ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

INFORMATION
Course Title Instrumentation and
Measurement
Course Number MEng 3172
Credit Hours 3 (2 hrs Lec. & 3 hrs
Lab.)
Instructor’s Name Demise M.
Email demise.molawork@aastu.
edu.et
Academic year 2019/20
Semester II
Pre-requisites MEng 3131 Thermodynamics II,
MEng 3133 Fluid Mechanics,
MEng 2071 Strength of Materials II
Office No. Block-64 Room-306
Consultation Thursday 3:00-6:00PM
hour

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Measurement error analysis; Transducers and their response, active and passive transducers; Signal
conditioning; Transducers and measurement systems for: Displacement, velocity, acceleration, torque,
pressure, fluid velocity, flow rate, and temperature; Data transmission, processing, display and
recording.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this course are:
▪ To acquainting the students with operating principles and function of measuring instruments used
in Mechanical Engineering education.
▪ To introduce electrical transducers for measuring force, displacement, velocity, temperature, etc.
▪ To use temperature, velocity, flow, force, acceleration, current, voltage measuring instruments.
▪ To conduct simple experiment.

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 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME (CLO)
At the end of the course the students will be able to
CLO1 Analyse measurement Errors

CLO2 Identify signal conditioning stages and types of transducers

CLO3 Use different types of measuring instruments.
CLO4 Compare different types of data transmission, display, and recording mechanisms

Mapping of the course learning outcomes to the program outcomes, and Teaching methods.
Course Programme Learning Outcomes (PLO)
Learning Teaching
Outcomes PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12 Methods
(CLO)
CLO1 X L/L
CLO2 X L/L
CLO3 X L/L
CLO4 X L/L

*L= Lecture and *L= Laboratory

COURSE CONTENT
Contents CLO
1. Measurement Error Analysis
1
2. Transducers and their response
3. Signal conditioning 1, 2
4. Transducers and measurement systems
4.1.Current and voltage measurement
4.2.Displacement measurement
4.3.Pressure measurement
1, 2,3
4.4.Temperature measurement
4.5.Flow measurement
4.6.Rotational speed measurement
4.7.Velocity and acceleration measurement
5. Data transmission and processing
5.1.Display of measurement signals 1, 4
5.2.Recording of measurement data

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ASSESSMENTS

No. Assessment Tasks Values Course Learning Outcome (CLO)

1 Quiz 5% 1
2 Individual Assignment 10% 2
3 Test 15% 1, 2, 3
4 Lab report 20% 2, 3, 4
5 Final Examination 50% 1, 2, 3, 4

COURSE POLICY
Minimum of 80% attendance during lecture hours and 100% attendance during practical work sessions

TEXT BOOK
1. Alan S Morris, Measurement & instrumentation principles,3rd edition ,2000.
2. Gosh, A.K., Introduction to Measurement and Control, 2000.

REFERENCES
1. William C. Dunn, Fundamentals of Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control.
2. Dominique Placko, Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Measurement.
3. R.B. Northrup: Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements (2/e), CRC Press, Boca
Raton, 2005.
4. Nakra, B.C. and Chaudhry,K.K.: Instrumentation Measurement and Analysis.
5. Golding and Widdis, Electrical Measurement and Measuring Instruments, 5th edition.