Reference Articles 1001 - 1100 of 1969
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Bistatic Radar, 2nd Edition
Description: Bistatic Radar, 2nd Edition With plentiful figures, tables, equations, appendices and a bibliography, this book provides a history of bistatic systems that points out to potential designers the ...
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Bootstrap Techniques For Signal Processing
Description: Bootstrap Techniques For Signal Processing Written for graduate students and engineers in areas such as radar, sonar, biomedical engineering and automotive engineering, this book covers the ...
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2008+ Solved Problems in Electromagnetics
Description: 2008+ Solved Problems in Electromagnetics Written for students of electromagnetics and those who wish to refresh and solidify their understanding of its challenging applications, this book will ...
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Notes on Acoustics
Description: Notes on Acoustics Written by a noted authority in the subject area, this book is a comprehensive study of the theory and practical application of acoustics to numerous fields. ...
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Vortex Plate Brings Innovation and Simplicity to Vortex Flow Measurement (.pdf)
Description: Problem: Traditional Vortex Flow Meters are susceptible to common mode noise, leaking sensor diaphragms, o-ring replacement, leaks into sensor cavity and electronics, and repeatability drift. ...
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Water Accountability - Portable Monitoring Instruments Solve Flow Rate Mystery
Description: With flows exceeding permit limits, the Village of Glen Walter uses Greyline Stingray Level-Velocity Loggers and discovers household sump pump connections to the municipal connection system. ...
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Continuous Environmental Monitoring of Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, and Xylenes (BTEX) (.pdf)
Description: The VG Sentinel dB provides rapid detection of ppb levels of benzene in air drawn from the various points on the plant, thereby providing early warning in the event of accidental benzene release. ...
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Accelerometer for AHRS Application (.pdf)
From: ColibrysDescription: Inertial navigation is the process of calculating the position and velocity of a body (such as an aircraft) from self-contained accelerometers and gyroscopes. Attitude and Heading Reference Systems or ...
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Gun Hard Inertial Measurement Unit Based on MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer and Rate Sensor (.pdf)
From: ColibrysDescription: Smart munitions and missiles are increasingly incorporating inertial measurement units for guidance of short range weapon systems. In addition to usual high performance of the required sensors, ...
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Recession Proof Your Sensors (.pdf)
Description: OK, I know, we are all fed up with all this talk about down-sizing, right-sizing, banks, housing bubbles, and ...oh forget it! So the last thing you need is more trouble at work. Your company has just ...
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Sonar Listens to Material Properties
From: COMSOL, Inc.Description: During WWII, SONAR was used primarily to detect submarines; today these techniques are used to look for undersea objects such as shipwrecks and for measuring fish abundances and distributions. SONAR ...
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A New Approach to Developing Automotive Interior Parts (.pdf)
From: Polytec, Inc.Description: Squeak & Rattle performance is an increasingly important component to customer satisfaction in the automobile industry. Normally Squeak & Rattle performance in a new car is tested during the ...
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Characterization of the Ultrasonic Welding Process through High-resolution Laser-Doppler Vibrometry (.pdf)
From: Polytec, Inc.Description: A key issue in automotive engineering is to reduce the mass of vehicles and components through innovative materials, their combination and the use of new types of bonding technology. The current ...
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Determining Mechanical Properties of the Human Hipbone Through Vibration Measurements (.pdf)
From: Polytec, Inc.Description: Non-contact laser Doppler vibrometry is a powerful tool to aid in the study of biomechanics. Recent experiments to determine the dynamic properties of a pelvic bone relied on deflection measurements ...
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Measuring Torsional Vibration on a Natural Gas Engine/Reciprocating Compressor System (.pdf)
From: Polytec, Inc.Description: This case history describes how torsional vibration was measured on a natural gas engine driving a reciprocating compressor. It was necessary to check torsional vibration on the front of the engine ...
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Optimization of Air Flow in the Read/Write Unit of Hard Disk Drives Using Laser-Doppler Vibrometry (.pdf)
From: Polytec, Inc.Description: Laser vibrometers are proven and reliable tools for dynamic tests on data storage media such as hard disk drives (HDD) or DVD drives. Inside HDDs, the read/write heads are gliding on a kind of air ...
