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Introduction to the fundamental principles associated with measurement and instrumentation. General instrument characteristics, calibration, measurement uncertainty, error specification and propogation, transient characteristics.
Analysis of measurement systems to include: Temperature - thermocouples, thermistors, platinum resistance thermometers. Flow - Velocity measurement, pitot tube, hot wire anemometer. Volumetric measurement, obstruction flowmeters, rotometer, flowmeters. Strain. Force & pressure. load Cells, pressure gauges (mechanical and electronic).
Signal conditioning, electrical signals, transducer circuits, signal transportation. Signal processing. Data acquisition sampling, multiplexing, analogue to digital conversion, scaling up.
Graphical data presentation. Data analysis and optimization. Regression analysis, correlation, goodness of fit, model building. Design of experiments and analysis of designed experiments.
Laboratory activities include: (i) Calibration of a loadcell and spring balance, (ii) Error Propogation Analysis, (iii) Signal conditioning and data acquisition and (iv) Design of experiements.
There is no specified course text, but a number of texts are recommended as supplementary reading:
Measurement Systems. Doebelin. 5th Ed. ISBN: 0072990724 (2003).
Experimental Methods for Engineers. Holman. 7th Ed. ISBN:007 3660558 (2001).
Mechanical Measurements. Bechwith. 6th Ed. ISBN: 0201847655 (2006).
Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements. Figliola. 5th Ed. ISBN: 0470547413 (2010).
Principles of Measurement Systems. Bentley. 4th Ed. ISBN: 0130430285 (2005).
Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science. Dunn. 2Ed. ISBN: 1439825688 (2010)
Four laboratory sessions are scheduled: (a) Calibration, (b) Uncertainty Propogation, (c) Data acquisition Systems, (d) Design of Experiments.