SOLUTIONS TO QUESTIONS AT END OF CHAPTER 2`

2.10 Likely error = 16.5 C.

2.11 Expected shortest rod = 4900 mm. Expected longest rod = 5100 mm.
2.12 Range = 2.5 cm.
2.13 sensitivity = 0.0175 mV/C
2.15 (a) sensitivity = 2.62

(b) new sensitivity = 2.94

sensitivity drift (change in sensitivity per C) = 0.01067/C


2.16 bias = 1.5C

2.17 (a) At 21C, sensitivity = 20 m/Kg
At 35C, sensitivity = 22 m/Kg

(b) zero drift =0.2 mm.
sensitivity = 2.0 m/Kg.

(c) zero drift = 14.3 m/C
sensitivity drift = 0.143 (m per Kg)/(C).


2.18
Part (a)
) 50 ( 005 . 0 20 25 . 0
50 /
+ =

t e T
t
r

Using the above expression to calculate T
r
, for various values of t, the following table can be constructed:
Time (t) Depth (x) in
metres
Actual temperature
(T
x
) in C
Temperature
reading (T
r
) in C
Temperature error
in C
0 0 20.0 20.0 0.0
100 50 19.5 19.716 0.216
200 100 19.0 19.245 0.245
300 150 18.5 18.749 0.249
400 200 18.0 18.250 0.250
500 250 17.5 17.750 0.250

Part (b) At 1000 metres, t = 2000 seconds.
25 . 10 75 . 9 20 ) 1950 ( 005 . 0 20 = =
r
T C.


From Data sheet:
Sensitivity = 10V/g
Tolerance (in dimensions) for 0.x = 0.8mm, and for 0.xx = 0.25mm
Range= 0.5g
Nonlinearity = 1% of full scale

For second order instrument:

K =
K

K
S
R

= _
K
s
[

=
1
2
_
K
s
[

K

2
K
s
R