SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 641 022

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

12ME2004 SENSORS FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS 3003

Aim
To provide the basic knowledge and to understand the sensors used for measuring various
physical quantities for various engineering applications
Objective
To understand the principles of measurement of various physical and dimensional
quantities.
To learn the methods of measurement and its application in manufacturing industries.
To identify and select suitable measurement instruments for measuring parameters like
strain, pressure, motion, light radiations, heat and temperature.
To explain the different electronic sensors used in modern applications

UNIT I STRAIN AND PRESSURE MEASUREMENT

Strain Gauge types - Resistance strain gauge and piezoelectric strain gauge characteristics and applications,
Electronic circuits for strain gauge load cells. Pressure gauge types - aneroid capacitance pressure gauge, ionization
gauge characteristics and applications 9

UNIT II MOTION SENSORS

Capacitor plate sensor, Inductive sensors, LVDT Accelerometer systems, rotation sensors drag cup devices,
piezoelectric devices, Rotary encoders. 9

UNIT III LIGHT RADIATION

Color temperature, light flux, photo sensors, photomultiplier, photo resistor, photo conductors, photodiodes,
phototransistors, photovoltaic devices, fiber-optic applications, light transducer, solid-state devices and liquid
crystal devices. 9

UNIT IVHEAT AND TEMPERATURE

Bimetallic strip, Bourdon temperature gauge, thermocouples, Resistance thermometers, thermistors, PTC
thermistors, bolometer, Pyroelectric detector. 9

UNIT VELECTRONIC SENSORS

Proximity detectors Inductive and capacitive, ultrasonic, photo beam detectors, Reed switch, magnet and Hall-
effect units, Doppler detectors, liquid level detectors, flow sensors and smoke sensors. 9
Total
Periods: 45
TEXT BOOKS
1. Jack P Holman, Experimental Methods for Engineers, Seventh Edition, McGraw Hill, USA, 2001.
2. Ian R Sinclair, Sensors and Transducers, Third Edition, Newness publishers, 2001.
3. John G Webster, Measurement Instrumentation and Sensors Handbook, CRC Press, 1999.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Doebelin (Ernest O), Measurement System , Application and Design, McGraw Hill,1st Edition,2001.
2. Poebelin E O, Measurement Systems, Application and Design, Mc Graw Hill,5 Th Edition,2004.