Introduction to

Measurement Systems
References: Measurement Systems
Application and Design 5th Edition Ernest O.
Doebelin Department of Mechanical Engineering The
Ohio State University Published by McGraw-Hill

New York, USA. 2004

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Measurement and Measurement System

Measurement is the operation of
determining the value of a quantity.
Measurement/instrumentation system is the
means used to carry out a measurement.
The field of measurements is rapidly
changing where new Standards, Sensors
,Requirements and Measurement systems
are continually being devised

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Measurement is an act of assigning a specific value

to a physical variable detected by a sensor.
A Measurement system includes all the components
necessary for producing a measurement.

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Measurement system
Measures a physical quantity
Displays result to an operator
and/or
Records result
and/or
Transmits to another system (e.g. a
control system)

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The base of Measurement objectives is from

common language for various systems.
Process
(event)

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Qualitity(Variable)

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Purpose of measurement system:

MONITORING OF PROCESSES AND
OPERATIONS
CONTROL OF PROCESSES AND
OPERATIONS If you can not measure it,
you can not control it .
EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING
ANALYSIS
COMPUTER-AIDED MACHINES AND
PROCESSES

Measured objects
Industrial process
Moving objects

Examples:

One 600,000KW thermal power machine

groups:
About 800 measurement points
hundreds of instruments
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Automobile Electronics

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Normal Car:
40-50 sensors
Luxury Car:
about 200 sensors
Indoor/outdoor

Passenger Occupancy

temperature
Seat belt tension
sensors
Oil
sensor
Rain sensor
Water
coolant
temperature

Fuel level

Oxygen
sensor
Accelerometer
Parking sensor
Speedometer
Odometer
Tachomete
r

GPS
Radar sensor

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Tire pressure monitor

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Wheel speed

ShenZhou Aircraft:
near 200 sets of instruments

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Main subjects and topics

Principles of measurement:

Laws and phenomena of natural science:

Physics, Chemistry, Biology etc.
for measured variable and measurement
methods
one to many
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Measurement Applications
1. Monitoring of processes and operations.
2. Control of processes and operations.
3. Experimental engineering analysis
4. Computer-aided machines and processes

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Professional Division:
Metrology( ):
standard, metrical transitivity
( )
Instrument manufacture
Instrument engineering

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Engineering Measurement
Real-Time
Robust
Economy
For Efficiency, Safety, Environmental protection
The eye for production and supervision

Display check, supervision, control and record

New measurement points needed
Multifunctional instrumentation needed
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Scientific Measurement
or Laboratory measurement

Measured objects:
objects

studied process or

High precision
special variable
combined variables
Display and record
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New trends and applications

Digital instrument
Intelligent or smart instrument
Miniaturized system or micro-system
Networked
Virtual instrument
Multifunctional
Software instrument
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Class Overview /Objectives

Define generalized configurations and descriptions of
measuring systems.
Describe and perform static calibration of numerous
types of measurement devices.
Select and/or design measurement systems to meet
performance specifications.
Describe the principles and characteristics of the most
common measurement systems for the measurement of
motion, forces and torques, pressure, flow, and
temperature.
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Restated Course Objectives

All measurements have an associated uncertainty (which is
not always known in advance). Engineers / scientists need
to know how to assess this uncertainty.
All instruments have a finite range of application. It is
important to select the best instrument for the task at
hand. (Sensitivity, Bandwidth, Cost, Reliability)
Most real measurements involve determination of multiple
variables, each with its own associated uncertainty.
How do we assess the TOTAL measurement error?
How do we assess the probability of component failure?
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Reference Textbook
Part 1
Part 2
No Part 3

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Summary

Measurement and Measurement systems

Engineering Measurement and Laboratory measurement

New Measurement Systems

Courses Objectives

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Assignment
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Review Ch1 (P3-10)

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