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Principles Of Mechanical Measurement

Prof. Dipankar N. Basu · IIT Guwahati

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Lectures

Introduction to Measurement

  1. Introduction to measurement Video
  2. Generalized measurement system & static characteristics Video
  3. Uncertainties in measurement Video
  4. Statistical treatment of random errors Video

Response of Measurement Systems

  1. System response to periodic inputs Video
  2. Zeroth & first order systems Video
  3. First & second order systems Video

Digital Techniques in Measurement

  1. Basics of digitization & number systems Video
  2. Binary logic gates & binary codes Video
  3. Analog-to-digital conversion Video
  4. Digital-to-analog conversion Video

Data Processing

  1. Electromagnetic indicators Video
  2. Electronic amplifiers & filters Video

Displacement Measurement

  1. Resistive devices Video
  2. Inductive, capacitive & optical devices Video
  3. Piezoelectric & nozzle-flapper transducers Video

Stress and Strain Measurement

  1. Resistive strain gages & associated circuitry Video
  2. Strain gage rosettes & gage orientation Video

Force and Torque Measurement

  1. Elastic & strain gage load cells Video
  2. Various load cells & dynamometers Video

Pressure measurement

  1. Principles of manometry Video
  2. Piezometer & elastic pressure transducer Video
  3. Electric pressure transducer and high & low pressure measurement Video

Flow measurement

  1. Bernoulli's equation in obstruction meters Video
  2. Obstruction meters & volume flowmeters Video
  3. Mass flowmeters & velocity probes Video

Temperature measurement

  1. Expansion-based devices Video
  2. RTD, Thermistor & Thermocouple Video
  3. Introduction to pyrometers Video

Motion measurement

  1. Basic seismic transducer Video
  2. Vibro-, velo- & accelerometer Video

Special topics

  1. Introduction to acoustic measurement Video
  2. Radioactivity & its biological effects Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 26-02-2021 Video
  2. Live Session 31-03-2021 Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Guwahati
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Dipankar N. Basu
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
NPTEL
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