MEASURMENT AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS

Course Code: Course Objecti e:

The objective of the course is to provide a brief knowledge of measurements and measuring instruments related to engineering. The basic idea of this course is to give the sufficient information of measurements in any kind of industry viz. electrical, electronics, mechanical etc.

BTE 505

Credit Units: 03

Course Contents:
Modu!e I: B"sics o# Me"sure$ent S%ste$s Elements of Generalized Measurement ystem! tatic " #ynamic $haracteristics of %nstruments! Errors in Measurements & ources and Types of Errors! tatistical Treatment of #ata & Mean, Measures of #ispersion, 'ejection of data based on confidence interval Modu!e II: Tr"nsducers $lassification! election of Transducers! 'esistive Transducers & (otentiometer, train gauge, 'osettes, Thermistors and 'T#! $apacitive Transducers & Measurement of )i*uid level by change in variation of dielectric constant! +ariable %nductance Transducers & self, generating type and passive type! (iezoelectric Transducers! (hotoelectric Transducers! #igital Transducer Modu!e III: Me"sure$ent o# Resist"nce& Induct"nce "nd C"'"cit"nce #.$. -ridges. /heatstone0s bridge, ensitivity " )imitations! $arey 1oster -ridge! 2elvin double bridge! Megaohm -ridge. 3.$. -ridges. Ma4well0s %nductance $apacitance -ridge! 3ndersons -ridge! #e auty0s -ridge! chering -ridge! Modu!e I(: An"!o) "nd Di)it"! Meters 3nalog meters . (MM$ meters, construction, tor*ue e*uation, ammeter shunts, multirange ammeter, voltmeter multiplier, sensitivity, ohmmeters, multimeters! $onstruction " general e*uation of moving iron, electrodynamometer, hot wire instruments. #igital meters. #igital voltmeter & ramp type, integrating type, potentiometer type, 3pplications Modu!e (: Dis'!"% De ices "nd Recorders )E#, )$#, $old $athode displays, %ncandescent #isplays, 1luorescent #isplays, )+#, +#5 $athode 'ay 6scillioscope . -asic functioning, Measurement of +oltage, $urrent, (hase and 1re*uency.

E*"$in"tion Sc+e$e:
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Te*t 3 Re#erences:
Text: Electronic %nstrumentation Technology by MM 3nand, (<% (vt. )td., ?ew #elhi Ed. @997. Electronics %nstrumentation by <. . 2alsi TM< Ed. @99A. References: Electronics %nstrumentation " Measurement Techni*ues by /.#. $ooper " 3.#. <elfrick, (<% Brd Ed. Electronics Measurement " %nstrumentation by 6liver " $age Mc,Graw <ill