Mechanical Measurement Systems

COURSE LAYOUT

Week-1 Basic concepts of measurement, functional elements of instruments, classification of measuring instruments, methods of correction for interfering and modifying inputs, static characteristics of measuring instruments
Week-2 Static characteristics of measuring instruments, loading effect and impedance matching, statistical analysis, Chi-square test, least square method
Week-3 Uncertainty analysis, problem solving, generalized model of a measuring system, zero and first order system, first order system- step response
Week-4 First order system- ramp response, first order system- impulse response, first order system- frequency response, second order system- step response
Week-5 Second order system- ramp response, second order system- impulse and frequency response, higher order systems, compensation, transducers
Week-6 Transducers, flow measurement, temperature measurement
Week-7 Strain gauges, piezoelectric transducers pressure measurement, force and torque measurement, displacement and acceleration measurement
Week-8 Sound measurement, thermophysical properties measurement, flow visualization, air pollution sampling and measurement, problem solving