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ME 410 Mechanical Engineering Systems Laboratory
ME 410 Mechanical Engineering Systems Laboratory
Systems Laboratory
Laboratory Lecture 1
Orientation Perpendicularity
Orientation Angularity Symbol Modifier
Orientation Parallelism Free state
30.1
30.0
Projected tolerance zones
Measurement
Uncertainty
Error
The lack of exact knowledge of the value of the measurand explains the
uncertainty of the result of a measurement.
Random Error
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Measurement Uncertainty
x
e z 2 , z
1 2
f ( x)
2
0,25
0,20
1 n Standart
P 0,15
i
n 1 i 1
( x )
Deviation
0,10
z z Uncertainty u ( x)
n
i
0,05
x Arithmetic Mean of
0,00
5,9 6,1 6,3 6,5 6,7 6,9 7,1 n Repeated Measurements
n Number of Repeated Measurements
Standart Deviation
U p k p uc
Type A Uncertainty y U p Y y U p
uc Combined Standart Uncertainty
U 95% Expanded Uncertainty (k 95% 2)
U 99% Expanded Uncertainty (k 99% 3)
Measurement Uncertainty (Continued)
– 3 – 2 – + + 2 + 3
68.3%
95.5%
99.7%
A generally accepted rule:
yn
yn-1 x y
: x , y
i i
:
: n n
x x y y
:
:
y4
a
i i
, b y ax
x x
y3 2
y2 i
y1
x1 x2 x3 x4 ................. xn-1 xn
Uncertainty Source Chart