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72241 Measurement and Instrumentation Techniques
Danish title: Måle- og instrumenteringsteknik
Language: Danish Credit points: 5
Type: Open University
Language: Danish

Previous course: C8202
Prerequisite: 72131/50300
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Scope and form: Lectures, groupwork and 3 mandatory laboratory exercises
Examination: Written exam (13-scale)
Contact person: Georg Kronborg Christensen, Building 358, Tel. +45 4525 6277, email gkc@iks.dtu.dk, http://www.iks.dtu.dk/people/homepage/gkc.htm
Thomas Bucka-Christensen, Building 325, Tel. +45 4525 3502, email tbc@oersted.dtu.dk, http://www.oersted.dtu.dk/staff/all/tbc/

Department: Department of Control and Engineering Design
Aim: To give the student an understanding of and knowledge about basic principles and methods used in measurement and instrumentation systems. Systems used in industry to control and supervise machine systems and plants.
Contents: Principles of static and dynamic measurements. Model of a measurement system. Statistical treatment of measured data. Static and dynamic errors. Application of feed-back in measurement systems. Application of measurement filtration. The operational amplifier and its application. Bridge-measurement. Measurement of force, torque and pressure. Flow measurement. Measurement of power and efficiency. Measurement of position, velocity and acceleration (linear and angular). Strain-measurements. Temperature measurements. Transducer types. Application of transducers in closed-loop systems. Introduction to digital measurement systems and the application of computers in measurement and instrumentation systems.