Instrumentation and Sensors — Summer 2025

Define: i) Transducer ii) Sensor.

List the use of following given sensor 1.Piezometer 2.Inclinometer

List various Flow sensor and explain any one of them What is strain gauge? & explain load cell.

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Explain the principle and working of a strain gauge .Derive the expression of gauge factor.

Draw and explain the block diagram of the instrumentation system.

Discuss in detail various types of errors associated in measurement and how these errors can be minimized?

Define target for Approach to Planning Monitoring Programs.

Explain in brief sensor installations.

Explain the types of proximity sensors and describe their use as accelerometer and vibration sensor

Explain Measurement uncertainty.

Differentiate between continuous and discrete signals.

Write a short note on to predict the response ofvarious inputs.

What is aliasing? How can it remove?

List Criteria for Sensor Sitting.

Explain one case study of Approach to Planning and Monitoring Programs

Define Signal and Noise.

Define (i) Variance (ii) Deviation (iii) Median (iv) Mode.

Explain types of filters used in frequency domain analysis Define following term 1.Averagevalue (mean) 2. Standarddeviation

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Differentiate between types of sensors and their modes of operation and measurement.

Explain the need for frequency domain analysis and its principles.

Describe Noise reduction with filters.

Write a short note on the time domain signal processing.

What is FFT and explain its application in civil engineering.