Theory: 33 %

Practice: 67 %

Recommended semester: 3

Study mode: full-time

Prerequisites:

Evaluation type: term mark

Course category:

Language: english

Responsible instructor: Dr. Líska Katarína

Instructor(s): Dr. Líska Katarína

Course objectives:
The aim of the course Measurements in Mechanical Engineering is to present to the students length measurements used in this field. Students will learn about the optical measurements, deviation measurements, surface roughness measurements and other methods.

Course content - lectures:

By completing the course, the student will get a basic knowledge from the theoretical and practical part of this field. He learns the practical series of steps at measurement. He will acquire the process of gauge design.

Course content - labs:

Acquired competences:
Knowledge:

- By completing the course, the student will get a basic knowledge from the theoretical and practical part of this field. - He/She learns the practical series of steps at measurement. - He/She will acquire the process of gauge design.

Skills:

- He/She will become familiar with the basic facts, interrelationships, limits and boundaries of the knowledge. - He/She is able to apply the acquired knowledge at different measurements. - He/She acquires also knowledge from the process of technical documentation.

Attitude:

- He/She is open to learning about, adopting and authentically communicating professional, technological development and innovation in the field of engineering. - He/She strives to make self-learning a means to achieve its professional goals. - Strives to solve problems, preferably in cooperation with others. - He/she shall strive to make his/her self-learning in mechanical engineering continuous and consistent with his/her professional goals. - He/she strives to solve problems and make management decisions by listening to the opinions of his/her colleagues, preferably in cooperation. - Have the stamina and tolerance of monotony required to carry out practical activities.

Autonomy and responsibilities:

- In unexpected decision situations, he/she independently thinks through and develops comprehensive, substantiating professional questions on the basis of given sources. - Responsibly upholds and represents the values of the engineering profession and is open to professionally informed critical comment. - In the performance of his/her professional duties, he/she will cooperate with qualified professionals from other disciplines (primarily technical, economic and legal). - Identify shortcomings in the technologies used, process risks and take the initiative to mitigate them. - He/she is responsible for the consequences of his/her technical analyses, the proposals he/she makes and the decisions he/she takes.

Additional professional competences:

The student will become familiar with the basic facts, interrelationships, limits and boundaries of the knowledge. He/she is able to apply the acquired knowledge at different measurements. He acquires also knowledge from the process of technical documentation.

Requirements, evaluation, grading:
Mid-term study requirements:
During the semester, one final examination will be written, which can be corrected or made up once. The prerequisite of satisfactory result in the final examination is obtaining a satisfactory mid-semester grade and successful completion of laboratory practice.
Exam requirements:

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Study aids, laboratory background:

PPT presentations

Compulsory readings:

Recommended readings:

1. David Whitehouse: Surfaces and their Measurement. Kogan Page Science 2002, ISBN 1 9039 9660 0 2. Toru Yoshizawa: Handbook of optical metrology. CRC Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-8493-3760-4