ADVANCED MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY: UE16ME501

Faculty: Portions to be covered by Mr. PBR

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Chapter Title/
Reference
Literature
Chapter 1:
Review of Basic
Concepts
T1: Page 5-14
Chapter 1:
Review of Basic
Concepts
T1: Page 14-31
Chapter 1:
Review of Basic
Concepts
T1: Page 18-31
Chapter 1:
Review of Basic
Concepts
T1: Page 31 - 50
Chapter 3:
Pressure
Measurement
T2: Page 207-214
Chapter 3:
Pressure
Measurement
T2: Page 219-227
Chapter 3:
Pressure
Measurement
T2: Page 227-238
Chapter 3:
Pressure
Measurement
T2: Page 238-241
Chapter 3:
Pressure
Measurement
T2: Page 248-250
Chapter 3:
Pressure
Measurement
T2: Page 251-253
Chapter 4:
Flow
Measurement
T1: Page 312-329
T2: Page 295-311

Topics to be Covered
Unit 1
Introduction; Definition of Terms;
Calibration; Standards; Dimensions and
Units;

% Portions Covered
Reference
Cumulative
Chapter
2%

2%

Generalized Measurement System; Basic

Concepts in Dynamic Measurements;

2%

4%

Basic Concepts in Dynamic Measurements;

Problems

2%

6%

2%

8%

2%

10%

2%

12%

Bridge circuits for use with strain gauges,

Diaphragm / Bellows type transducer

1%

13%

Problems; Capacitance type diaphragm

gauge, Piezoelectric pressure transducer;

2%

15%

Measurement of vacuum - McLeod gauge;

Problems

2%

17%

Pirani gauge, Ionization gauge, Alphatron

gauge;

2%

19%

2%

21%

System Response; Distortion; Impedance

Matching; Experiment Planning;
Unit 2
Basics of pressure measurement; U - Tube
manometer; Well type manometer;
Problems
Dead weight tester; Pressure transducers Pressure tube with bonded strain gauge,
Problems

Review of flow measurement using PositiveDisplacement Methods like Obstruction

Methods; Problems

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Chapter 4:
Flow
Measurement
T1: Page 312-329
T2: Page 295-311
Chapter 4:
Flow
Measurement
T1: Page 329-334
T2: Page 211-318
Chapter 4:
Flow
Measurement
T1: Page 340-345
T2: Page 268-278
Chapter 4:
Flow
Measurement
T1: Page 345-356
T2: Page 278-287
Chapter 4:
Flow
Measurement
T1: Page 356-365
T2: Page 256-268
Chapter 5:
Temperature
Measurement
T1: Page 381-388
T2: Page 69-77
T2: Page 135-146
Chapter 5:
Temperature
Measurement
T1: Page 388-409
T2: Page 77-120
Chapter 5:
Temperature
Measurement
T1: Page 409-416
T2: Page 120-135
Chapter 5:
Temperature
Measurement
T1: Page 416-425
T2: Page 146-157
Chapter 5:
Temperature
Measurement
T1: Page 430-434

Review of flow measurement using PositiveDisplacement Methods like Obstruction

Methods; Problems

2%

23%

Sonic Nozzle; Flow Measurement by Drag

Effects; Problems

2%

25%

Hot-Wire and Hot-Film Anemometers;

Magnetic Flow meters; Problems

2%

27%

2%

29%

2%

31%

2%

33%

Temperature Measurement by Electrical

Effects; Problems

2%

35%

Temperature Measurement by Radiation;

Problems

2%

37%

Effect of Heat Transfer on Temperature

Measurement; Problems

1%

38%

2%

40%

Flow-Visualization Methods; Shadowgraph;

Interferometer; Ultrasonic flow-meter; Laser
Doppler Anemometer (LDA);
Particle Image Velocimetry; Smoke
Methods; Pitot Pitot static and Pressure
Probes;
Unit 3
Introduction; Temperature Scales; The
Ideal-Gas Thermometer; Temperature
Measurement by Mechanical Effects;
Problems

Temperature Measurements in High-Speed

Flow and in manufacturing processes;
Problems.

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Chapter 6:
Thermal and
Nuclear Radiation
Measurements
T1: Page 556-561
Chapter 6:
Thermal and
Nuclear Radiation
Measurements
T1: Page 562-566
Chapter 6:
Thermal and
Nuclear Radiation
Measurements
T1: Page 566-568
Chapter 6:
Thermal and
Nuclear Radiation
Measurements
T1: Page 569-571
Chapter 6:
Thermal and
Nuclear Radiation
Measurements
T1: Page 571-577
Chapter 7:
Wind Tunnel
Testing
T3: Page 1-58
Chapter 7:
Wind Tunnel
Testing
T3: Page 188-232
Chapter 7:
Wind Tunnel
Testing
T3: Page 234-299
Chapter 7:
Wind Tunnel
Testing
T3: Page 301-325
Chapter 8:
Force, Torque,
and Strain
Measurements
T1: Page 491-495
Chapter 8:
Force, Torque,
and Strain
Measurements
T1: Page 496-499
T2: Page 417-424

Introduction; Detection of Thermal

Radiation;

2%

42%

Measurement of Emissivity; Reflectivity and

Transmissivity Measurements; Problems

2%

44%

Solar Radiation Measurements; Nuclear

Radiation; Problems

2%

46%

2%

48%

2%

50%

2%

52%

Flow visualization; calibration of test section

of a wind tunnel;

2%

54%

Measurement of aerodynamic forces and

moments;

2%

56%

Interpretation of wind tunnel data-scale

effects

2%

58%

2%

60%

2%

62%

Detection of Nuclear Radiation; The GeigerMuller Counter; Ionization Chambers;

Problems
Photographic Detection Methods;
Scintillation Counter; Neutron Detection;
Statistics of Counting; Problems
Unit 4
Introduction; Types of low speed wind
tunnels and their applications;

Introduction; Mass Balance Measurements;

Elastic Elements for Force Measurements;

Problems;

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Chapter 8:
Force, Torque,
and Strain
Measurements
T1: Page 499-503
T2: Page 439-445
Chapter 8:
Force, Torque,
and Strain
Measurements
T1: Page 503-509
Chapter 8:
Force, Torque,
and Strain
Measurements
T1: Page 509-510
Chapter 8:
Force, Torque,
and Strain
Measurements
T1: Page 510-515

1%

63%

2%

65%

Measurement of Resistance Strain-Gage

Output; Problems;

2%

67%

Temperature Compensation; The Un-bonded

Resistance Strain Gage; Problems;

2%

69%

Torque Measurements; Problems;

Stress and Strain; Strain Measurements;

Electrical-Resistance Strain Gages;
Problems;

Text Books:
T1. Experimental Methods for Engineers, J.P.Holman, Seventh Edition, McGraw Hill Co., 2001
T2. Mechanical Measurements, S.P.Venkateshan, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd., 2010
T3. Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, Jewel B. Barlow, William H. Rae (Author), and Alan Pope,
Third Edition, Wiley Inter Science, 1999.
Reference Books:
R1. Mechanical Measurements, Thomas G Beckwith, Joohn H. Lienhard V, Roy D. Marangoni,
Sixth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011