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This document contains solutions to 5 questions related to sensors for a mechatronics homework assignment. Question 1 asks about a sensor that can determine the level difference between liquids in two containers. Question 2 discusses eliminating temperature effects on strain gauges. Question 3 asks about sensing sheet thickness. Question 4 is about monitoring water level with a differential pressure cell. Question 5 provides specifications for a rotary variable differential transformer and calculates error and output based on those specs.

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This document contains solutions to 5 questions related to sensors for a mechatronics homework assignment. Question 1 asks about a sensor that can determine the level difference between liquids in two containers. Question 2 discusses eliminating temperature effects on strain gauges. Question 3 asks about sensing sheet thickness. Question 4 is about monitoring water level with a differential pressure cell. Question 5 provides specifications for a rotary variable differential transformer and calculates error and output based on those specs.

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Solution for Homework 2

Questions - Mechatronics I |
ME 4734
Mechatronics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
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HW2 
ME5984   Mechatronics I 

1. What type of sensor can be used as a part of a control system, to determine the
difference in levels between liquids in two containers? The output is to provide an
electrical signal for the control system.

2. Temperature changes in a strain gage can cause significant changes in resistance,


which would lead to erroneous measurements. Draw a schematic to show how
can this effect be eliminated and explain.

3. Suggest a sensor that could be used as a part of a system, to control the thickness
as it emerges from rolled sheet by monitoring its thickness as it emerges from
rollers. The sheet metal is in continuous motion and the measurement needs to be
made quickly to enable corrective action to be made quickly. The measurement
system has to supply an electrical signal.

4. The water level in an open vessel is to be monitored by a differential pressure cell


responding to the difference in pressure between that at the base of the vessel and
the atmosphere. Determine the range of differential pressure the call will have to
respond to if the water level can vary between zero height above the cell
measurement point and 2m above it.

5. A rotary variable differential transformer has a specification which includes the


following information:
Ranges: ±30°, linearity error ±0.5% full range
±60°, linearity error ±2.0% full range
Sensitivity: 1.1 (mV/V input)/degree
Impedance: Primary 750Ω, Secondary 2000Ω

What will be (a) the error in a reading of 40° due to nonlinearity when the RDVT
is used on the ±60° range, and (b) the output voltage change that occurs per
degree if there is an input voltage of 3 V?

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