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Measurement of non-electrical quantities - course description

General information
Course name Measurement of non-electrical quantities
Course ID 06.2-WE-ELEKTD-MeasurofNon-ElecQuan-Er
Faculty Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Automatics
Field of study Electrical Engineering
Education profile academic
Level of studies Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2022/2023
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 6
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • prof. dr hab. inż. Marian Miłek
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Lecture 30 2 - - Exam
Laboratory 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

- familiarize students with concepts and general issues in the field of non-electrical measurements;
- familiarize students with phenomena used to construct sensors and measure non-electrical quantities;
- familiarize students with strain gauges and measurement methods: linear displacements, acceleration, forces, temperature, pressure, flow and humidity;
- shaping the ability to choose sensors and measuring systems for measuring non-electrical quantities under specified conditions;

Prerequisites

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Mathematical Analysis, Algebra, Physics

Scope

Sensor - transducer. Basic concepts. Static and dynamic characteristics of generalized quantities. Generalized admittance, inertia, susceptibility. Unified analysis of energy or power conversion in non-electrical sensors. Ideal transducer. Replacement circuit diagrams for processing. Linear displacement transducers - transformer, differential, capacitive. Laser methods of measurement of displacement. Laser meters with jet modulation. Doppler effect. Strain gauges. Tensometric phenomenon, strain gauge construction. Strain gauge bridge. Temperature compensation. Force measurement and acceleration using piezoelectric transducers. Piezoelectric - model description. Electromechanical schematic of a piezoelectric sensor. Generation of ultrasonic waves. Acceleration measurements using inertial sensors. Accelerometers with piezoresistors, capacitive in MEMS technology, hallotron, piezo. Magneostriction and magnetosimpression phenomena. Magnetic transducers for force measurement. Presidents. Generation of ultrasonic waves in magnetic transducers. Application of ultrasonic waves in echolocation and other fields. Temperature measurements. Temperature resistance dependence. Construction of thermoresistors, characteristics, measuring systems. Thermocouples. Normalization of sensors for temperature measurement. Study of dynamic characteristics. Pressure measurements. Pressure measurement methods using the elastic properties of materials. Diaphragm pressure gauges. Circular membrane equations. Silicon membranes - arrangement of piezoresistors. Metal membranes - location of strain gauges. Integrated blood pressure monitors. Flow measurements. Fluid flow phenomena by pipelines and open channels; Volume describing the fluid flow. Flow meters, induction, ultrasonic Coriollis and others. Measurement of flow rate in open channels. Moisture measurement. Absorption hygrometers. Dew point hygrometers Spectrometric hygrometers Measurement of moisture content of solids. Adsorption and desorption. Impedance methods. Spectrometric method. Microwave hygrometers.

Teaching methods

Lecture: conventional lecture, problem lecture
Laboratory: working with source document, group work, laboratory exercises

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Lecture: The condition of pass is to obtain positive grades from written or oral tests conducted at least once in a semester.
Laboratory: The condition of pass is to obtain positive grades from all laboratory exercises to be provided within the laboratory program.
Components of the final assessment:  lecture: 50% + laboratory: 50%

Recommended reading

  1. Miłek M .:  Electrical metrology of non-electrical quantities. Publishing House of the University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, 2006. (in polish)
  2. Sydenham P. H. (eds.): Handbook of Measurement Science, volume 2. Wiley, 1991. 
  3. Zakrzewski J .: Sensors and transducers. Problem manual. Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, 2004.
  4. Fraden J.: Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs, and Applications. Springer, 2015.

 

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Modified by dr inż. Leszek Furmankiewicz (last modification: 10-04-2022 12:08)