Course title
B0750600
Instrumental Engineering

 nagasawa sumito Click to show questionnaire result at 2017
Course description
The state of the art mechanical equipment is assembled with high precision parts and it makes them to realize their advanced functions. For fabricating these high precision parts, accuracy measurement methods are required. It is necessary of understanding about not only the measurement principles of dimensions and shapes but also the processing of the measurement results. In this course we treat mainly the measurement methods of the physical quantities which are needed in instrumental engineering and control engineering. Then we learn measurement principles, methods, signal processing and analysis.
Purpose of class
The aim of this course is to help students acquire an understanding of the fundamental principles in instrumental engineering. Then students should able to obtain necessary knowledge needed to build their measurement systems by themselves that are suitable for its measurement objectives, considering measurement principles and precision.
Goals and objectives
  1. One of the goals of this course is to understand the units and dimensions of the physical quantities and select a suitable measurement method based on its needed measurement precision and errors.
  2. One of the goals of this course is to understand the measurement principles of dimensions, shapes, forces and etc. that utilized in the mechanical engineering.
  3. One of the goals of this course is to understand the principles of variety sensors, processing and analyzing methods of the acquiesced sensor signals.
Language
Japanese(English accepted)
Class schedule

 Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1. Basics of instrumental engineering, Introduction, Objects of measurement Read the textbook carefully. 180minutes
2. Instrumentation and Measurement: Units and dimensions, Units and standards. Read the textbook carefully. 180minutes
3. Notation of the measured values, Measurement errors, Number of significant figures Read the textbook carefully.
Reference books 1-5. 		180minutes
4. Basic methods for measurement 1: Measurement of Length, Force, Strain and Stress. Read the textbook carefully.
Reference books 2-1, 2, 3. 		180minutes
5. Basic methods for measurement 2: Measurement of Movement, Temperature, and Fluid. Read the textbook carefully.
Reference books 2-4, 5, 6. 		180minutes
6. Electrical circuit for measurement 1:
Electric elements and basic circuit characteristics. 		Review the lectures from 1st to 5th times.
Reference books 3-1. 		180minutes
7. Electrical circuit for measurement 2: Processing circuit, Convert to digital amount. Read the textbook carefully.
Reference books 3-2, 4, 5, 6. 		250minutes
8. Mid-term examination, Answer commentary and Review. Review previous lectures. 180minutes
9. Uncertainty and Precisely, Kinds of uncertainty, Probability density function. Read the textbook carefully.
Reference books 5-1, 2. 		180minutes
10. Evaluation of uncertainty, Principles of measurement errors. Read the textbook carefully.
Reference books 5-2,3. 		180minutes
11. Measured signal analysis 1: Approximation of functions Review the lectures from 7th to 11th times.
Reference books 6-1. 		180minutes
12. Measured signal analysis 2: Linear approximation, Frequency analysis, Fourier series / transform, Exercise report Read the textbook carefully.
Reference books 6-1, 2. 		180minutes
13. Measured signal analysis 3: Digital frequency analysis, Discrete Fourier Series, Characteristics of sounds Read the textbook carefully.
Reference books 6-2, 3. 		250minutes
14. Term-end examination, Answer commentary and Review. Review of whole this lecture. 180minutes
Total. - - 2660minutes
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

 Mid-term examination Drills & Reports Term-end examination Total.
1. 20% 0% 5% 25%
2. 15% 15% 10% 40%
3. 0% 15% 20% 35%
Total. 35% 30% 35% -
Evaluation method and criteria
Your final grade will be calculated according to the following process: Drills & Reports(30%), Mid-term examination(35%), and Term-end examination(35%). To pass, students must earn at least 60 points out of 100.
Textbooks and reference materials
Textbook (in Japanese) : Akira Ishii, Masaaki Kimata, Toru Kaneko, "Basics of the mechatronics measurements," Corona publishing co.,ltd.
Prerequisites
It is desirable to take physics classes.
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • Wednesday, lunchtime, I will correspond to student's questions in the teacher's waiting room.
Relation to the environment
Environment-related course ( 5%)
Regionally-oriented
Non-regionally-oriented course
Development of social and professional independence
  • Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
Active-learning course
More than one class is interactive
Last modified : Wed Oct 17 06:26:01 JST 2018