Course detail

Technical Measurement

FSI-VTMAcad. year: 2026/2027

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of metrology and to the physical principles of modern sensors and measuring instruments, including resistive, piezoelectric, capacitive, inductive, and optical (including laser-based) sensors. Emphasis is placed on understanding the physical principles of measurement, measurement uncertainty, and the measurement chain as a system, since the same principles recur throughout industrial practice across a wide range of measured quantities. Given the breadth of metrology, the course covers only the essential concepts; for a deeper understanding of the subject, students are referred to the recommended literature. An overview of the topics covered is given in the lecture syllabus. The course is complemented by laboratory sessions in which students verify these principles experimentally using modern measuring equipment, including sensors used in machine diagnostics and vibration measurement.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

7

Assignment to study programme types

Bachelor's

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Petr Lošák, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Automation and Computer Science (ÚAI)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of physics, mathematics, statistics, mechanics, electrical engineering and automation is assumed, at the level of completed subjects within the previous secondary school study, or previously completed university study subjects.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The laboratory sessions are concluded with a course-unit credit, awarded in the 13th week of teaching. To obtain it, students must earn at least 15 points from the lab reports prepared during the semester. The points earned for the reports (maximum 30) count towards the final course grade. Attendance at the laboratory sessions is compulsory. Students who miss a laboratory session must make it up in a manner determined by the instructor. Unexcused absence is grounds for not awarding the credit. Further details are communicated to and explained to students at the beginning of the semester. Obtaining the credit is a prerequisite for taking the examination.

The examination consists of a written part and an technical discussion of a selected topic. To pass the examination, students must earn at least 35 of the 70 available points. The final grade is based on the sum of the points earned in the laboratory sessions and in the examination. To pass the course, students must earn at least 50 points in total.

Aims

Students are introduced to engineering measurements and metrology. The course gives an overview of the fundamentals of engineering measurements, including basic concepts, quantities, units, laws and standards, the categories of metrology, the Metre Convention, and the national metrology system of the Czech Republic, with a more detailed treatment of measuring instruments. Attention is paid to measurement errors and, above all, to measurement uncertainty, including its evaluation and practical application. Particular emphasis is placed on the physical principles on which modern sensors operate (resistive, piezoelectric, capacitive, inductive, magnetic, and optical) and on their use for measuring individual engineering quantities and in the measuring instruments that students will encounter during their studies and in future engineering practice. The course also covers the acquisition and processing of measured data and the use of modern hardware and software, including virtual instrumentation, smart sensors, and the fundamentals of machine learning. The aim of the course is to teach students to apply the acquired knowledge of measurement and metrology to solving engineering problems in industrial practice.

Study aids

Study supports and study materials for the course are listed in the course literature. This information is also published in e-learning. This is also discussed in detail in the introductory lecture of the course and in the first laboratory exercise (in the combined form of study in the first consultation or laboratory exercise of the course).

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BOHÁČEK, Jaroslav. Metrologie: 1. vydání Praha. Nakladatelství ČVUT. Praha. 2019. 130 s. ISBN 978-80-01-06612-6. (CS)
FRADEN, Jacob. Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs and Applications. Fifth Edition. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016. 758 p. ISBN 978-3-319-19302-1. (EN)
HUDSON, Sarah., The Metrology Handbook : US: States Academic Press. 2021. 254 s. ISBN-13  978-1639895205. (EN)
CHUDÝ, V.; Palenčár, R.; Kureková, E.; Halaj, M.; Meranie technických veličín : 1.vydání Bratislava : Vydavatelstvo STU, 1999. 688s. ISBN 80-227-1275-2. (SK)

Recommended reading

ČECH, Jaroslav a kolektiv. Strojírenská metrologie. 4. přepracované vydání: Nakladatelství CERM,s.r.o. BRNO, 2005. 176 s. ISBN 80-214-3070-2. (CS)
DAĎO, S., Kreidl, M., Senzory a měřicí obvody : 1. vydání Praha : Vydavatelství ČVUT v Praze 1996. 315 s. ISBN 80-01-02057-6. (CS)
KADLEC, K. a kol.: Měření a řízení chemických, potravinářských a biotechnologických procesů. – Díl I. Provozní měření. 1. vydání . Ostrava. Key Publishing s.r.o. Ostrava. 2017. 600 s. ISBN 978-80-7418-284-6. (CS)
NĚMEČEK, Pavel. Nejistoty měření. 1. vyd. Praha: Česká společnost pro jakost, 2008. 98 s. ISBN 978-80-02-02089-9. (CS)
NOVÁK, Martin. Technická měření. 1. vydání Praha: Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT, Praha, 2018. 236 s. ISBN 978-80-01-06388-0. (CS)
SEDLÁČEK, Miloš a Šmíd, Radislav. MATLAB v měření. 3. přepracované vydání Praha: Česká technika-nakladatelství ČVUT Praha, 2012. 232 s. ISBN 978-80-01-05121-4. (CS)
VEDRAL, Josef a SVATOŠ, Jakub. Zpracování a digitalizace signálů v měřící technice.1. vydání Praha: Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT Praha, 2018. 268 s. ISBN  978-80-01-06424-5. (CS)

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-STR-P Bachelor's

    specialization AIŘ , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory, profile core courses

  • Programme C-AKR-P Lifelong learning

    specialization CZS , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. et Ing. Alena Hájková
Ing. Vladimír Skřivánek
Ing. Filip Kšica, Ph.D.
Ing. Petr Lošák, Ph.D.
Ing. Antonín Černý
Ing. Jan Chalupa

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to metrology
  2. Measurement errors and uncertainty
  3. Electrical quantities and electronic instruments 1
  4. Electrical quantities and electronic instruments 2
  5. Measurement chain and virtual instrumentation
  6. Resistive sensing principles
  7. Piezoelectric and piezoresistive principles
  8. Capacitive, inductive and magnetic principles; smart sensors
  9. Optical and laser principles; materials testing
  10. Vibration and modal analysis
  11. Temperature measurement: contact and non-contact
  12. Data processing and analysis (AI/ML)
  13. Examples of measurements from technical practice

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. et Ing. Alena Hájková
Ing. Tomáš Velfl
Ing. Vladimír Skřivánek
Ing. Filip Kšica, Ph.D.
Ing. Antonín Černý
Ing. Petr Lošák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction, laboratory safety.
  2. Type A standard uncertainty.
  3. Type B uncertainty, combined and expanded uncertainty.
  4. Electrical quantities, oscilloscope, frequency counter.
  5. Virtual instrumentation and NI data acquisition devices.
  6. Resistive strain gauges: basic task.
  7. Piezoelectric sensors: basic task.
  8. Capacitive, inductive and MEMS sensors, IoT (Python).
  9. Tensile testing machine; strain gauges, digital image correlation, profilometer.
  10. Vibration: shaker, data loggers, scanning vibrometer.
  11. Temperature and humidity, thermal imaging camera.
  12. Data processing.
  13. Measurement in Practice, analysis of a Real-World Case

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course