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Scanning an Ultra-light Membrane to Image Acoustic Fields (.pdf)
From: Polytec, Inc.Description: Researchers at the INSA Laboratory in Villeurbanne (France) are currently developing a new measurement device to obtain acoustic particle velocity maps from laser measurements. The technology is based ...
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Accuracy vs. Resolution
From: Rieker, Inc.Description: The often confusing but important difference with inclinometer sensor output is whether accuracy is the same as resolution. In mechanical testing and measurement, it is often important to understand ...
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How To Substantially Reduce Encoder Cost While Gaining Functionality With Multi-Turn Rotary Position Sensors (.pdf)
From: Novotechnik U.S., Inc.Description: Many applications require rotation counters that can measure angles greater than 360º. However the low-cost 10-turn potentiometers most design engineers are familiar with can't always meet user ...
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Improving Flow Measurement Using PLC Based Flow Computing (.pdf)
From: ProSoft Technology, Inc.Description: This paper explores the use and benefits of embedding hydrocarbon flow computer technology into programmable logic controllers (PLCs) for integrated measurement, control, and communications. Accurate ...
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Recent Developments In Reliability-Based Civil Engineering
Description: Recent Developments In Reliability-Based Civil Engineering Authored by the most active scholars in their areas, this volume covers the latest thoughts on design for low probability and high ...
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Sensors And Microsystems: Proceedings of the 9th Italian Conference: Ferrara, Italy, 8-11 February 2004
Description: Sensors And Microsystems: Proceedings of the 9th Italian Conference: Ferrara, Italy, 8-11 February 2004 Featuring 83 papers from 103 institutions, this book covers the many essential aspects of ...
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Smart Technologies
Description: Smart Technologies Providing a general introduction to intelligent or smart materials, systems and machines, this non-mathematical guide highlights the broad range of applications that can benefit ...
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Superconductivity, Revised Edition
Description: Superconductivity, Revised Edition Aimed at readers with an interest in physics and driven by a curiosity to learn more about nature, this lively, nontechnical book paints detailed pictures of the ...
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Theory And Applications Of Ocean Surface Waves
Description: Theory And Applications Of Ocean Surface Waves Presenting theoretical topics on ocean wave dynamics, this text includes basic principles and applications in coastal and offshore engineering as ...
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Waves and Wave Forces on Coastal and Ocean Structures: Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering, Volume 21
Description: Waves and Wave Forces on Coastal and Ocean Structures: Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering, Volume 21 Focusing on the physical and mathematical aspects of ocean and coastal engineering, this text ...
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A First Systems Book: Technology And Management , 2nd Edition
Description: A First Systems Book: Technology And Management , 2nd Edition Suitable for all managers and professionals in business, engineering, computing and science who aspire to become professional problem ...
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Analysis of Piezoelectric Devices
Description: Analysis of Piezoelectric Devices Based on the linear, nonlinear, three-dimensional and lower-dimensional structural theories of electromechanical materials, this book presents results for devices ...
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Capacitive Tactile Sensors - A Technology Primer (.pdf)
Description: The basic electrical property of capacitance - a measure of an object's ability to store electrical charge -has been demonstrated in countless physics classes with the classic example of two ...
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Differential Equations: An Introduction to Basic Concepts, Results and Applications
Description: Differential Equations: An Introduction to Basic Concepts, Results and Applications In a unitary frame, this book presents the main concepts and results of differential equations, and offers ...
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Electrodynamics: An Introduction Including Quantum Effects
Description: Electrodynamics: An Introduction Including Quantum Effects With one hundred worked examples incorporated into the text, this comprehensive guide includes the special theory of relativity and the ...
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Hypermodels In Mathematical Finance: Modelling Via Infinitesimal Analysis
Description: Hypermodels In Mathematical Finance: Modelling Via Infinitesimal Analysis Written for research students and practitioners, this analytic guide covers topics such as pricing derivative securities, ...
