4282 (v.8) Mechanical Measurements 431

Area:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

3864 (v.4) Electrical Plant 342 or any previous version
AND
307660 (v.1) Engineering Sustainable Development 201 or any previous version
AND
308803 (v.1) Mechanical Design 337 or any previous version
AND
308810 (v.1) Fluid Flow Modelling 332 or any previous version
AND
308814 (v.1) Dynamic Systems 334 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. Curvefitting techniques. Performance characteristics of instruments. Order and response of instruments. Measurement of force, torque and strain. Measurement of motion, noise and vibration. 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.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

030701 Mechanical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley 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