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Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

By mastering the objectives of the Theory of Measurement and Regulation course the students acquire fundamental knowledge of the theory and practice of measurement and instrumentation. They will become acquainted with rules governing configuration of measurement chains and physical principles of sensors; further on with fundamentals of regulation and control of technology processes and lines. The output is also knowledge of principles and causes of industrial interference.

Fundamental information about the measurement of physical quantities relevant to university-level physics.

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1. Basic Measurement Theory and the principles of the measurement of physical quantities. Terminology. Information Theory. Information and measurement data. Ethalons.
2. Basic properties of sensors. Overview of physical principles and their basic practical use. Resistive, capacitive and strain gauge sensors.
3. Piezoelectric sensors, sensors with Hall Effect, optical, semiconductor and microelectronic sensors.
4. Inductance, inductive and magnetic sensors.
5. Sensors with CCD elements, thermo-emissivity and non-contact sensors.
6. Chemical, laser, ultrasonic, tactile and nanosensors.
7. Theory and practice regarding error occurrence – calculation of values. Indefiniteness and uncertainty in measurement.
8. Assessment of uncertainty in measurements. Precision, reliability, repeatability and accuracy of measurements. Calibration.
9. Measurement of temperature, pressure, velocity, acceleration, vibration.
10. Measurement with tactile sensors. Measurement of flow, speed, distance, volume, level and electrical quantities.
11. Transformation of non-electrical quantities into electrical ones. Converters. Reliability and intelligence of sensors. Measuring chains and their elements. Analytical measurement systems.
12. Utilisation of computer technology. Interface systems and their protocols. Programmes for the performance of measurements.
13. The basics of automation and control technology. Control theory. Linear, nonlinear, extremal systems. Systems with fuzzy logic and common-sense reasoning. Control elements from production lines.

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Making the students acquainted with fundamentals of measurement, control and systems theory. Measurement chains as system complexes and their elements. Using of computer utilization for acquisition and processing of obtained information. Control and monitoring of the production line. Industrial interference and elimination of these negative impacts.

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

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