PME3304_01
Experimental Measurements of Systems

(Spring 2006)

Course Information

Instructor: Liu, Cheng-Hsien chhsliu@mx.nthu.edu.tw
Office:                Room 517, Engineering Building #1
            Phone:                    (03) 5715131 ext.3706
            Office hours:              by appt.

TA: Wen-Yu Chang 933746@oz.nthu.edu.tw
Office hours:                by appt.

Jer-Wei Chang g943743933733@oz.nthu.edu.tw
            Office hours:                by appt.

Kou-Chuan Haung g93758@oz.nthu.edu.tw
            Office hours:                by appt.

Ko-Wei Hsu g943740@oz.nthu.edu.tw
            Office hours:               by appt.

Lectures:      Time                     Thursday 10:10am-12:00am
Location                Room 216, Engineering Building #1

Lab.:       Time                     Monday 2:10pm-5:00pm
Location                Room 320, Engineering Building #1

Course Web site: http://mx.nthu.edu.tw/~chhsliu/Lab/PME3304_01_Liu.html　

(class web with PME3304_02 to find class notes/Lab. notes/Lab. tour powerpoint file and your lab. report on-line submission

http://www.pme.nthu.edu.tw/measurements/)

Course Objectives

The Goal of the course is to provide Undergraduate Mechanical Engineers with practical and working knowledge of modern sensing technology. The course offers an overview of the basic sensing technology covering Strain and Stress, Pressure, Fluid Flow, Temperature, Motion, Force, and signal analysis; and includes a series of laboratory exercises. Eight laboratories take place at Room 320, Engineering Building #1. Final small project is based on team work to and encourages students to develop their innovative idea as well as gain a better feel for how things really work. At the end of the course, I hope students will understand how many sensing techniques work, what issues limit the use of sensors for measurements, and how to select sensors for specific applications.

General Info

• Textbook:
• Figliola and Beasley, Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements, 3^rd ed., 2000, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• class notes
• Recommended References

-Beckwith, Marangoni, Lienhard, Mechanical Measurement, 5^th ed., 1993, Addision-Wesley, Co.

-Bentley, Principles of Measurement Systems, 3^rd ed., 1995, Longman Scientific & Technical.

-Doebelin, Measurement Systems: Application and Design, 4^th ed., 1990, McGraw-Hill, Inc..

• Grading
• Midterm:  30%~35%
• Lab. Reports: 30%~35%
• Final Projects :  30%
• Class attendance, quiz and discussion: 0%~10%

Course Contents

1. Introduction and Overview

2. Strain and Stress: Measurement and Analysis

3. Measurement of Pressure

4. Measurement of Fluid Flow

5. Measurement of Temperature

6. Measurement of Motion

7. Experiment Starts

8. Measurement of Force

9. Signal Analysis

Handouts

Last updated: Jan. 16, 2006 by Cheng-Hsien Liu