Measurement methods and instrumentation

Higher education teachers: Bojkovski Jovan

Higher education teachers: , Drnovšek Janko
Credits: 6
Semester: winter
Subject code: 64659



Subject description

Prerequisits:

  • Enrolment in 2. Year of undergraduate study – Technical quality

Content (Syllabus outline):

  • measurement methods (measurement of electrical and non-electrical physical quantities; differential and zero method; replacement and exchange method; compensation and bridge method; methods of analogy, counting and repetition)
  • modelling of measurement processes (measurement system of zero, first and second order; practical examples)
  • measurement instrumentation (history, classical and modern measurement instruments)
  • basics of probability theory and information theory in measurement (introduction to errors and uncertainty, statistical distributions, measurement signals)
  • computerized measurements (introduction to the measurement automation, hardware, sampling, analysis of acquired measurement signals)
  • software in measurement processes (introduction to software usage in measurements, data acquisition, processing and presentation of results, typical errors)

Objectives and competences:

  • increase awareness and knowledge regarding measurement methods and instrumentation
  • to get to know methods of modelling measurement processes
  • requirements regarding choice of measurement equipment in the relation with specific measurement problem
  • modern measurement instrumentation
  • detailed understanding of probability theory and information theory in measurement science
  • identify key parameters of quality assurance in industrial processes related to measurements
  • computer data acquisition, processing and presentation of measurements

Intended learning outcomes:

Knowledge and understanding: basic knowledge about measurement methods and instrumentation, understanding how modern measurement instrumentation has been made, basic technical quality items

Learning and teaching methods:

  • Lectures,
  • seminars,
  • laboratory exercises.





Study materials

Readings:

  1. Drnovšek, J.; Bojkovski, J,: Merilne metode in merilna instrumentacija;skripta; Fakulteta za elektrotehniko 2012
  2. Vojislav Bego:"Mjerenje u elektrotehnici", Tehnička knjiga, 2005
  3. Morris, A.S.: Measurement and Instrumentation: Theory and Application, ELSEVIER, 2011
  4. Bentley, J.P.: Principles of Measurement Systems. 4. izdaja. Pearson Education 2005
  5. Morris, A.S.: Measurement and Instrumentation Principles. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. 2001
  6. Arun Gosh, Introduction To Measurements And Instrumentation 2Nd Ed., PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., Aug 1, 2007



Study in which the course is carried out

  • 2 year - 1st cycle - Applied Electrical Engineering - Quality Engineering