Laboratory Calibration and Testing

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Course Description

Metrology infrastructure (international, regional, national). Scientific, technical and legal metrology. Standards and standardisation (ISO, IEC, EN). Standard series 17000. Traceability of measurement result. Calibration and testing. Interlaboratory and key comparisons. Laboratory methods of measurement and analysis of influence quantities. Calibration and adjustment procedures. Validation of calibration procedures. Quantum metrology

Study Programmes

University graduate
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Recommended elective courses (2. semester)
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Elective courses (2. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Describe metrology infrastructure (international, regional, national).
  2. Assess standards and understand standardization (ISO, IEC, EN)
  3. Analyze testing and calibration methods.
  4. Recognize the requirements of the standard series 17000.
  5. Develop plans for validation of calibration procedures.
  6. Appraise the level of accuracy and influence of quantum metrology.

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Lectures using modern methods

Independent assignments

Study of the selected themes in metrology

Laboratory

Experiences from the good laboratory praxis

Work with mentor

Leading of students

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Metrology infrastructure (international, regional, national)
  2. Scientific, technical and legal metrology
  3. Standards and standardisation (HRN, ISO, IEC, EN), Certification, accreditation and conformity assessment
  4. Standard series 17000
  5. Calibration and testing laboratories - organization and documentation
  6. Interlaboratory and key comparisons
  7. Fulfilment of technical and system requirements, Calibration and adjustment procedures
  8. Midterm exam
  9. Validation of calibration methods
  10. Measurement of DC and AC ratios
  11. Measurement of high Resistance
  12. Measurement of loss angle
  13. Measurement of phase angle and phase difference
  14. Quantum metrology, Superconductivity and quantum standards of electrical quantities
  15. Final exam

Literature

M.J.Allen, W.M. Yen (2002.), Introduction to Measurement Theory, Waveland Press, Inc.
J. Bucher (2012.), The Metrology Handbook, ASQ
BIPM (2012.), International vocabulary of basic and general terms in metrology (VIM), 3rd edition, JCGM 200:2012., BIPM
BIPM (2008.), Evaluation of measurement data – Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement, JCGM 100:2008., BIPM
V. Bego (2003.), Mjerenja u elektrotehnici, Graphis, Zagreb
B.E. Cooper (2014.), Statistics for experimentalists, Pergamon Press
J. Hedderich, L. Sachs (2018.), Angewandte Statistik: Methodensammlung mit R, Springer
J.R. Taylor (1997.), An introduction to error analysis, University Science Books, Sausalito, CA
D.C. Montgomery (2006.), Design and Analysis of Experiments (5th Edition), Wiley

For students

General

ID 223038
  Summer semester
5 ECTS
L1 English Level
L1 e-Learning
30 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
13 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory
0 Physical education excercises

Grading System

85 Excellent
73 Very Good
61 Good
50 Sufficient