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Introduction To Dynamic Spin Chemistry: Magnetic Field Effects On Chemical And Biochemical Reactions
Description: Introduction To Dynamic Spin Chemistry: Magnetic Field Effects On Chemical And Biochemical Reactions Provided as a guide for all situations in which radicals, radical pairs, and higher spin ...
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Introduction to Nearshore Hydrodynamics
Description: Introduction to Nearshore Hydrodynamics Intended as both an introductory textbook and a reference for those working in the field of coastal engineering, this book helps de-mystify some of the many ...
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Measuring Tube Construction Affects the Long-Term Stability of Magmeters (.pdf)
From: KROHNE, Inc.Description: This paper provides the full results of a German test agency's long term stability test comparing magmeters' plastic lined vs. ceramic flow sensor constructions. Filling machine type magmeters were ...
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The Dynamics Of Marine Craft: Maneuvering And Seakeeping
Description: The Dynamics Of Marine Craft: Maneuvering And Seakeeping Designed to provide tools for the prediction or simulation of craft motions in calm water and in waves, this book presents a theoretical ...
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Un-tether Your Encoder: Go Wireless
From: BEI SensorsDescription: Encoders come in a wide variety of sizes, accuracies, and ranges based upon just as wide a variety of mechanical and optical technologies. And you can pay as much or little as you wish. But all ...
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Measuring Humidity: Breaking the Parts Per Billion Barrier (.pdf)
From: The Kahn CompaniesDescription: Moisture measurement continues to present designers of instrumentation with interesting challenges. For many years the moisture measurement industry has concerned itself principally with humidity ...
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Temperature Measurement and Calibration: What Every Instrument Technician Ought to Know (.pdf)
From: Fluke CalibrationDescription: Temperature may be the most commonly measured physical parameter. Yet there have never been so many ways to measure it as there are today. With so many options it's natural to have a few questions. ...
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Digital Control of Fluidic Processes (.pdf)
Description: This paper explores the challenges of building an accurate pressure and/or flow controller and explains the benefits of integrating the Microfluidic Process Controller (MPC) from Parker into the ...
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Sensor Technology Handbook
Description: Sensor Technology Handbook Filled with hard-to-find information, contributed by noted engineers and companies working in the field today, this comprehensive reference offers guidance on selecting, ...
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Structural Dynamics and Vibration in Practice: An Engineering Handbook
Description: Structural Dynamics and Vibration in Practice: An Engineering Handbook Introducing the theoretical, testing and control aspects of structural dynamics and vibration, this straightforward text, ...
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Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors
Description: Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors By providing background information, theoretical modeling, and experimental examples on the principal technologies involved in ...
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Active Sound and Vibration Control: Theory and Applications
Description: Active Sound and Vibration Control: Theory and Applications There has been considerable effort devoted to the development and realization of methodologies for control of sound and vibration. This ...
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Advanced Fluid Mechanics
Description: Advanced Fluid Mechanics Offering exceptional pedagogy, for both classroom use and self-instruction, this text integrates both the simple stages of fluid mechanics (Fundamentals) with those ...
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Architectural Acoustics
Description: Architectural Acoustics Written for architects, interior designers, engineers, and all others concerned with the design and construction of buildings, this illustrated guide presents principles of ...
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Finite Element Multidisciplinary Analysis, Second Edition
Description: Finite Element Multidisciplinary Analysis, Second Edition By addressing the challenges and developments in multidisciplinary analysis, this valuable text brings together several diverse ...
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Flight Testing of Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Description: Flight Testing of Fixed-Wing Aircraft With an emphasis on propeller-driven aircraft, this book discusses performance for both propeller-driven and jet aircraft. It is intended for those teaching ...
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Handbook of Electrochemistry
Description: Handbook of Electrochemistry Providing details of experimental considerations, representative calculations, and illustrations of the possibilities available in electrochemical experimentation, ...
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Single In-line Sensor for Viscosity, Density, and Temperature
Description: Cambridge Viscosity Announces ViscoDense The new ViscoDense® is a breakthrough 3-in-1 instrument providing instantaneous in-line measurement of viscosity, density, and temperature in one single ...
