Course Outline.pdf - Yidnekachew

ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY
ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Course Title : Instrumentation and Measurement
Course No. : MEng 3192
Instructor : Yidnekachew M. (Office No. 324) E-mail: yidn21@gmail.com
Website : www.yidnekachew.wordpress.com
The course website will contain the following:
• Any important announcements (e.g., exam dates…)
• Handout materials
• Exercises and problems (and solutions where possible)
• Home-works (and solutions where possible)
• Quiz and exams (where possible)
• Extra reading material.
Course Objectives:
This course has the objective of acquainting the student with operating principles and function
of measuring instruments used in Mechanical Engineering education.
At the end of the course, the student will be able:
• To understand electrical transducers for measuring force, displacement, velocity,
temperature, etc.
• To use temperature, velocity, flow, force, acceleration, current, voltage measuring
instruments
• To calibrate instruments
• To conduct simple experiments
Course Outline
1. Basic Concept of Measurements and Instrumentation
2. Measurement Error Analysis
3. Transducers and their response
4. Signal conditioning
5. Transducers and measurement systems
6. Data transmission, processing, display and recording;

References:
1 Mechanical Measurements , Thomas G. Beckwith, Roy D. Marangoni, John G. Lienhard
V., 5th Edition, Addison- Wesley Publishing, 1993.
2 Robert B. Northrop, Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements, Second
Edition, Jun 28, 2005
3 Béla G. Lipták, Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Volume Fourth Edition: Process
Measurement and Analysis, Jun 27, 2003.
4 Murty, Transducers and Instrumentation, 2004.
5 Myer Kutz, Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, Instrumentation, Systems, Controls, and
MEMS (Mechanical Engineers' Handbook), Nov 11, 2005.
6 Kevin James, PC Interfacing and Data Acquisition: Techniques for Measurement,
Instrumentation and Control, Aug 10, 2000
7 John R. Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in
Physical Measurements, Aug 1996.
Teaching Methods
• Lectures,
• Demonstrations, and Laboratory exercises.
Assessment /Evaluation
• Assignments & laboratory work 40%,
• Mid-semester Examination 20%,
• Final Examination 40%.
Attendance Requirement:
• Minimum of 75% attendance during lecture hours;
• 100% attendance during practical laboratory sessions, except for some unprecedented
mishaps