Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers and Scientists
A Practical Guide

Build the skills for determining appropriate error limits for quantities that matter with this essential toolkit.

Faith A. Morrison (Author)

9781108478359, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 January 2021

370 pages
24 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.74 kg

'Morrison's book seems suitable for use as a required or supplementary textbook in many undergraduate STEM courses. Of possible interest is that the ebook is available through the Cambridge Core interface for unlimited use, free of digital rights management impediments … Highly recommended.' J. J. Meier, Choice Magazine

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.

Subject Areas: Aerospace & aviation technology [TRP], Chemical engineering [TDCB], Engineering: general [TBC], Fluid mechanics [PHDF], Probability & statistics [PBT]