DIGITAL ASSIGNMENT 2

1. A steel cantilever is 0.25 m long, 20 mm wide and 4 mm thick.

a) Calculate the value of deflection at the free end for the cantilever when a force of 25 N
is applied at this end. The modulus of elasticity for steel is 200 GN/m2.

b) An LVDT with a sensitivity of 0.5 V/mm is used. The voltage is read on a 10 V

voltmeter having 100 divisions. Two tenths of a division can be read with certainty.

c) Calculate the minimum and maximum value of force that can be measured with this
arrangement.

2. A parallel plate capacitive transducer uses plates of area 500 mm2 which are separated by a
distance 0.2 mm. Calculate the value of capacitance when the di electric is air having a
permittivity of 8.85 x 10 -12 F/m.

i) Calculate the change in capacitance if a linear displacement reduces the distance

between the plates to 0.18 mm. Also calculate the ratio of per unit change of capacitance to per
unit change of displacement.

ii) Suppose a mica sheet 0.01 mm thick is inserted in the gap. Calculate the value of
original capacitance and change in capacitance for the same displacement. Also calculate the
ratio of per unit change in capacitance to per unit change in displacement .The dielectric constant
of mica is 8.

3. Explain the principle and working of Hall effect Transducer with its applications.

4. Discuss the working principle of LDR using energy band diagram.

5. Explain the construction of resistive potentiometer. List the advantages and disadvantages.
Also discuss about the wire wound and non-wire potentiometers.