ME-332 MEASUREMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION
CREDIT HOURS
Theory = 2
Practical = 0
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)
| S. No. | CLOs | PLO | Taxonomy |
| 1 | Explain fundamental principles, components, and applications of measurement and instrumentation. | PLO-1 Engineering Knowledge |
Cognitive Level 2* |
| 2 | Apply appropriate measurement and instrumentation techniques for measuring physical quantities in engineering systems | PLO-2 Problem Analysis |
Cognitive Level 3* |
| 3 | Analyze the performance characteristics of measurement systems for reliable data acquisition and effective interpretation. | PLO-2 Problem Analysis |
Cognitive Level 4* |
COURSE CONTENT
- Introduction: measurement system applications, elements of a measurement system
- Instrument Types and Performance Characteristics: Active and passive, analogue and digital, smart and non-smart, sensors used for measurement of various physical parameters (temperature, pressure, flow, level, mass, force, torque, motion etc), Static characteristics, measurement uncertainty, precision, repeatability, reproducibility, tolerance, range, sensitivity, threshold, resolution, hysteresis, dead space Dynamic characteristics, nth order instrument, calibration.
- Measurement Uncertainty: Systematic error, Random errors, use of probability distribution in error measurement.
- Calibration of Measuring Sensors and Instruments: Principles of calibration, Control of calibration environment, Calibration chain and traceability, Calibration records. Measurement noise and Signal Processing; Sources of measurement noise, Techniques for reducing measurement noise, Introduction to signal processing, Analogue signal filtering, digital signal processing.
- Electrical Indicating and Test Instruments: Digital meters, Analogue meters, oscilloscopes.
- Variable Conversion Elements: Bridge circuits, Resistance measurement, Inductance measurement, capacitance, current measurement, frequency measurement, phase measurement.
- Display, recording and Presentation of Measurement Data: Display of measurement signals, Recording of measurement data, Presentation of data, measurement signal transmission.
- Measurement Reliability and Safety Systems: Reliability of systems with components in various configurations, Safety systems
- Sensor Technologies: Capacitive and resistive sensors, Magnetic sensors, Hall-effect sensors, Piezoelectric transducers, Strain gauges, Piezoresistive sensors. Optical sensors (air path), Optical sensors (fibre-optic), Ultrasonic transducers, Microsensors
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Text Book(s)
- Alan S. Morris, Reza Langari, “Measurement and Instrumentation Principles”, 3rd edition, Associated Press, 2020.
Reference Book(s)
- William, C. Dunn, “Fundamentals of Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control”, Second Edition, McGraw Hill, 2018.
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