors are considered, as are procedures for handling small samples (which require use of the t-distribution), and practical cases in which bias errors in different variables are correlated. Treatment follows (and explains) the ANSI/ASME Standard on Measurement Uncertainty. Chapters 1 through 4 develop methodology for proper consideration of the uncertainty in measured variables and their propagation into the result of an experimantal program. Chapters 5 through 7 present additional considerations in the design of experiments, and illustrate application of the methods given in earlier chapters. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 296 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 2 edition (January 25, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471121460
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471121466
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,121,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good text for the topic, March 14, 2011
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The other reviewer's comment is true but irrelevant. It is a pretty boring read, but the fact is, if your instructor uses this text, then you have to use this text. Also, this is one of THE definitive texts on the subject. The text begins with methods of statistical analysis for the use in uncertainty analysis. It describes the methods for modeling and simulating error propagation (Monte Carlo Method, and Taylor Series Method), and methods to incorporate uncertainty analysis into the planning phases of experiments. It then moves into how to conduct a detailed uncertainty analysis of a major experimentation efforts.

When an engineer is presented with data, the first question he or she should ask is how good is the data. This book provides the reader with the tools needed to be able to determine a degree of goodness to a set of data.

I'd give 5 stars, but the book's too expensive. That's my only legitimate gripe about this book... but then again, there might be a reason this is the most expensive text on the subject.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a book that it is really possible to use in practical engineering applications, August 20, 2011
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Usually, when you find a book comprising the Uncertainty Analysis, it is normally quite boring, hard read and even harder to use it in something practical. For sure, it is not the case here. Experimentation and Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers properly presents the theory behind the Uncertainty Analysis as much as necessary for understanding the various engineering applications described in the book. Congratulations for the authors for establishing the almost the perfect bridge to link the big gap that lies between the theory and practical applications.
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2.0 out of 5 stars sucks, March 4, 2005
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this book sucks. Its very boring. may want to reconsider if instructor suggests this book.
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When the word experimentation is encountered, most of us immediately envision someone in a laboratory "taking data." Read the first page
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data reduction equation, least scale division, general uncertainty analysis, timewise experiment, elemental error sources, discharge coefficient uncertainty, previous information study, elemental systematic uncertainties, systematic uncertainty estimates, correlated systematic uncertainties, jitter program, detailed uncertainty analysis, parent population standard deviation, using uncertainty analysis, uncertainty analysis results, random uncertainty, parent population mean, random uncertainties, venturi flowmeter, replication level, venturi inlet, data reduction program, systematic error sources, differential pressure gauge, transient technique
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New York, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Monte Carlo, American National Standards Institute, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Describing the Uncertainties, Expression of Uncertainty, Rex Figure, Prentice Hall
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