This study describes a wireless laser displacement sensor node that measures displacement as a representative damage index for structural health monitoring (SHM). The proposed measurement system consists of a laser displacement sensor (LDS) and a customized wireless sensor node. Wireless communication is enabled by a sensor node that consists of a sensor module, a code division multiple access ...

This paper surveys the instrumentation, calibration procedures, measurement techniques, and standards which can be used to characterize extremely low frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields. While the focus of the paper is on power frequency and power frequency harmonic fields, the measurement methods discussed are appropriate in principle for other ELF frequencies.

The propagating process of data chain of a large instrument is usually indicated by the traceability model. In this paper, to enhance the measurement accuracy of the precipitation radar, we proposed a traceability mode design scheme for the power measurement internal the precipitation radar, which is the key parameter relating to the precipitation measurement. Unlike the conventional internal c...

The design of an extended complex Kalman filter for the measurement of power system frequency has been presented in this paper. The design principles and the validity of the model have been outlined. A complex model has been developed to track a distorted signal that belongs to a power system. The model inherently takes care of the frequency measurement along with the amplitude and phase of the...

Features u Automatic component identification ⇒ Bipolar transistor, with or without protection diode and/or B-E shunt resistor ⇒ Darlington transistors ⇒ Enhancement mode MOSFETs ⇒ Junction FETs ⇒ Triac ⇒ Thyristors ⇒ Diodes ⇒ Unijunction transistors u Automatic pinout identification for all the above components u Gain measurement for bipolar transistors u Test current display u VBE/IB measurem...

The increased application of power electronics and other non-linear loads makes it necessary to re-evaluate the measuring techniques used in the power system, and the measuring problems these loads cause. An instrument utilising digital sampling techniques has been built and evaluated at the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute (SP). The Digital Sampling Watt Meter (DSWM) is based on...

Often when assessing complex network behavior a single measurement is not enough to gain a solid understanding of the root causes of the behavior. In this initial paper we argue for thinking about “measurement” as a process rather than an event. We introduce reactive measurement (REM), which is a technique in which one measurement’s results are used to automatically decide what (if any) additio...