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AMME2700: Instrumentation

2023 unit information

This unit aims to develop in students an understanding of the engineering measurements and instrumentation systems. The students will acquire an ability to make accurate and meaningful measurements. It will cover the general areas of electrical circuits and mechanical/electronic instrumentation for strain, force, pressure, moment, torque, displacement, velocity, acceleration, temperature and so on.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Engineering

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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AERO1560 or MECH1560 or MTRX1701 or ENGG1800
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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AMME1705
Assumed knowledge:
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Programming skills, 1st year maths skills, familiarity with fundamental Engineering concepts

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. apply scientific principles to a particular situation in order to obtain a numerical solution to an engineering problem
  • LO2. understand the fundamentals of electronic circuits.
  • LO3. completion of simple design problems based on presented theory
  • LO4. understanding of the professional standards set for mechanical measurements
  • LO5. investigate available literature in order to build up background information on set problems. This may be done using library and/or on-line resources.

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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