Measurement & Measuring Instruments
Measurement & Measuring Instruments
Elements of Generalized Measurement System; Static & Dynamic Characteristics of Instruments; Errors in Measurements – Sources and Types 20
of Errors; Statistical Treatment of Data – Mean, Measures of Dispersion, Rejection of data based on confidence interval.
Classification; Selection of Transducers; Resistive Transducers – Potentiometer, Strain gauge, Rosettes, Thermistors and RTD; Capacitive
Transducers – Measurement of Liquid level by change in variation of dielectric constant; Variable Inductance Transducers – self-generating
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type and passive type; Piezoelectric Transducers; Photoelectric Transducers; Digital Transducer
D.C. Bridges: Wheatstone’s bridge, Sensitivity & Limitations; Carey Foster Bridge; Kelvin double bridge; Megaohm Bridge. 25
A.C. Bridges: Maxwell’s Inductance Capacitance Bridge; Andersons Bridge; De Sauty’s Bridge; Schering Bridge;
Annexure ‘CD – 01’
Analog meters : PMMC meters- construction, torque equation, ammeter shunts, multi-range ammeter, voltmeter multiplier, sensitivity,
ohmmeters, Construction& general equation of moving iron, electrodynamometer, hot wire instruments, Measurement of power using
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Wattmeters.
Digital meters: Digital voltmeter – ramp type, integrating type, potentiometer type, Applications
Annexure ‘CD – 01’
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Text:
Electronic Instrumentation Technology by MMS Anand, PHI Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi Ed. 2005.
Electronics Instrumentation by H.S. Kalsi TMH Ed. 2004.
References:
Electronics Instrumentation & Measurement Techniques by W.D. Cooper & A.D. Helfrick, PHI 3rd Ed.
Electronics Measurement & Instrumentation by Oliver & Cage Mc-Graw Hill.