MEAS280 - Introduction to Pressure Measurement

This is an introductory course on pressure measurement. This course describes many of the units of measure, concepts, and instrumentation associated with the measurement of pressure.

The course outline is as follows:

• Introduction
• Definition of Pressure
• Preliminaries
  • Measurement Instrument Terminology
  • Gravitational Forces
  • Mass and Density
• The Mercury Manometer
• Pressure Units of Measure
• Gage, Absolute, and Differential Pressure
• Generating a Known Pressure
  • Pressure Generated from a Block
  • Pressure from a Piston
  • Dead Weight Testers
• Pressure Measurement Instrumentation
  • The Mercury Manometer Revisited
    • Gage Pressure Measurement
    • Differential Pressure Measurement
    • Variations of the Mercury Manometer
  • Aneroid Barometers/Manometers
  • Sphygmomanometers
  • Tire Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement Films
  • Other Types of Pressure Measurement Instrumentation
• Vacuum Gauges
  • The Pirani Gauge
  • Ionization Gauges
• Safety Issues
  • Hazardous Materials (such as mercury)
  • Physical Hazards
  • Electrical Hazards
• Summary

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