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An Introduction to the Mathematics and Methods of Astrodynamics, Revised Edition
Description: An Introduction to the Mathematics and Methods of Astrodynamics, Revised Edition This comprehensive text documents fundamental theoretical developments in astrodynamics and space navigation that ...
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Boeing Uses LMS SYSNOISE to Predict Acoustics of Aircraft Cabins
From: LMS InternationalDescription: Boeing uses acoustic models coupled to structural methods to predict low-frequency noise caused by engine vibration and other sources. Jim Johnescu, Senior Specialist Engineer for Boeing Commercial ...
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Boundary Element Acoustics
From: LMS InternationalDescription: When it comes to acoustics and virtual design simulation, there are two primary methods: the Boundary Element Method or BEM and the Finite Element Method or FEM. Both methods are available within ...
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Building a Robust Path for Virtual Wind Turbine Design
From: LMS InternationalDescription: The large physical size and characteristic acoustic radiation of wind turbines make it a real challenge to accurately simulate wind turbine acoustics early in development. A leading wind turbine ...
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ROHM's Ambient Light Sensor Applications in Portable Electronics (.pdf)
Description: In portable electronic products, reducing the power consumption to provide the user with increased battery life is one of today's critical design considerations. The liquid crystal display (LCD) and ...
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Broadcast Engineer's Reference Book
Description: Broadcast Engineer's Reference Book Providing detailed coverage and quick access to key technologies, standards and practices, this authoritative reference work covers the broad landscape of ...
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The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Audition 2.0
Description: The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Audition 2.0 Covering only the key features and essential workflow to get you up and running quickly, this concise guide pares down Adobe Audition 2.0 and shows you ...
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Voice and Speech Quality Perception: Assessment and Evaluation
Description: Voice and Speech Quality Perception: Assessment and Evaluation Bridging the gap between Engineering and Humanities, this unique text identifies major perceptual dimensions of voice and speech ...
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An Integrated Approach to Engine Radiated Acoustics
From: LMS InternationalDescription: LMS Virtual.Lab engine radiated acoustics has been a focus of LMS for a long time. LMS has developed specific techniques such as Mesh Coarsening and Acoustic Transfer Vectors (ATVs) to speed up and ...
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Temperature Measurement with a Thermistor (.pdf)
Description: Temperature measurement can be accomplished with a simple Wheatstone bridge as illustrated, or in any configuration where the voltage across or current through the thermistor can be measured. ...
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Advanced Features of InfraTec Pyroelectric Detectors (.pdf)
From: InfraTec Infrared LLCDescription: In 2003 InfraTec added pyroelectric detectors with integrated CMOS Operational Amplifiers (OpAmp) to our established family of detectors with integrated Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFET). ...
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Application of Fast Response Dual-Colour Pyroelectric Detectors with Integrated Op Amp in a Low Power NDIR Gas Monitor (.pdf)
From: InfraTec Infrared LLCDescription: Monitoring the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) is increasingly being used as a surrogate for determining indoor air quality (IAQ) and to decrease energy consumption of enclosed office spaces. ...
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Handbook For Sound Engineers, Third Edition
Description: Handbook For Sound Engineers, Third Edition Written by many top professionals in the field, this comprehensive reference discusses Acoustics, Electronic Components, Electro-Acoustic Devices, Audio ...
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Handling of Pyroelectric Detectors (.pdf)
From: InfraTec Infrared LLCDescription: The reason such precautions are taken is that an open circuit pyroelectric chip can generate a voltage of 600 V from a temperature change of 50 deg C. This is particularly true of detectors designed ...
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Infrared Detector Basics (.pdf)
From: InfraTec Infrared LLCDescription: The radiation sensitive key components of InfraTec's detectors are single crystalline lithium tantalite (LiTaO3) elements formed as a very thin plate capacitor. Lithium tantalate is a pyroelectric ...
