KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FACUTY OF ENGINEERING THERMAL ENGINEERING AND DESALINATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
F-1 COURSE DETAILED SYLLABUS
1. Course name and type:
MEP 365: THERMAL ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS, Required course 2. Course Instructor
Dr. Omar M. Al-Rabghi
Office 308B, Building 42-B
3. Course Information Class Time/Place
Lectures: Sat., Mon., Wed.:8:00-8:50 Location: Building 42B, Room 310
Laboratory: Sat. (14:30-15:50) Location: Solar Energy Building, Thermal Measurement Lab.
4. Catalog course description:
Thermal Engineering Measurements (3: 2, 3) Measurements systems and sensors.
Overview of calibration and standards. Review of probability & statistics. Introduction to regression analysis. Uncertainty analysis and Error Propagation. Technical report writing and presentation of data. Temperature, pressure, and flow measurements. Introduction to force, torque, rotational speed, mechanical power measurements. Introduction to Data Acquisition Systems. Experimental thermal measurements covering the main topics.
5. Prerequisite:
MEP 261 Thermodynamics I, MEP 290 Fluid Mechanics, and EE251 Intro. to Electric Eng., EE255 Engineering Economy
6. Textbooks and/or other Required Material:
1. R. S. Figliola and D. E. Beasley, Theory and Design of Measurements Systems, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 4th Ed., NY.
2. Lab handouts are available at the copy center.
7. Course topics and Course learning objectives:
KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FACUTY OF ENGINEERING THERMAL ENGINEERING AND DESALINATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
F-2 Table A-1. Course topics and Course learning objectives
Topics Covered Course Learning Objectives: (Students will be able to) Measurements systems
and sensors overalls
CLO_1: Explain general measurement system, calibration and standards
Probability and Statistics
CLO_2: Apply statistical analysis, regression analysis and data reduction techniques on a given data
Error, uncertainty analysis and
presentation of data
CLO_3: apply uncertainty analysis on a measurement system.
CLO_4: Be able to calculate uncertainty due to error propagation Temperature
measurements
CLO_5: describe temperature measurements techniques as well as to explain their physical principals.
Pressure measurements
CLO_6: describe pressure measurements techniques as well as to explain their physical principals.
Flow measurements CLO_7: describe flow measurements techniques as well as to explain their physical principals.
Torque, Speed, Power Measurements
CLO_8: describe force, torque, rotational speed and power measurements techniques as well as to explain their physical principals.
Introduction to Data Acquisition Systems
CLO_9: explain data acquisition systems and identify the main parts of DAS
Conducting Experiments
CLO_10 Conducting lab experiments related to the course subjects (T,P,V), and prepare technical reports
Design experiment CLO_11: Be able to design an experiment, choose sensors, carry on experimental procedure and analyze results
8. Grading Distribution
• Homework 10%
• Quizzes 20%
• Lab. Reports 10%
• Mid-Term Exam 20%
• Term Project 10%
• Final Exam 30%
9. Computer Usage
• To prepare Lab reports and project
• Data acquisitions software programming
• Internet search for related topics
• Use of Excel
KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FACUTY OF ENGINEERING THERMAL ENGINEERING AND DESALINATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
F-3 10. Laboratory Experiments
Students will carry experiments and calibration on thermal measurements. Topics of the experiments are:
1. Temperature, pressure, and flow measurements 2. Data collection and analysis
3. Technical report writing 4. Data acquisition system.
11. Term Projects
A term project covering the topics is also requested with an oral presentation and a written report.
12. Class/Laboratory schedule:
Lecture: Three 50 minute sessions per week
Tutorial or Laboratory: One 2.0 hour per week according to schedule 13. Contribution of course to meeting the professional component:
As estimated by the faculty member who prepared this course description:
Engineering science : 65%
Engineering design : 35%
14. Relationship of course to Program Outcomes (PO):
Table A-2. Relationship of course to Program Outcomes Program Outcomes
ABET Outcomes Program Criteria
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o MEP 365
-(*) 3 - 2 - - - 3 - 2 3 -
(*) : course addresses outcome 1: slightly, 2: moderately, 3: substantially 15. Person Who Prepared This Description and Date of Preparation:
Dr. Omar M. Al-Rabghi, Updated: 2/16/2011 16. Course website
http://engg.kaau.edu.sa/~alrabghi or http://orabghi.kau.edu.sa
KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FACUTY OF ENGINEERING THERMAL ENGINEERING AND DESALINATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
F-4 MEP 365 Course Syllabus
Textbook: Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements, by R. Figliola & D.
Beasley, Wiley, 4th Edition, 2006.
# Ch. Title Excluded parts
Pages
1 1 Basic Concepts of Measurement methods
None 2 4 Probability and Statistics Pooled statistics,
4.5 CHI-squared distribution
125 126-130 3 5 Uncertainty Analysis 5.9 Correction for correlated
systematic errors 5.10 Harmonization
179-181
4 8 Temperature measurements None
5 9 Pressure and velocity measurements 9.7 Design and Installation:
Transmission effects
364-367 6 10 Flow measurements Coriolis flow meters 415-418 7 11 Strain measurement Sec. 11.5 to end & p. 432-433 437-end 8 12 Mechatronics: Sensors, Actuators,
and Control
See table below 8 7 Sampling, Digital Devices, and Data
Acquisition
See table below
Included and excluded parts in
ch.12
Subject pages Excluding
Angular velocity measurements 476-478 -
Force measurement 479-481 piezoelectric load cells and proving ring
Mechanical power measurements 484-486 AC and DC generators, Waterbrake dynamometer
Included and excluded parts in
ch.7
Subject pages Excluding
7.1 Introduction 235 None
7.2 Sampling Concepts 235-243 Alias Frequency to the end of section 7.3 Digital devices: Bit and words 243-245 None
7.4 Transmitting digital numbers:
….
245-257 Ramp (integration) Converters to the end of section
7.5 Voltage measurements 246 None 7.6 Data-Acquisition Systems 257 None 7.7 Data-Acquisition System
Components
258-264 None
