...Ahmad Fairuz Omar; Mohd Zubir MatJafri Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative study between two low‐cost turbidimeter designs using a multi purpose Optical Fiber NIR System (OF‐NIRS), Optical Fiber NIR System‐Modified (OF‐NIRS‐M) and High Sensitivity NIR System (HS‐NIRS...

...Xiaohui Hu; Wuqiang Yang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the sensing mechanism, design issues, performance evaluation and applications for planar capacitive sensors. In the context of characterisation and imaging of a dielectric material under test (MUT), a systematic study...

...Andreas Koschan; Jiju Antony Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present some fundamental and critical differences between the two methods of experimental design (i.e. Taguchi and classical design of experiments (DOE)). It also aims to present an application of Taguchi method of experimental...

...Andreas Koschan; Javad Dargahi; Mojtaba Kahrizi; Nakka Purushotham Rao; Saeed Sokhanvar Purpose To measure the force applied to the tissue, the traditional endoscopic graspers might be equipped with a kind of tactile force sensor. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents the design...

... for a dual- wavelength sensor window. The final chapter of the book presents the various aspects of millimeter-wave/infrared dual-sensor design. It addresses dual-sensor configurations; MMW antenna and receiver concepts; seek scan rate and acceleration; and MMW and IR sensor design and performance...

...Jon Rigelsford © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Smart sensors Design Calibration Integrated Smart Sensors: Design and Calibration Gert van der Horn and Johan H. HuijsingKluwer Academic Publishers1997212 pp.ISBN 0-7923-8004-5£91.50 (hardback) Keywords: Smart...

...Jim Clark The introduction of time compression technologies into the modern mechanical design process is now well established. Most major automotive and aerospace companies have invested, as have their Tier 1 suppliers. It has been identified that a bottleneck affecting all aspects of the cycle...