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Metrology and Precise Measurements

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 450-4023/05
Abbreviation MPM
Course title Metrology and Precise Measurements
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Radana Vilímková Kahánková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures

1. Metrology – basic concepts, significance, and current trends
2. International and national metrological organizations and legal metrology in the Czech Republic
3. Metrological traceability, standards, and calibration hierarchy
4. Measurement errors and sources of uncertainty
5. Statistical analysis of measurement results
6. Measurement uncertainty and its expression according to the GUM methodology
7. Calibration of measurement systems and instruments
8. Calibration laboratories and accreditation
9. Expression of uncertainty in calibration
10. Statistical process control and measurement system analysis (SPC, MSA)
11. Digital measurement systems and data acquisition (DAQ), sensors, and A/D converters
12. Precision measurements using computers, virtual instrumentation, and Industry 4.0 technologies

A laboratoře k tomu ve stejné terminologii:

Laboratory Exercises

1. Searching for information on standards, metrological organizations, and calibration laboratories
2. Metrological concepts, measurement errors, and processing of measurement results
3. Statistical processing of measured data and analysis of measurement errors
4. Calculation and expression of measurement uncertainty
5. Calibration of measuring instruments
6. Assessment of measurement system suitability (MSA)
7. Expression of uncertainty in calibration and preparation of calibration reports
8. Measurements using digital measurement systems and DAQ modules
9. Precision measurements using virtual instrumentation and computer-based measurement systems
10. Presentation and defense of semester projects

Literature

[L1] Raghavendra and Krishnamurthy: Engineering Metrology and Measurements, Oxford University Press, 2005,
[L2] Bucher, L., J.: The Metrology Handbook, ASQ Quality Press, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-87389-838-6 

Advised literature

Zidek, J.: Syllabi in electronical form, VSB-TU Ostrava, 2008