| 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 |