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):	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. 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 shadow graph. 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.
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Field of Education:	030701 Mechanical Engineering
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
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2010	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y

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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