Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Fundamentals of precision measurements: accuracy, precision, resolution, repeatability, reproducibility, consistency, drift analysis, dynamic range, Measurements and error estimation, systematic and random errors, Instrument transfer function, least square method and its applications, filtering, polynomial fitting, data analysis and statistical inference, correlation, Surface roughness, waviness and shape measurements, Study of some measurement systems such as mechanical and optical profilers, circularity, cylindricity and conicity measurement systems, Co-ordinate measuring machine, profile projector, long trace slope measuring profilometer, Shack- Hartmann sensor for slope measurement, Different Interferometers for optical metrology, absolute testing techniques, Moire techniques for measurements in industrial applications.