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ME345 Professor John M. Cimbala: Example: Basic Electronics

This document summarizes a lecture that covers: 1) Example problems involving basic electronics and dimensional analysis. 2) A review of the module on errors and calibration, including example problems. 3) A review of the module on basic statistics, including example problems.

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ME345 Professor John M. Cimbala: Example: Basic Electronics

This document summarizes a lecture that covers: 1) Example problems involving basic electronics and dimensional analysis. 2) A review of the module on errors and calibration, including example problems. 3) A review of the module on basic statistics, including example problems.

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M E 345 Professor John M.

Cimbala Lecture 03
Today, we will:
• Do some example problems – basic electronics and dimensional analysis
• Review the pdf module: Errors and Calibration and do some example problems
• Review the pdf module: Basic Statistics and do some example problems
Example: Basic electronics
Given: The circuit shown. R1 = R2 =
To do: 100 Ω 200 Ω
(a) Calculate the equivalent resistance of this
circuit. V1 = V2 =
R3 = 0.0 V
(b) Calculate the total current through this 10.0 V
400 Ω
circuit.
(c) Calculate the power used by this circuit.
Solution: R4 =
600 Ω
Example: Basic electronics
Given: A bunch of 10 kΩ resistors is available in the lab. We have need for a resistance
of 22 kΩ for a circuit we are building on a breadboard.
To do: Figure out how to create the required resistance from the available resistors.
Solution:

Example: Basic electronics


Given: A voltage signal has a DC offset. We want to remove the DC offset so that the
frequency content of the AC (fluctuating) component can be analyzed.
To do: Figure out how to remove the DC offset with a single electronic component (i.e.,
one resistor only, or one capacitor only, or one inductor only, etc.).
Solution:
Example: Dimensional analysis – pipe flow
Given: Consider fully developed laminar flow through a
V μ
very long round tube. Volume flow rate V is a function of the D
tube’s inner diameter D, fluid viscosity μ, and axial pressure
gradient dP/dx. Pressure gradient = dP/dx

To do: If D is doubled, holding μ and dP/dx fixed, by what factor does V change?
Solution: Use dimensional analysis to generate a nondimensional functional relationship.

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Step 5:

Step 6:

Answer: If D is doubled, holding μ and dP/dx fixed, V goes up by a factor of .


Example: Errors and calibration
Given:
• The actual (true) voltage is 4.6020 V.
• 256 voltage readings are taken, and the average voltage reading is 4.6015 V.
To do: (a) Calculate the systematic (bias) error and the mean bias error for this set of
measurements. (b) Calculate the random (precision) error of a reading that is 4.6010 V.
Solution:
(a)

(b)

Example: Errors and calibration


Given:
• The actual (true) temperature is 22.100oC.
• Six thermometer readings are taken: 22.15, 22.22, 22.09, 22.21, 22.18, and 22.24oC.
To do: Calculate the mean, systematic error, and mean bias error for this set of data,
and calculate the accuracy error (inaccuracy) and the precision error for each measurement.
Ti (oC) Inaccuracy = Ti – Ttrue (oC) Precision error = Ti – T (oC)
22.15
22.22
22.09
22.21
22.18
22.24
Solution:

[See also Excel spreadsheet on the website for this same problem]

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