GuidelinesfortheEvaluationofDimensionalMeasurementUncertaintyASMEB89.7.3.2-2007(TechnicalReport)ASMEB89.7.3.2-2007(TechnicalReport)GuidelinesfortheEvaluationofDimensionalMeasurementUncertaintyThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY10016DateofIssuance:March2,2007ThisTechnicalReportwillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.Therewillbenoaddendaissuedtothisedition.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringementofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumesanysuchliability.Usersofacodeorstandardareexpresslyadvisedthatdeterminationofthevalidityofanysuchpatentrights,andtheriskofinfringementofsuchrights,isentirelytheirownresponsibility.Participationbyfederalagencyrepresentative(s)orperson(s)affiliatedwithindustryisnottobeinterpretedasgovernmentorindustryendorsementofthiscodeorstandard.Nopartofthisdocumentmaybereproducedinanyform,inanelectronicretrievalsystemorotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.TheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineersThreeParkAvenue,NewYork,NY10016-5990Copyright©2007byTHEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSAllrightsreservedPrintedinU.S.A.CONTENTSForeword..............................................................................ivCommitteeRoster.....................................................................vAbstract...............................................................................11Scope..............................................................................12SimplificationsintheEvaluationofMeasurementUncertainty..........................13BasicConceptsandTerminologyofUncertainty.......................................14CombiningUncertaintySources.................................................
