Subject Code: MA6L1XX Prerequisites: None	Mathematical Methods I	L – T – P : 3 – 0 – 0	Credits: 3
Subject Code: ME6L009 Prerequisites: None	Engineering Measurements	L – T – P : 3 –1 – 0	Credits: 4
Principles of Measurement: Static characteristics and accuracy in the steady state, Generalized model, Measurement errors and error reduction techniques, Dynamic characteristics, Loading effects and noise, Transfer function, Time and frequency responses, Dynamic errors and compensation, Random signals and effects of noise and interference, Noise sources and reduction methods, Economics of measurement systems: Reliability, Selection of measurement systems, Operating cost; Measurement System Design: Sensing elements: resistive, capacitive, inductive, electromagnetic and other sensing elements, Signal conditioning and processing elements: deflection bridges, amplifiers, AC carrier systems, current transmitters, oscillators and resonators, A/D conversion, sampling, quantization and encoding, Data Acquisition, Multiplexing, Data acquisition system, digital signal analysis; Specialized Measurement Systems: Principles of flow, optical and ultrasonic measurement systems, Heat transfer effects and particle size analysis. Recommended Books: Engineering measurements: methods and intrinsic errors, T. A. Polak, Caroline Pande, Professional Engineering, 1999 Engineering measurements, Benjamin Austin Barry, Wiley, 1964 Measurement Science for Engineers, Paul Regtien, F. van der Heijden, M. J. Korsten, W.Otthius, Kogan Page Science, 2004.