20ME403 - Metrology and

Instrumentation
BASICS OF METROLOGY: Introduction to Metrology, Distinction between precision
and accuracy. Limits, fits and tolerances, Tolerance grades, Types of fits, Factors
considered in selection of instruments, Errors in Measurements – Types.
LINEAR AND ANGULAR MEASUREMENTS: Linear Measuring Instruments –
Evolution – Types – Classification, Limit gauges, Angular measuring instruments –
Types, Comparators - Constructional features and operation of mechanical, optical,
electrical / electronics and pneumatic comparators, Principle of interferometry,
Michelson interferometer, NPL flatness interferometer.
FORM MEASUREMENT: Principles and Methods of straightness – Flatness
measurement, Surface Texture Measurement – Thread measurement, gear
measurement, surface finish measurement, Roundness measurement – Applications.
ADVANCES IN METROLOGY: Basic concept of lasers Advantages of lasers – laser
Interferometers – types – DC and AC Lasers interferometer – Applications. Special
Measuring Equipments - Principles of measurement using Tool Maker’s microscope
profile projector & 3D coordinate measuring machine. Nano-measurements: Scanning
Electron Microscope-Atomic Force Microscopy-Transmission Electron Microscopy.
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FORM MEASUREMENT: Principles and Methods of straightness – Flatness

measurement, Surface Texture Measurement – Thread measurement, gear
measurement, surface finish measurement, Roundness measurement – Applications.
ADVANCES IN METROLOGY: Basic concept of lasers Advantages of lasers – laser
Interferometers – types – DC and AC Lasers interferometer – Applications. Special
Measuring Equipments - Principles of measurement using Tool Maker’s microscope
profile projector & 3D coordinate measuring machine. Nano-measurements: Scanning
Electron Microscope-Atomic Force Microscopy-Transmission Electron Microscopy.
INDUSTRIAL MEASUREMENTS: Force, torque, power - Mechanical , Pneumatic,
Hydraulic and Electrical type. Flow measurement: Venturimeter, Orifice meter,
rotameter, pitot tube – Temperature: bimetallic strip, thermocouples, electrical
resistance thermometer – Reliability and Calibration – Readability and Reliability.
TOTAL HOURS: 45

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Text book and Reference books:

TEXT BOOKS:
1.R.K Jain, ‘Engineering Metrology’, 21st edition, Khanna Publishers, 2018.
2. Gupta I C , "A text book of Engineering Metrology", Dhanpat Rai Publications, New
Delhi, 2018.
3. Ernest O. Doebelin, “Measurement Systems”, McGraw Hill Education; 6th
edition, 2017.
4. Beckwith, Marangoni, Lienhard, “Mechanical Measurements”,
Pearson Education, 2014.

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REFERENCES:
1. Alan S Morris, Reza Langari , "Measurement and Instrumentation: Theory and
Application", Academic Press, 2012.
2. Venkateshan S P , "Mechanical Measurements", John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
3. Raghavendra , Krishnamurthy “Engineering Metrology & Measurements”, Oxford
Univ. Press, 2013.
4. Eckman Donald PEckman, “Industrial Instrumentation”, Wiley Eastern Limited,
2019.

WEB REFERENCES:
1. http://www.nplindia.in/research-areas

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