刘涛，女，博士，教授，博士生导师。中国机械工程学会高级会员，中国振动工程学会动态测试专业委员会常务委员，国家自然科学基金通讯评审专家、中国博士后科学基金评审专家、教育都学位中心评审专家、甘肃省自然科学基金评审专家、陕西省自然科学基金评审专家、《Mechanism and Machine Theory》、《Applied Mathematics》等国际学术刊物审稿人。刘涛教授先后为硕博士研究生、本科生主讲机械系统设计、设计方法学、控制工程基础、机械工程测试技术基础、现代设计理论与方法、现代传感技术、工程测试与信号处理、现代测试技术、制造系统动态仿真理论等课程。先后在英国Exeter大学、美国加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校访问学习。主持完成国家自然科学基金项目3项，甘肃省自然科学基金项目3项，甘肃省高等学校基本科研业务费项目1项，兰州理工大学高等教育研究项目2项。在国内外重要学术期刊及国际会议发表研究论文100余篇，被SCI、EI收录30余篇次。获得甘肃省科技进步一等奖1项，甘肃省高校科技进步一等奖、二等奖各1项，甘肃省机械工程学会科技进步一等奖4项、二等奖1项。
目录
Chapter 1 Introduction to Signals
1.1 Classification of Signals
1.2 Elementary Signals
1.3 Signal Implementation with MATLAB
1.4 Summary
Chapter 2 Signal Characteristics
2.1 Overview
2.2 Signal Characterization
2.3 Signal Variables
2.4 Signal Statistical Parameters
2.5 Fourier Series of a Periodic Signal
2.6 Complex Numbers and Waves
2.7 Exponential Fourier Series
2.8 Spectral Representations
2.9 Continuous Fourier Transform
2.10 Continuous Fourier Transform Properties
2.11 Signal Correlations in Time
2.12 Review Problems
Chapter 3 Measurement Systems
3.1 Overview
3.2 Measurement System Elements
3.3 Sensors and Transducers
3.4 Amplifiers
3.5 Filters
3.6 Analog-to Digital Converters
3.7 Review Problems
Chapter 4 Calibration and Response
4.1 Overview
4.2 Static Response Characterization
4.3 Dynamic Response Characterization
4.4 Zero-Order System Dynamic Response
4.5 First-Order System Dynamic Response
4.6 Second-Order System Dynamic Response
4.7 Higher-Order System Dynamic Response
4.8 Review Problems
Chapter 5 Entropy and Information
5.1 Information Measures
5.2 Entropy Information
5.3 Communication Channels
5.4 Memoryless Discrete Channels
5.5 Continuous Channels with Additive Noise
5.6 Summary
Chapter 6 Application of Engineering Measurement and Signal Processing
6.1 Vibration Signal Analysis
6.2 Feature Extraction Method
6.3 Wavelet-Entropy-Based Fault Diagnosis
6.4 PSO-SVC Fault Diagnosis Based on Information Entropy Fusion
6.5 Three-Dimensional (3D) Topography Analysis and Characterization
