Course detail

Measurement of physical quantities

FEKT-CMFVAcad. year: 2013/2014

The course presents basic sensor principles, their parameters and construction. It deals with instrumentation, non-electrical quantities measurements concepts and procedures. It also presents the differences between conventional electrical measurements of the electrical quantities and non-electrical quantities on the real industry systems. Also the optical sensors, data collecting and acquisition processes are presented.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Beneš, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Control and Instrumentation (UAMT)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Absovent is able to:
- Know the principles of basic type of the sensors
- Know the principles of methods for measuring mechanical quantities (dimension, velocity, acceleration, force, torque), flow, temperature, radiation
- Use electrical measuring instruments
- Design and implement measurement of physical quantities
- Know the procedures for processing the measured data and their evaluation
- Make qualified conclusions about the specific measurement

Prerequisites

Students must have a knowledge of physics, mathematics and electrical circuits at the level of the 1st year Bachelor studies.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations. Techning methods include lectures and practical laboratories. Students have to write a ten laboratory records during the course.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Evaluation laboratory 0 - 40
Written part of exam 0 - 40
Oral part of exam 0 - 20

Course curriculum

1) Introduction, transducers fundamentals
2) Basic physical effect
3) Displacement sensors
4) Tachometers and velocity sensors, accelerometers, gyros and attitude sensors
5) Load cells, torque sensors, pressure transducers
6) Flowmeters
7) Thermometers
8) Radiation pyrometers
9) Optical detectors
10) Nuclear radiation detectors
11) Magnetometers
12) Chemical sensors

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the basic modern solutions and methods of physical quantities measurements. These represent more than 95 % of all measured quantities in the laboratory and industrial areas. The course should also present sensor and physical quantities measurements importance in technical and non-technical fields.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Laboratory classes are mandatory it is possible to replace the missed laboratory exercise.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

NORTON,H.N.: Handbook of Transducers. Prentice Hall, 1989 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's

    branch BC-MET , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective interdisciplinary
    branch BC-SEE , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective interdisciplinary
    branch BC-AMT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Beneš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction, basic terms, sensor and instrumentation concepts, sensor construction.
Position and dimensions measurements.
Velocity and acceleration measurements.
Forces, pressures and weight measurements.
Deformations and force moment measurements.
Vibration measurements.
Temperature, heat and thermal flow measurements.
Flow measurements.
Emission measurements (light, infrared, UV).
Ionizating emission measurements.
Material composition and humidity measurements.
Protection technics measurements (monitoring).
Measurement system for data collecting, acquisition and presentation, local networks.

Laboratory exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Beneš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction (organisation, safety and next)
Position and dimensions measurements (indductance, capacitance and photoelectric sensors, fibre glass and next)
Velocity and acceleration measurements (linear and angle velocity, contact and non-contact methods, optical methods).
Forces, pressure and weight measurements (metal and semiconductor strain gauges).
Vibration measurements (piezoelectric sensors, multianalyzer PULSE).
Contact temperature measurements (metal, semiconductor and intelligent sensors) and non-contact temperature measurements (radiation pyrometers).
Flow measurements (special flow measurement laboratory).
Emission measurements (UV, VIS, IR).
Material composition measurements (CO2, pH measurements and next)
Basic fibre glass sensors and their applications.
Free theme.
Inclusion