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AMME2700: Instrumentation
2023 unit information
This unit aims to develop in students an understanding of the engineering measurements and instrumentation systems. The students will acquire an ability to make accurate and meaningful measurements. It will cover the general areas of electrical circuits and mechanical/electronic instrumentation for strain, force, pressure, moment, torque, displacement, velocity, acceleration, temperature and so on.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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AERO1560 or MECH1560 or MTRX1701 or ENGG1800 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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AMME1705 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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Programming skills, 1st year maths skills, familiarity with fundamental Engineering concepts |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. apply scientific principles to a particular situation in order to obtain a numerical solution to an engineering problem
- LO2. understand the fundamentals of electronic circuits.
- LO3. completion of simple design problems based on presented theory
- LO4. understanding of the professional standards set for mechanical measurements
- LO5. investigate available literature in order to build up background information on set problems. This may be done using library and/or on-line resources.
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