CODE 66229 ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 3 INGEGNERIA MECCANICA 8720 (L-9) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-IND/12 LANGUAGE Italiano TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 1° Semester AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Operative comprehension of the foundations of measurement, including elements of probability and statistics, static and dynamic analysis of measuring systems, evaluation of uncertainty, calibration, components selection, signal conditioning, measurement of mechanical and thermal quantities. TEACHING METHODS Lectures and laboratory SYLLABUS/CONTENT Elements of probability and statistics: probability, random variables, variance and covariance, linear regression. Evaluation of measurement uncertainty, calibration, dynamic measurement. Sensors: seismic, elastic, strain gages, thermo-resistances, thermocouples, capacitive, inductive. Signal conditioning: potentiometer and bridge circuits, demodulators, amplifiers, filters, interference reduction and grounding. Voltmeters, A/D converters, current-to-voltage converters. Metrological infrastructures. Length, temperature, force and vibration measurement. Laboratory practice in strain force and vibration measurement. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY P. Bentley, Principles of measurement systems, Longman, 2005; E. O. Doebelin, Measurement systems, McGraw-Hill, 1989; W. Dally, et alii, Instrumentation for engineering measurement , Wiley, 1993; A. Papoulis, Probability, random variables and stochastic processes, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 1985; Technical written standards: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in maesurement (GUM), ISO 10012, ISO 17025. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD GIOVANNI BATTISTA ROSSI Exam Board FRANCESCO CRENNA (President) GIOVANNI BATTISTA ROSSI (President) VITTORIO BELOTTI ALICE PALAZZO LESSONS Class schedule MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Written test and oral examination, including discussion of a reports on lab activity. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 30/03/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale 05/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 12/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale 26/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 03/07/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale 13/07/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 20/07/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale 04/09/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 11/09/2017 14:00 GENOVA Orale 25/10/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale 04/12/2017 10:00 GENOVA Compitino FURTHER INFORMATION Pre-requisites : None.