Lecturer: Piero Malcovati  

Course name: Misure industriali
Course code: 500545
Degree course: Ingegneria Industriale
Disciplinary field of science: ING-IND/12 ING-INF/07
University credits: CFU 12
Course website: http://sms.unipv.it/misure

Specific course objectives

The course goal is to introduce to the industrial measurement techniques through an experimental approach. The most important formative objectives are the knowledge of some general concepts: measurement and measurement uncertainty, as well as the knowledge of analog and digital instrumentation. The main measurement methods for electrical, mechanical, thermal and other quantities of interest in the industrial field will be then considered, both theoretically and practically.

Course programme

Metrology
General concepts, measurement units, measurement uncertainty

Instrumentation
Analog and digital instrumentation, signal analysis

• Electrical measurements
Analog and digital instrumentation, measurement methods

Mechanical measurements
Length and displacement measurements, speed and acceleration measurements, mass and strength measurements

• Industrial measurements
Thermal, pressure, flow, level measurements

Course entry requirements

Basic knowledge of mathematics, statistics, physics and electrotechnics.

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 72
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 18
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 28

Suggested reading materials

For the electrical measurements part the lecture notes (P. Malcovati, Misure Elettriche) and the slides used during the lectures are available. Moreover, it is possible to refer to the following books:

M. Savino. Fondamenti di Scienza delle Misure. La Nuova Italia Scientifica.

Ernest O. Doebelin. Strumenti e Metodi di Misura. McGraw-Hill.

A.Brunelli. Misure Industriali Fisiche e Meccaniche. GISI.

Testing and exams

There will be two witten tests: at the end of the first semester for the electrical measurement part and at the end of the second semester for the mechanical and thermal measurement part. Moreover, the students will prepare reports on the activities carried-out during the experimental laboratory exercises. For the students that will have performed the written tests and attended the laboratory exercises, the oral exam will consists in a discussion on the written tests and the prepared reports. For the students that will not have performed the written tests and/or attended the laboratory exercises, the exam will consist of an oral test on the whole program of the course.