Application of engineering measurement techniques, pressure gauges, calibration and servicing, strain gages and strain indicators, pressure transducers and instrumentation, thermocouples and instrumentation. Projects in applying measurement techniques to environmental technology problems. Laboratory exercises in design and measurement of various circuits using operational amplifiers, comparators, regulators, silicon controlled rectifiers, frequency mixers and phase-locked loops. Study of electric rotating machinery, its theories, principles, design and applications in automation industries. Laboratory exercises in applications and design of rotating machines.
Topics covered are DC machines, synchronous machines, servo-motor, step motor, and control circuits.
Application and basic design of analog and digital control instrumentation for industrial processes. Physical and electrical properties of thermal, mechanical and optical transducers with associated signal conditioning. Laboratory exercises in developing and measuring various control systems utilizing operational amplifiers, transducers, thermocouples, bridges, and various pressure devices. Structure and properties of engineering materials. Heat treatment of steels, aluminum alloys and titanium alloys.