Some of the references in this document I've been reading about gauge
blocks might be worth investigating, if only to find other more general
references.
https://emtoolbox.nist.gov/Publications/NISTMonograph180.pdf
This is a typical example of the fine detail of a tiny part of the
subject area, with a mere 145 pages about gauge blocks, wringing films,
the problems with diamond probes being ground spherical but ending up
ellipsoidal owing to isotropy of the crystals, decadal dimensional creep
of steel standards, thermal management, comparator techniques and so on.
While some of the basic methodologies are of use in other fields
(sampling pattern strategies for checking groups of standards in the
presence of drift, for example), the vast majority of the material is
highly specific to this niche sub-discipline.
I suspect the same applies to all other areas of metrology. Error
control, statistical techniques and the mathematical and philosophical
framework of metrology are common across all areas of the discipline,
but that only represents a tiny proportion of each specialist area.
Expensive PDF that might be useful if you can find a copy, or perhaps
papers or other works by the authors :
https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/124034?format=KOM
Neil
On 14/06/2020 22:40, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
I am currently doing the free courses at NPL.
I’ve done a couple of the basic metrology courses
https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-metrology/
https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-measurement-uncertainty/
as well as the intermediate level
https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-uncertainty-budgets/
I am just about to start the advanced
https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-and-evaluating-measurement-uncertainty/
but fear I will probably struggle with this, as I don’t work in this area.
I was looking for a book or two that are either a general book on
metrology.
I am looking more for an understanding of fundamental principles, rather
than a specific area. I can find tons of books on Amazon about laser
metrology, mechanical metrology and other disciplines, but can not seem to
find anything that is general, so can give the mathematics and theory,
without it being too specific to one area.
The NPL courses have lists of resources, but these all tend to be standards
(GUM, ISO or other resources at NPL. ) I can not see any text books
listed.
I am particularly interested in electrical measurements (voltage,
frequency, power etc), but I am not at this point interested in buying a
book on a very narrow subject area.
Any ideas?
Dave
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