SixD 'Measurement Basics and Applications' Syllabus

I. Data Acquisition Equipment Basics	• Review of basic terms - glossary • Basic noise reduction strategies • Signal conditioning • Analog to digital converters • Sampling • Filtering • System checkout
II. Acceleration	• Accelerometer types • Laser vibrometer • Calibration • Attachment issues • Transducer selection
III. Displacement	• Measurement types & devices • Resistance potentiometers • Variable inductance devices • Differential transformers • Capacitive transducers • Laser, optical, ultrasonic transducers • Angular displacement RVDTs & encoders • Transducer selection
IV. Strain Gages & Load Cells	• Resistance strain gage types • Basic principles, construction • Strain sensitivity in metallic alloys • Gage factor & transverse sensitivity • Selection factors for gage performance • Temperature compensation • Strain gage selection • Optimizing gage excitation • Rosettes (planar vs. stacked) • Strain-transformation relationship • Principal stress • Electrical circuits for measurement • Bridges • Worksheet: determining full-scale output • Strain gage calibration • Force measurement • Elastic transducers, relations & design factors • Proving rings, strain gage load cells, piezoelectric load cells • Torque measurement, measuring devices & sensors • Pressure measurement • Other pressure cells • Microphones • Transducer selection
V. Rotational Measurement - Telemetry	• Slip rings • Telemetry systems • Fluid transmission • Applications
VI. Temperature	• Temperature measurement, scales, sensing techniques • Thermometers • Thermocouples, operation, errors • Resistance temperature detectors, RTD circuits, errors • Thermistors • Thermocouples v. RTDs v. Thermistors • Infrared sensors • Liquid crystals, temperature reference cells • Temperature interfacing options • Transducer selection
VII. Transducer Examples/Sample Applications
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