Contactless Measurements

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Department of Measurement

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Methods of contactless measurements: optical, acoustical, microwave, magnetic and nuclear. Contactless measurement of electric current, distance, position, and speed of targets, flow rate, torsion moment, temperature, physical and chemical properties of materials. Application of contactless methods in geophysics, remote sensing, navigation, military and security.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Application of contactless measurements - overview

2. Light, photometric and radiometric variables

3. Basics of applied optics for measurement

4. Sources of optical radiation for contactless measurements

5. Photodiode reflex and transmission sensors and position sensing

6. PSD sensors, measurement of distance and angle

7. Linear and area CCD sensors: principle, properties, applications

8. Acoustical methods

9. Sonar and sensors of robots

10. Electromagnetic active and passive methods

11. Magnetic sensors, contactless measurement of electric current

12. Magnetic methods of position and speed sensing

13. Methods of contactless measurement of material properties

14. Geophysical measurement, nuclear measurements

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction

2. Fiber optic reflex sensor

3. Directional characteristics of sources and detectors of optical radiation

4. Measurement of area using CCD camera

5. Measurement of optical sensors Omron

6. Design of reflex sensor

7. Realization and measurement of reflex sensor

8. Fluxgate sensor, application for compass

9. PLCD, induction and inductive position sensors

10. Transsonar (magnetostrictive position sensor)

11. Revolution sensors: pulse wire, differential Hall sensor, magnetoresistor

12. Sonar

13. Field sensor VAC

14. Discussion of results, assessments

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