Course detail

Measurement of physical quantities

FEKT-BMFVAcad. year: 2011/2012

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

Language of instruction

Czech

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

Course graduate should get basic knowledges and facilities in sensor field and the most commonly measured non-electrical quantities, include measurement concept design and results process and evaluation.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.

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.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Evaluation laboratory 0 - 40
Written part of exam 0 - 60
Oral part of exam

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.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

RIPKA, P. – ĎAĎO, S. – KREIDL, M. – NOVÁK, J.: Senzory a převodníky. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha, 2005, 135 stran (CS)
ĎAĎO,S.-KREIDL,M.: Senzory a měřicí obvody. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha, 1996 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-B Bachelor's

    branch B-AMT , 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch B-MET , 2. year of study, summer semester, optional interdisciplinary
    branch B-SEE , 2. year of study, summer semester, optional interdisciplinary

  • Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning

    branch ET-CZV , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, 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 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jiří Fialka, Ph.D.
Ing. Zdeněk Havránek, Ph.D.
Ing. Stanislav Klusáček, Ph.D.
Ing. Stanislav Pikula, Ph.D.
Ing. Peter Rášo
Ing. Soňa Šedivá, Ph.D.
Ing. Miroslav Uher
Ing. Martin Vágner, 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