《船舶动力装置测试技术》是轮机工程专业的重要专业基础课程，教材选题充分体现了专业特色与行业特色；与乌克兰马克洛夫国立造船大学联合编写，教材内容与国外课程知识体系接轨，体现了新知识、新技术、新成果及新工具的应用；教材语言为英语，有利于培养学生的国际化视野和留学生授课，注重培养学生的知识应用能力，分析问题和解决问题的能力；该教材将填补轮机工程专业相关领域英文教材的空白，可满足轮机工程国际化教育的教学需求。
教材中既包含了测试技术概论、测量误差和热能与动力装置常用物理量测量技术等通用性较强的内容，以及相关具有较好通用性的例题，又包含了大量具有鲜明船舶特色、紧密围绕船舶动力装置的测试技术内容。其中，特色章节有：船舶数据测量系统、船舶试航试验大纲，而特色内容则贯穿全篇，在介绍各物理量常见测量方法、技术的基础上，进一步结合船舶动力装置中的工程应用加以详解。

CHAPTER 1 MEASUREMENT GENERAL INFORMATION, MEASUREMENT TOOLS, MEASUREMENT ERRORS
1.1 Measurement -- Basic Concepts and Definitions
1.2 Measurement Tools
1.3 Measurement Errors and Their Classification
1.3 .l Constant Errors and the Ways to Eliminate Them
1.3.2 Random Errors in Direct Measurement and the Ways of Their Estimation
1.3.3 Random Errors of Indirect Measurements
1.4 Metrological Characteristics and Properties of Measurement
Instruments
CHAPTER 2 SYSTEMS OF MEASURING INFORMATION TRANSMISSION,
CONVERTERS OF NONELECTRIC QUANTITIES INTO ELECTRIC
ONES, SHIP DATA MEASURING SYSTEMS
2.1 Parametric Transducers
2.2 Generator Transducers
2.3 Shipping Data-processing Systems
CHAPTER 3 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
3.1 General Information
3.2 Temperature Scales
3.3 Liquid-in-glass Thermometers
3.4 Bimetal and Dilatometric Thermometers
3.5 Manometric Thermometers
3.6 Thermoelectric Thermometers
3.6.1 Theoretical Foundations of Thermocouples
3.6.2 The Connection of Electrical Measuring
3.6.3 The Correction for the Temperature of the Free Ends of the Thermocouple
3.6.4 Requirements to the Thermoelectric Materials.Standard Thermocouples
3.6.5 Extension (compensating) conductors
3.6.6 Ways of Thermoelectric Transducers Connection
3.6.7 Ways of measuring of the electromotive force
3.7 Resistance Thermometers
3.7.1 Resistance Thermotransducers
3.7.2 Methods of Measurement of Electrical Resistance
3.8 Systematic Errors of Temperature Measurement Using Contact Methods
3.9 Non-contact Temperature Measurement Methods
3 9.1 Optical Pyrometers
3.9 2 Radiation Pyrometers
3.10 Special Temperature Measurements
3 10.1 Temperature Measurement on the Surface and on the Inside of Solid Bodies
3.10.2 Temperature Measurement in Nuclear Reactors
3.10.3 Measurements at Unsteady Thermal Mode
CHAPTER 4 PRESSURE MEASUREMENT
4.1 General Information
4.2 Static Pressure Measurement
4.3 Total Pressure Measurement
4.4 Dynamic Pressure Measurement
4.5 Liquid Manometers
4.6 Deformation Manometers
4.7 Rapidly Changing Pressures Measurement
4.7.1 Mechanical Indicators
4 7.2 Electrical Indicators
4.7.3 Electropneumatic Indicators
CHAPTER 5 FLOW MEASUREMENT
5.1 Volumetric and Mass Methods of the Flow Measurement
5.2 Tachometric Number of Counters and Flowmeters
5.3 Flowmeters of variable Pressure Drop
5.3.1 Theoretical Foundations of Flow Rcstrictors
5.3.2 Standard Flow Restrictors
5.4 Pneumometric Method of Flow Measurement and Input Measuring Equipment
5.5 Constant-volume Pressure Drop Flowmeters.Variable Area Flowmeters
5.6 Electromagnetic Flowmeters
5.7 Heat Flowmeters
5.8 Ultrasonic Flowmeters
CHAPTER 6 MEASUREMENT OF LIQUID LEVELS
6.1 Mechanical Level Gauges
6.2 Electrical Level Gauges
6.3 Ultrasonic Level Gauges
CHAPTER 7 MEASUREMENT OF ROTATIONAL SPEED
7.1 Summarizing Revolution Counters
7.2 Centrifugal Tachometers
7.3 Drag-type Tachometers
7.4 Electric Tachometers
7.5 Non-contact Methods of the Rotational Speed Measurement
CHAPTER 8 POWER MEASUREMENT
8.1 General Information
8.2 Braking Device
8.3 Power Measurement Using Torsion Meters
CHAPTER 9 MEASUREMENT OF THE PROCESS PARAMETERS OF THE WORKING SUBSTANCES QUALITY
9.1 Measurement of the Fuel Principal Characteristics
9.1.1 Measurement of the Fuel Ignition Temperature
9.1.2 Measuring the Fuel Viscosity
9.1.3 Fuel Density Measurement
9.2 Measurement of Water and Steam quality Indicators
9.2.1 Salt Content Measuring
9.2.2 Measurement of the Dissolved Oxygen Concentration
9.2.3 Measurement of the Hydrogen Ions Concentration (pH-meter) .
9.3 Steam Moisture Measurement
CHAPTER 10 MEASUREMENT OF GAS COMPOSITION
10.1 General Information
10.2 Mechanical Gas Analy