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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

4282 (v.8) Mechanical Measurements 431

Area: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Once-only
Prerequisite(s): 308801 (v.1) Thermal Engineering Processes 331 or any previous version
AND
308802 (v.1) Strength of Materials 232 or any previous version
AND
308810 (v.1) Fluid Flow Modelling 332 or any previous version
Syllabus: Introduction to measurements in science and engineering, Principles of measurement, Standards and Calibration, Errors in measurement, Causes and types of errors, Uncertainty analysis, Statistical treatment of experimental data, regression analysis and curve fitting techniques, Performance Characteristics of Instruments, Order and response of instruments. Measurement of force, torque and strain, Measurement of motion, vibration and noise. Measurement of pressure and flow, Measurement of temperature and heat flux, Optical methods for the measurement of heat and fluid flow: Schlieren and shadowgraph, Hot-wire anemometry, Laser Doppler Anemometry, Particle Image Velocimetry, Liquid Crystal Thermography. Infrared Thermography. Measurement of combustion products. Orsat Apparatus, Gas Chromatography, Data Acquisition and Processing.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 030701 Mechanical Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2012 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External