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Experimental Methods-7th-Spring-2014-2

This document contains exam questions for the Experimental Methods course (ME 241) at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport for Spring 2014. It includes questions on Bourdon tube manometers, calibration processes, data acquisition systems, and the Wheatstone bridge. The exam consists of multiple questions with varying marks and requires students to demonstrate their understanding of experimental methods and instrumentation.

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Experimental Methods-7th-Spring-2014-2

This document contains exam questions for the Experimental Methods course (ME 241) at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport for Spring 2014. It includes questions on Bourdon tube manometers, calibration processes, data acquisition systems, and the Wheatstone bridge. The exam consists of multiple questions with varying marks and requires students to demonstrate their understanding of experimental methods and instrumentation.

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Student Name: Group: ID:

Arab Academy for Science,


Technology and Maritime Transport

Term: Spring 2014


Questions for the 7th week Exam
Subject : Experimental Methods Course Code: ME 241
Examiner : Dr. Yasser El-Shaer Time: 1.5 Hours
Attempt All Questions Number of questions:1 Number of Pages:3

Question 1: (8 marks)
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1) The scale range for the Bourdon tube Manometer is


……….. and the resolution is………………..
2) The Shown Bourdon tube Manometer display is
a. Analog b. Digital c. None of the above
3) The response of Bourdon tube Manometer which based
on the movement of elastic member can be represented
using:
a. Zero order system
b. First order system
c. Second order system

4) A thermometer is initially at a temperature of 20 o C


and is suddenly placed in a liquid which is maintained at 100 o C. the thermometer
indicates 80 o C after a time interval of 4 seconds.
a. Estimate the 'time constant' for the thermometer
b. How much time is required to get a reading of at least 95% from the step input?
5) Dead band can be defined as:
a. The un-responsiveness of the sensor.
b. It describes how much change to the process is required before the sensor actually
responds to it or detects it.
c. All mentioned.
6) The ability of the instrument to return to zero reading, when there is no measurand is
called-----------------------.
a. Un-stability b. Zero Stability c. Full Stability
7) Instrument drift is the variation of ----------------, when the input is kept constant.
a. Factors b. Temperature c. Output
8) Systematic errors affects…………..………and remains ……………..during the
experiment, While random errors affects ………………….
9) When using Data acquisition system for dynamically changing signal, Aliasing occurs
due to:
a. Over sampling . b. Under sampling c. Zero sampling
10) Match the corresponding description
a. Low accuracy –low precision c. Low Accuracy- high precision
b. Low precision high accuracy d. High precision high accuracy

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Student Name: Group: ID:

Question 2: (11 marks)


1) The necessary conditions for the calibrator are:
a. ..
b. ..
2) Gauge blocks calibrators are considered as:
a. Static standards
b. Reference instruments
c. Combination calibrators
3) Calibrating an instrument by another instrument with a
higher accuracy is considered as:
a. Static standards
b. Reference instruments
c. Combination calibrators
4) Complete the missing in the chain of calibration Ladder
5) A certain resistor draws 110.2 V and 5.3 A. The uncertainties
in the measurements are ±0.2 V and±0.06 A, respectively.
Calculate the power dissipated in the resistor and the
uncertainty in the power measurement. Given that P=E.I
For : R = R(x1 , x2 , x3 , … … . xn ),
𝜕𝑅 2 𝜕𝑅 2 𝜕𝑅 2
The uncertainty is: 𝑤𝑅 = ��𝜕𝑥 . 𝑤𝑥1 � + �𝜕𝑥 . 𝑤𝑥2 � + ⋯ + �𝜕𝑥 . 𝑤𝑥𝑛 �
1 2 𝑛

(2 marks)
6) What is meant by computer based Data Acquisition system? Draw a scheme showing
different components and the function of Software and Hardware. (2 marks)
7) Complete the block diagram showing the flow of signal in Data Acquisition system

````(2 marks)

8) If it is required to select a data acquisition system to measure the following:


a. Dynamic force signal with a frequency of 500 Hz.
b. 4 thermocouple inputs (with a max output of 1 V), with a resolution of 0.1 mV.
c. 3 strain gauge based pressure transducers. (with an output voltage up to 10 Volts).
To select the suitable Data acquisition card:
• The required sampling rate to avoid aliasing is ………………..
• The required number of bits for the A/D convertor so that we can resolve the 0.1
mV should be ………………………
• The required number of channels are ……………………………
• The range for input signal is up to ………………………….. (3 Marks)
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Student Name: Group: ID:

Question 3: (6 marks)

The Wheatstone bridge is used to measure the minute resistance changes in strain gauges
when measuring strain. Explain briefly (using sketches when possible):
• The advantages of using the Wheatstone bridge.
• The thrust from the jet engine is measured by using a load cell consisting of wire
strain gauges attached to a rectangular beam as shown in figure.
o Draw the suitable Full bridge arrangement to measure the engine thrust
and compensate for temperature and misalignment problems and
hence deduce the number of active gauges.
• If the beam in the load-cell is made from a rectangular cross-section 50x10 mm,
the gauge factor for each of the four gauges is 2.12, the maximum output signal
from the bridge is limited to 10 mV the minimum resolved output voltage is 1 mV
and the supply voltage is 10V, find the maximum thrust that can be measured
using this load cell, and the load cell resolution given that:
P
• The normal stress due to axial load is given by: σ = where P: is the
A
axial load and A:is the cross sectional area.
σ
The stress strain relation: ε = where: E = 200 GN/m2; v = 0.3.
E
• The output of a Wheatstone bridge circuit is given by;
Vs .N .GF .ε
Vo =
4
where ε is the strain, Vo is the bridge output (V),GF is the gauge factor, Vs is
the supply to bridge (V) and N is the number of active bridge arms.

Thrust
Fixation
Engine Under Wall
Test

Carriage

Load Cell
Note: Support your answers with sketches when possible.
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Given:
The response of the first order system is represented by: θo θi (1 − e −t /T )
=

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