Planning and Executing Credible Experiments: A Guidebook for Engineering, Science, Industrial Processes, Agriculture, and Business

ISBN-13: 9781119532873 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 352 str.

Robert J. Moffat; Roy W. Henk

Recenzje

Planning and Executing Credible Experiments is a comprehensive presentation of what needs to be done in the development, execution, and interpretation of experiments. It includes a detailed discussion of uncertainty quantification that often is overlooked in presentation of experimental data. It is an essential reference for anyone who uses experiments for answering key questions and making data-based decisions in engineering, science, medicine and business.--Professor C.T. Bowman, Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford UniversityPlanning and Executing Credible Experiments is a must read for any engineer who either is a test engineer or supervises a test engineer. I believe nothing of substance relative to experiments has been left out of this text. I'm giving a copy to my nephew who is an undergrad engineer, I can't think of a better gift...it keeps on giving. It's a great reference.--James Callas, Test Chief at Caterpillar, P.E. (semi-retired)Finally available, the long-awaited book Planning and Executing Credible Experiments written by Moffat & Henk! I have eagerly anticipated this book being published. While this statement may seem enthusiastic, I assure you that we who had the privilege of attending Professor Moffat's classes at Stanford University will understand this feeling of mine. His graduate courses in experimental methods in thermosciences were worth our intense effort. He packed his classes with weighty content: each thought, each reflection. After each class, the same litany among us students ... "were you able to record everything? ... Can we share our notes?" We dreamed of having this book to accompany the lessons of the great master!In my opinion, "Planning and Executing Credible Experiments" is the bible of the experimentalist. A complete book. By conceptualizing the credibility of the experiment and the systemic view of experimental work, it lifts the responsibility of the experimentalist, enabling him, in a critical way, to validate his experiments. The book discusses strategies and tactics of the experimental work, differentiating it from theoretical analysis. With the authority of one of the respected founders advancing the analysis of measurement uncertainty, this book is dense with concepts, practical examples, and statistical tools. This book demonstrates with clarity and propriety "what does uncertainty analysis tell the experimentalist?"Having this book in hand empowers experimentalists in every department at my university.To every university in other countries: I highly recommend this book to improve the impact and credibility of their research, science, and engineering schools. Just as it benefits Stanford-trained researchers.Any manufacturer, business and industry aiming to improve its operations will find the strategies in this book invaluable because its tools boost the Deming cycle.In Sum: Planning and Executing Credible Experiments guides experimentalists to perform experiments with results they can justify and defend.--Prof. M. N. Frota, Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro / BRAZIL

Spis treści

Detailed Contents ixAbout the Authors xxiPreface xxiiiAcknowledgments xxviiAbout the Companion Website xxix1 Choosing Credibility 12 The Nature of Experimental Work 73 An Overview of Experiment Planning 274 Identifying the Motivating Question 315 Choosing the Approach 396 Mapping for Safety, Operation, and Results 517 Refreshing Statistics 658 Exploring Statistical Design of Experiments 879 Selecting the Data Points 10710 Analyzing Measurement Uncertainty 14311 Using Uncertainty Analysis in Planning and Execution 19712 Debugging an Experiment, Shakedown, and Validation 23113 Trimming Uncertainty 24314 Documenting the Experiment: Report Writing 269AppendicesA Distributing Variation and Pooled Variance 283B Illustrative Tables for Statistical Design 289C Hand Analysis of a Two-Level Factorial Design 293D Free Recommended Software 307Index 311

O autorze

ROBERT J. MOFFAT, PHD, is a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. He proved engines for General Motors and is the former President of Moffat Thermosciences, Inc. His main areas of research include convective heat transfer in engineering systems, experimental methods in heat transfer and fluid mechanics, and biomedical thermal issues.ROY W. HENK, PHD, designed aerospace engine components and has conducted experimental tests in industry, a government lab and internationally. He has been a Professor in the USA, South Korea, and most notably at Kyoto University in Japan. His research includes experiment design, energy conversion, turbomachinery, and thermal fluid physics.