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Mechanical Measurements: Course Code:13ME1125 L TPC 4 0 0 3

This document outlines the course objectives and content for a Mechanical Measurements course. The course aims to teach students how to select appropriate instruments to measure force, torque, power, displacement, temperature, pressure, level, flow, speed, vibration, strain, and humidity. It covers transducers, gauges, tachometers, vibrometers, strain gauges, psychrometers, and basics of control systems. The course contains 5 units that address measurement principles, dynamic performance, error analysis, calibration procedures, and examples of measurement systems and their applications.

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Mechanical Measurements: Course Code:13ME1125 L TPC 4 0 0 3

This document outlines the course objectives and content for a Mechanical Measurements course. The course aims to teach students how to select appropriate instruments to measure force, torque, power, displacement, temperature, pressure, level, flow, speed, vibration, strain, and humidity. It covers transducers, gauges, tachometers, vibrometers, strain gauges, psychrometers, and basics of control systems. The course contains 5 units that address measurement principles, dynamic performance, error analysis, calibration procedures, and examples of measurement systems and their applications.

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134 Mechanical Engineering

MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS

Course Code:13ME1125 L T P C
4 0 0 3
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO 1 Identify appropriate instruments for measurement of force,
torque and power.
CO 2 Select instruments for displacement and temperature
measurement
CO 3 Categorize the instruments used in pressure, level and flow
measurement.
CO 4 Apply the principles of speed, acceleration and stress
measurement to develop simple prototype instrumentation
setup.
CO 5 Summarize and apply the concepts of control system.
UNIT-I (12 Lectures)
INTRODUCTION:
Definition – Basic principles of measurement – measurement systems,
generalized configuration and functional descriptions of measuring
instruments – examples. Dynamic performance characteristics –
sources of error, classification and elimination of error.
Measurement of force, torque and power: Elastic force meters, load
cells, torsion meters, dynamometers.
UNIT-II (12 Lectures)
MEASUREMENT OF DISPLACEMENT:
Theory and construction of various transducers to measure
displacement – piezo electric, inductive, capacitance, resistance,
ionization and photo electric transducers, calibration procedures.

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MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE:
Classification , ranges, various principles of measurement, expansion,
electrical resistance, thermistor , thermocouple, pyrometers ,
temperature indicators.
UNIT-III (12 Lectures)
MEASUREMENT OF PRESSURE :
Units, classification , different principles used., manometers, piston,
bourdon pressure gauges, bellows– diaphragm gauges. low pressure
measurement – thermal conductivity gauges – ionization pressure
gauges, Mcleod pressure gauge, Knudsen gauge. calibration of pressure
gauges.
Measurement of level : Direct method – indirect methods–
capacitative, ultrasonic, magnetic, cryogenic fuel level indicators –
bubler level indicators.
FLOW MEASUREMENT:
Rotameter, magnetic, ultrasonic, turbine flow meter, hot – wire
anemometer, laser Doppler anemometer (LDA).
UNIT-IV (12 Lectures)
MEASUREMENT OF SPEED:
Mechanical tachometers, electrical tachometers, stroboscope,
noncontact type of tachometer.
MEASUREMENT OF VIBRATION:
Different simple instruments, principles of seismic instruments –
vibrometer and accelerometer using this principle.
STRAIN MEASUREMENTS:
Various types of stress and strain measurements – electrical strain
gauge – gauge factor – method of usage of resistance strain gauge
for bending compressive and tensile strains – usage for measuring
torque, Strain gauge Rosettes. Strain gauge calibration.
UNIT-V (12 Lectures)
MEASUREMENTS OF HUMIDITY:
Moisture content of gases, sling psychrometer, absorption
psychrometer, dew point meter.
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ELEMENTS OF CONTROL SYSTEMS:


Introduction, importance – classification – open and closed systems
servomechanisms–examples with block diagrams–temperature, speed
& position control systems.
TEXT BOOK:
1. D.S Kumar, “Measurement Systems: Applications & design”,
6th Edition, Metropolitan, 2002.
REFERENCES:
1. A.K.Sawhney, “Mechanical Measurement and
Instrumentation”, 3rd Edition, Dhanpat Rai, 2004.
2. Holman, “Experimental Methods for Engineers”, 3rd Edition,
McGraw-Hill, 2000.
3. B.C.Nakra & K.K.Choudhary, “Instrumentation
measurement & analysis”, 4th Edition, TMH, 1999.

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