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Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective, Second Edition
Description: Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective, Second Edition Complete with examples, case studies, and corresponding problems to solve, this textbook provides the resources that students need ...
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Introduction to Radar Target Recognition
Description: Introduction to Radar Target Recognition Based on the fundamental scientific principles of high resolution radar, this text covers the key techniques being developed for operational systems, and ...
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Serial and Parallel Thermal Compensation (.pdf)
From: InfraTec Infrared LLCDescription: Detectors that measure radiation by means of the temperature change of an absorbing material are classified as thermal detectors. Thermal detectors respond to any wavelength radiation that is ...
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Elements of Continuum Mechanics
Description: Elements of Continuum Mechanics Providing numerous example problems from every day life to help readers develop a better understanding of nonlinear theory, this unique text places special emphasis ...
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Accelerating Structural and Vibro-Acoustic Simulation Through Wave Based Substructuring
From: LMS InternationalDescription: Built on top of the LMS Virtual.Lab Structures solutions for component, subsystem and full vehicle modeling, analysis, and post-processing, LMS Virtual.Lab Wave Based Substructuring (WBS) brings ...
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Principles of Space-Time Adaptive Processing
Description: Principles of Space-Time Adaptive Processing This introduction to airborne moving target indication system design describes array and signal processing techniques, signal and clutter models, ...
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Pro Tools 5.1 for Music Production: Recording, Editing, and Mixing
Description: Pro Tools 5.1 for Music Production: Recording, Editing, and Mixing If you are a music producer, recording engineer, musician, or composer, there will be something in this book for you, whether you ...
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Project Valuation Using Real Options: A Practitioner’s Guide
Description: Project Valuation Using Real Options: A Practitioner’s Guide Presenting a practical approach to real options valuation to make it easily understandable by practitioners and senior ...
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Radar and Laser Cross Section Engineering, Second Edition
Description: Radar and Laser Cross Section Engineering, Second Edition Written as an instructional text, this resource emphasizes prediction, reduction, and measurement of electromagnetic scattering from ...
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Radar Techniques Using Array Antennas
Description: Radar Techniques Using Array Antennas This book gives an introduction to the possibilities of radar technology based on active array antennas, giving examples of modern practical systems, and ...
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Sea Clutter: Scattering, the K Distribution and Radar Performance
Description: Sea Clutter: Scattering, the K Distribution and Radar Performance An invaluable resource to specialist radar engineers and academic researchers, this authoritative book brings together those ...
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Selected Topics in Advanced Solid State and Fibre Optic Sensors
Description: Selected Topics in Advanced Solid State and Fibre Optic Sensors Combining the work of a number of leading academic authors, this text describes the principles of operation, characteristics and ...
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Sound and Structural Vibration: Radiation, Transmission and Response, 2nd Edition
Description: Sound and Structural Vibration: Radiation, Transmission and Response, 2nd Edition Presenting the foundations of modern numerical analysis, this book is illustrated by examples that have been ...
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Strapdown Inertial Navigation Technology, 2nd Edition
Description: Strapdown Inertial Navigation Technology, 2nd Edition Suitable for both the practicing engineer and the post-graduate student, this book sets out to provide a clear and concise description of the ...
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Target Detection by Marine Radar
Description: Target Detection by Marine Radar With a primary focus on civil marine operations, this indispensable guide explains how civil surveillance radars detect their targets, and discusses the importance ...
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Vegas Editing Workshop, Second Edition
Description: Vegas Editing Workshop, Second Edition This software editing workshop offers firsthand guidance on the art and technique of editing using tutorials that cover every essential operation. ...
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Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation Sytems
Description: Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation Sytems Written for those directly involved with the design, integration, and test and evaluation of navigation systems, this text provides a complete ...
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Aviation Weather Surveillance Systems: Advanced Radar and Surface Sensors for Flight Safety and Air Traffic Management
Description: Aviation Weather Surveillance Systems: Advanced Radar and Surface Sensors for Flight Safety and Air Traffic Management This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the science, sensors and ...
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Composing Music with Computers
Description: Composing Music with Computers This guide introduces a number of music composition techniques, and shows the key roles computers play in several aspects of music making. ...
