Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Course name: Measurement & Instrumentation
Credits: 3

No. Topics of Lecture Book

Lectur
e
1. Introduction, significance of measurement, Methods of measurement, types 1,2, 67-70
of Errors,
2. Statistical analysis, arithmetic mean, deviation from mean, average deviation Book2 (10-
normal distribution error, probable error. 14)
3. Measurement of resistance, classification of resistance, measurement of 516-520
medium resistance, ammeter voltmeter method, Substitution method,
Wheatstone bridge
4 Sensitivity of Wheatstone Bridge, Carey Foster Slide-wire Bridge 521-525
5 Kelvin Double Bridge Method of Measurement of Low resistance, 534-535
Difficulties in measurement of high resistance, Method of measurement of 538-540
high resistance(Only)
6 AC bridge (0nly definition), Measurement of Self Inductance, Maxwell’s 585,589, 590
Inductance bridge, Maxwell’s Inductance-capacitance bridge.
7 Hay bridge, Owen’s bridge 591,592,594
8 Measurement of capacitance, De Sauty’s bridge, Schering bridge, 596-599
9 Measurement of mutual inductance, Heaviside Mutual Inductance Bridge 601-602
10 Measurement of earth resistances (Earth tester), Location of cable fault. 548-551
11 D-Arsonval galvanometer. 245-246
12 Ballistic galvanometer, construction of Ballistic galvanometer, Tangent 266
galvanometer
13 Flux meter, operation of flux meter, theory of flux meter, use shunt of flux 272-275
meter
14 Flux density measurement 660
15 Determination of iron losses and their separation, method of Measurement of 676-677, 681-
iron losses (Bridge method: Maxwell’s bridge & campbell’s bridge method) 683

17 Classification of measuring instruments. Deflection type, Null type, 4-5,7

application for measurement system
18 Constructions of electrodynamometer wattmeter 431-433
19 Hall effect multiplier, measurement of power using instrument transformer 447, 448
20 Two wattmeter method, construction and operation of Induction type Energy 452-453,466-
meter 468
21 Average demand indicator 475-476
22 Single phase electrodynamometer power factor meter ,Electrical resonance 495-496,503
type frequency meter
23 Electronic voltmeter, and their advantages, VTVM, average reading diode, 747-742
vacuum tube voltmeter
24 Q –meter, principle of working, application 903-906
25 CRO, Cathode Ray Tube, electro gun, electrostatic focusing, deflection 785-789
sensitivity
26 Measurement of phase and frequency (Lissajous patterns), digital voltmeter 810-813,
(book2-146-
148)
27 Instrument transformer, Advantages, Ratios and Burden of Instrument 384-386
transformer,
28 Relationship in a current transformer, errors in a current transformer 387-389
29 Potential transformer, Difference between C.T. and P.T., reduction of error 405-411
in P.T.
Capacitive P.T.
30 Extension of instrument range, ammeter shunt, voltmeter multiplier 294-301
31 Transducer , electric transducer, advantages of electrical transducer, 935-938
classification,
32 Passive, active transducer, analog, digital transducer , transducer and inverse 939-941
transducer
33 LVDT, advantages and disadvantages of LVDT 1001-1002
34 Linear displacement transducer, Strain gauge and measurement of Strain. 1333-1334
35 Measurement of pressure using Electrical transducer using secondary 1355-1357
transducer
36 Measurement of linear velocity (moving magnet type), shaft speed 1367, 1374-
measurement 1376
37 LVDT Accelerometer, measurement of temperature(platinum resistance 1381,1384-
thermometer) 1385