Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

Code:

EM618

Acronym:

MEFC

Instance: 2003/2004 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Fluids and Energy Division
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEM	24	Plano de Estudos EM Oficial a partir de 2000	5	2	4	-
		Plano para Bachareis EM a partir 2000	2	2	4	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course provides the students with notions about experimental methods and measurement techniques, in the fields of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, to allow the students to choose between available methods and instruments. Data analysis and measurement uncertainties are also treated, in order to correctly represent experimental results, and to adequately plan the experiments.

Program

MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS: General topics (revision). ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA: Errors and uncertainties; presentation of experimental results. PRESSURE MEASUREMENT: Manometers and others electric transducers. VELOCITY MEASUREMENT: Pitot tube, thermal and optical anemometers. FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT: Flow-obstruction methods and electric transducers for volumetric and mass flow rate measurements. THERMOMETRY: Thermocouples, resistance and radiation thermometers (revision); errors of system/sensor interaction. HYGROMETRY: electrical, psychometric and condensation methods. LABORATORY ASSIGNMENTS.

Main Bibliography

J.P. Holman, Experimental Methods for Engineers, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Coleman, H.W. e W.G. Steele, Jr., Experimentation and Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.

Complementary Bibliography

ISO, Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement, Genéve, 1995.
L. Kirkup, Experimental Methods. An Introduction to the Analysis and Presentation of Data, John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
Guimarães, R.C. e J.A.S. Cabral, Estatística, McGraw-Hill, Lisboa,1999.
J.S. Bendat, A.G. Piersol, Random Data - Analysis and Measurement Procedures, John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
E. Ower, R.C. Pankhurst, The Measurement of Air Flow, Pergamon Press, 1977.
R.W. Miller, Flow Measurement Engineering Handbook, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
Doebelin, E.O. Measurement Systems. Application and Design. McGraw-Hill, 1990.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam