COEP Technological University, Pune

(Formerly, College of Engineering, Pune)

A Unitary Public University of Govt. of Maharashtra
Wellesley Road, Shivajinagar, Pune- 411 005

END Semester Examination

Programme: First Year B. Tech. (School of ECE) (DIV-VI and VII) Semester: II
Course Code: PCC-01 Course Name: Fundamentals of measurement and sensors
Branch: Electrical, ECE and Instrumentation Academic Year: 2023-24
Duration: 03 Hour Max Marks: 60
Student PRN No.

Instructions:

1. Figures to the right indicate the full marks.

2. Mobile phones and programmable calculators are strictly prohibited.
3. Writing anything on question paper is not allowed.
4. Exchange/Sharing of stationery, calculator etc. not allowed.
5. Write your PRN Number on Question Paper.
Marks CO PO

Q1 Solve any SIX sub-questions

a) Define (i) Active Transducer (ii) Passive Transducer, State their examples 2 01 02

b) What is the principle of DC tachogenerator? 2 02 05

c) Define quality factor in bridge, write an expression for quality factor of Hay’s 2 01 02
bridge

d) State piezoelectric effect. 02 02 02

e) Fill in the blanks in the following: 02 01 03

(i) The ratio of the change in output to the change in input is the
__________ of the instrument

(ii) Calibration of the instruments removes/ accounts for _________ types

of errors.

f) Indicate the following statements are true or false 02 02 01

(i) Correctness or exactness in measurements is associated with the

accuracy and not with precision

(ii) Instrument bias refers to the random errors in the instrument

g) Define Gauge factor and strain 02 01 01

h) State Magnetostrictive and Villari effect 02 02 01

 COEP Technological University, Pune
(Formerly, College of Engineering, Pune)
A Unitary Public University of Govt. of Maharashtra
Wellesley Road, Shivajinagar, Pune- 411 005

Q2 Solve any two sub-questions

a) Give the comparison between Gross Error, Systematic Error and Random 6 02 05
Errors

b) A Kelvin double bridge in which each of the ratio arms P=Q=p=q = 1000Ω. 6 02 03
The emf of the battery is 100V and a resistance of 5Ω is included in the
battery circuit. The galvanometer has a resistance of 500Ω and the resistance
of the link connecting the unknown resistance to the standard resistance may
be neglected. The bridge is balanced when the standard resistance S = 0.001Ω
(i) Determine the value of unknown resistance (ii) Determine the current
through the unknown resistance R at balance (iii) Determine the deflection of
the galvanometer when the unknown resistance R is changed by 0.1 % from its
value at balance.

c) With neat a phasor and circuit diagram explain in detail Schering Bridge, Also 6 01 02
derive expression for unknown capacitances.

Q3 Solve any two sub-questions

a) List out different types of angular measurement instrument, How sin bar 6 02 05
instrument utilized for angular measurement?

b) How LVDT is used for monitoring health of mechanical structure such as 6 03 04

motors, turbine and engine through vibration and acceleration measurement.

c) With neat sketch diagram explain inductive type torque measurement, also 6 02, 03,
express torque equation.

Q4 Solve any two sub-questions

a) State the selection criteria of transducers, How the linear displacement is 6 02 03,
measured with linear variable differential transformer (LVDT)?

b) List out transducers for linear velocity measurement. Explain in detail moving 6 02, 03,
coil and moving magnet type transducer with their advantages and 04 02

disadvantages.

c) A parallel circuit has two branches. The current in one branch is I1 = 100±3 A 6 02 03,
and in other is I2 = 250±5 A. Determine the value of total current I = I1 +I2
considering

(a) Errors in I1 and I as limiting errors

(b) Errors as standard deviations

 COEP Technological University, Pune
(Formerly, College of Engineering, Pune)
A Unitary Public University of Govt. of Maharashtra
Wellesley Road, Shivajinagar, Pune- 411 005

Q5 Solve any two sub-questions

a) How the speed of motor measured using toothed rotor variable reluctance 06 01 03
tachometer? Express mathematical equation for shaft speed

b) A single strain gauge having resistance of 120Ω is mounted on a steel 06 01 03

cantilever beam at a distance of 0.15 m from the free end. An unknown force
F applied at the free end produces a deflection of 12.7 mm of free end. The
change in gauge resistance is found to be 0.152 Ω. The beam is 0.25 m long
with a width of 20 mm and depth of 3 mm. The Young’s modulus for steel is
200 GN/m2. Calculate the gauge factor.

c) Explain in detail absorption type dynamometer for measurement of instantaneous 06 02 04

power measurement of rotating machine.