Mechanical Engineering (MECH) Courses>Instrumentation

MECH455 - Instrumentation

Description

Overview of fundamental issues associated with measurement systems; response of 0th, 1st, and 2nd order systems, components in a measurement system, effects of digitization, sampling, aliasing, noise, quantization error. Frequency Response Function, voltage conversion, loading effects and filtering. Sensors and transducers for common physical measurements, including Optical techniques and sensors. Laboratories incorporate all elements of the lectures, with students designing and building complete measurement systems with digital acquisition.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-1.5-1

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete all of:
      • MECH285 - Properties of Engineering Materials (1.5)
      • MECH320 - Mechanics of Solids II (1.5)
      • MECH330 - Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations (1.5)
      • MECH380 - Automatic Control Engineering (1.5)
      • MECH395 - Heat Transfer (1.5)
    • Complete 1 of:
      • ECE365 - Applied Electronics and Electrical Machines (1.5)
      • ELEC365 - Applied Electronics and Electrical Machines (1.5)

Course offered by

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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