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Digital and Analogue Instrumentation: Testing and Measurement
Description: Digital and Analogue Instrumentation: Testing and Measurement The author of this text provides a state-of-the art review of modern families of digital instruments; for each family he covers ...
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Digital Interface Handbook, Third Edition
Description: Digital Interface Handbook, Third Edition For those who need to get to grips with digital audio and video systems, this book sheds light on the differences between audio interfaces and shows how ...
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3-D OBJECT DRIVEN BY VIBRATORY FORCE AND TORQUES
Description: This figure shows an object with its C.G. at C, mounted on 4 flexible mounts and acted upon by a disturbing harmonic force Fy in the y-direction (vertical) and/or by torques, Tx, Ty and Tz acting ...
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Technical Article: STATIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION CALCULATION
Description: In order to calculate the weight distribution between the mounting points, the position of the CENTER OF GRAVITY (C.G.) has to be determined first. It is a simple task only for an axisymmetrical ...
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Technical Articles: CONNECTIONS OF SPRING ELEMENTS
Description: 7.1 Springs in Parallel These combine like electrical resistance in series. This is the case when several springs support a single load, as shown in Figure 34. The springs are equivalent to a single ...
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Touchless Rotary Sensors White Paper (.pdf)
From: Novotechnik U.S., Inc.Description: A new generation of touchless position sensors solves a number of new problems while simplifying existing on-line control applications by providing design engineers with an opportunity to reduce ...
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Mercury Encoders: Design Guidelines for Customer Supplied Hubs (.pdf)
From: MicroE SystemsDescription: MicroE Systems offers standard hubs for each of our standard rotary scales. Should customers want to design a hub themselves, this guidline describes the key factors that should be incorporated into ...
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Mercury Encoders: Alignment of Rotary Scales (.pdf)
From: MicroE SystemsDescription: This document describes two different methods of aligning rotary scales; 1. optically centering the grating pattern track using a CCD camera; 2. using two sensors to "electrically" center the grating. ...
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Mercury Encoders: Custom Scales - Special Sizes and Rotary Segments (.pdf)
From: MicroE SystemsDescription: Mercury Encoders: Custom Scales - Special Sizes and Rotary Segments This data sheet provides formulas for calculating custom linear, rotary, and rotary segment dimensions. ...
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Optical Level Switch Selection and Wiring Notes (.pdf)
From: Madison CompanyDescription: The optical liquid level sensors incorporate a phototransistor trigger, which provides a digital output that denotes the presence or absence of liquid. The mode of operation is derived from the ...
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Switch Reliability From a Practical Point of View
From: Madison CompanyDescription: Customers and manufacturers are equally concerned with product reliability, as it has a direct bearing on the end productâ s performance in the hands of its users. The electronics industryâ s standard ...
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Ultrasonic Sensors Monitor Tank Inventory Level
From: Madison CompanyDescription: A distributor in Indiana used USR6 short-range ultrasonic sensors on his bulk liquid tanks to gauge the volume of product left in his tank before he needed to call for a delivery to replenish the ...
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Vibration Analysis Case Study - Bearing Failure Avoided (.pdf)
Description: This is a case study on a fan system where a bearing was found to have bad bearing which was changed in time to avoid a catastrophic failure which would have shut down production and racked up ...
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Preface
Description: PREFACE ISA's Independent Learning Modules This book is an Independent Learning Module (ILM) as developed and published by the Instrument Society of America (ISA). The ILMs are the principal ...
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VibroFibre™ Sensor Application Note(pdf file, 8.2MB) (.ppt)
Description: Fibre Optics and Photonics are uniquely suited for distributed, remote sensing and monitoring applications in harsh environments. Self-calibrating, the QPS VibroFibre™ fibre gratings sensors are ...
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Trailer Brake Application
From: Tekscan, Inc.Description: GHSP, a pioneer in the automotive industry for over 50 years, prides itself on developing products with engineering and design that is sleek and innovative. For this reason, GHSP chose the FlexiForce ...
