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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Q factor is a method of characterizing the rate of dissipation of energy from an oscillating system [1].
Q is de
ned
as 2π ti
mes
th
e
en
ergy
sto
red
in a re
sonant
sy
stem
di
vided
by th
e
en
ergy
di
ssipated
pe
r
cy
cle
. e te
rm
sy
stem
us
ed
in th
is
co
ntext
re
fers
to an
y
ty
pe
of re
sonance:
me
chanical,
el
ectric,
nu
clear,
et
c
. Fo
r
th
e
pu
rposes
of th
is
ha
ndbook,
Q wi
ll
be th
at
of an el
ectric
ci
rcuit
. Al
so,
fo
r
th
e
di
scussion
of
Q, ve
ry
lo
w
va
lues
of Q, ty
pically
le
ss
th
an
10
,
wi
ll
no
t
be co
nsidered
as th
ese
lo
w
va
lues
of Q pr
oduce
highly damped oscillations that are more exponential than oscillatory and the concept of Q does not t.
A common interpret ...
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