| Semester 1, 2022 Toowoomba On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Engineering |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: (ENG1500 or MAT1500 or ENM1500 or ENM1600) and ELE1801 or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN
Overview
In electrical, electronic and instrumentation industries, engineering professionals perform tests and measurements for quality assurance and performance evaluation to comply with Australian Standards. They need to acquire basic knowledge and skills in electrical analogue measurement techniques and to become familiar with Australian Standards. Topics in this course deal with theoretical aspects of using analogue measuring instruments and test equipment, and analytical techniques for performance evaluation of components, devices and circuits.
Course learning outcomes
The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- describe common measuring instruments, devices and circuits, and their application to electrical testing;
- identify and classify error sources, and explain how their effects can be minimised in particular measurement situations;
- analyse single- and three-phase circuits to determine voltage and current values, by means of complexors, matrices and phasor diagrams;
- analyse test measurements and circuit performance mathematically in both time and frequency domains, with the aid of network theorems, response curves and locus diagrams;
- specify details of instrumentation and devices intended for a particular application;
- evaluate the results of tests and measurements taken from circuitry constructed by the student; and
- demonstrate, through technical report writing, competency in mathematical and graphical analysis of data.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Terminology, Errors, DC Instruments and Sensors | 5.00 |
| 2. | Complexors, Phasors and Network Theorems | 14.00 |
| 3. | AC Waveforms, Harmonics, Filters and Resonance | 18.00 |
| 4. | Power, Power Factor and Energy | 10.00 |
| 5. | Polyphase Measurements | 15.00 |
| 6. | Transformers in Measurements | 18.00 |
| 7. | AC Bridge Measurements, Locus Diagrams and DC Transients | 10.00 |
| 8. | Introduction to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz A1 of 2 | No | 10 | |
| Report | No | 20 | 2,3,4,6,7 |
| Quiz A2 of 2 | No | 20 | 3,4,7 |
| Time limited online examinatn | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4,5 |