Course Program
Review of Measurement Theory:
- Errors and uncertainties;
- Review of estimation and propagation of uncertainties.
Temperature Measurement:
- Radiation thermometry;
- Measurement principle and exercises.
Pressure Measurement:
- Pressure scales and main sensors;
- Primary methods (pressure balances).
- Elements of Fluid Dynamics.
- Flow in ducts;
- Introduction to flow measurements.
- Pressure and Velocity Measurements in Fluids:
- Differential pressure and volumetric flowmeters;
- Ultrasonic, vortex, and magnetic flowmeters;
- Limitations and applications.
- Mass Measurement:
- Measurement principles and exercises;
- Mass standards and balances.
- Force and Torque Measurement:
- Measurement principles and exercises;
- Universal dynamometric machines and torque meters.
- Thermal Comfort, Theory and exercises;
- Certification of Measuring Instruments (MID Directive):
- New approach and performance and management requirements for the approval of legally relevant measuring instruments;
- Periodic verifications and comparison with legal limits.
- Regulatory Context for the Management of Measuring Instruments in Quality Assurance:
- ISO 9001, ISO 17025 (laboratories), and ISO 16949 (automotive sector) standards.
- Calibration of Measuring, Control, and Testing Instruments:
- Tolerance and measurement uncertainty: choice of instrumentation;
- Compliance with specifications: ISO 14253 standard;
- The role of measurement uncertainty in final testing.
- Practical Calibration Exercises of Measuring Instruments:
- Dimensional calipers, industrial thermometers, pressure gauges, balances;
- Calibration planning, collection of experimental data, processing and presentation of results;
- Validation of calibration results;
- Legal Metrology and Industrial Metrology.
