ME 307 : Mechanical Measurements Lab
Course Code ME 307
Course Name Mechanical Measurements Lab
Offered to UG/PG
Pre-requisites NIL
Lecture 0
Tutorial 0
Practical 3
Credit 3
Reference 1 1. Mechanical measurements, S. P. Venkateshan, 2nd edition. Ane Books.
2. Doeblin’s Measurement Systems, Ernest O Doebelin and Dhanesh N Manik. 6th edition. McGraw Hill Education.
Description Introduce students to measurement and data analysis techniques through electronic as well as mechanical systems. Develop practical skills and concepts needed to tackle various engineering tasks.
Devices introduced and operated in the lab
• Electronics: PC based oscilloscope and signal generator, breadboard, digital multimeter, various electronic components, and operational amplifier ICs
• Solid mechanics: strain gages/ load cells
• Thermal/Fluids: thermocouples, pressure transducers, U-tube manometers, pressure gauges, fluid flow rate control, and fluid flow meters. Concepts and analytical skills
• Static and dynamic calibration of instruments, random and bias errors, interpretation of instrument specifications
• Statistical analysis of data through mean, standard deviation, data fitting, quality of fit, and quantification of uncertainty in measured data
• Using of spreadsheets for tabulating and plotting data, performing calculations, and curve fitting
• Presentation of data using tables/ chart and drawing conclusions based on comparison with theory.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
EXPERIMENT # 1 - FAMILIARIZATION WITH ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
Part A - PC scope, resistors, capacitors, breadboard, and simple RC circuit
Part B - Basic working of instrumentation OP AMP (INA 129)
EXPERIMENT # 2 - DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A FIRST ORDER SYSTEM USING R-C
CIRCUIT
EXPERIMENT # 3 - FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF A SECOND ORDER SYSTEM USING
R-L-C CIRCUIT
EXPERIMENT # 4 - AMPLIFICATION OF SIGNALS USING OP-AMP
Part A - As a non-inverting amplifier
Part B - As a inverting amplifier
Part C - As a differential amplifier
EXPERIMENT # 5 - MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS USING OP-AMP
Part A - Operational amplifier as a differentiator
Part B - Operational amplifier as integrator
EXPERIMENT # 6 - Temperature Measurement
Part A - Static Calibration Of A K-Type Thermocouple
Part B - Measurement Of Time Constant Of A Thermocouple
EXPERIMENT # 7 - Pressure Measurement
Part A - Modelling of manometer as a second order system for step input
  Part B - Measurement of blood pressure (systolic and diastolic pressure) using
sphygmomanometer 
EXPERIMENT # 8 - Pressure Measurement
Part A - Static Calibration Of A Pressure Transducer
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