文档介绍：Sensors and Transducers
Sensors and
Transducers
Third edition
Ian R. Sinclair
OXFORD AUCKLAND BOSTON JOHANNESBURG MELBOURNE NEW DELHI
Newnes
An imprint ofButterworth-Heinemann
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First published by BSP Professional Books 1988
Reprinted by Butterworth-Heinemann 1991
Second edition published by Butterworth-Heinemann 1992
Third edition 2001
# I. R. Sinclair 1988, 1992, 2001
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Contents
Preface to Third Edition vii
Preface to First Edition ix
Introduction xi
1 Strain and pressure 1
2 Position, direction, distance and motion 21
3 Light and associated radiation 53
4 Temperature sensors and thermal transducers 87
5 Sound, infrasound and ultrasound 116
6 Solids, liquids and gases 142
7 Environmental sensors 170
8 Other sensing methods 197
9 Instrumentation techniques 206
10 Switch principles 233
11 Switch mechanisms 248
12 Signal-carrying switches 270
Appendix A: Suppliers of sensors