Course: Experimental analysis and measurement methods

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Course title Experimental analysis and measurement methods
Course code KMMCS/XDEA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kohout Martin, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Culek Bohumil, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Introduction, objectives and stages of experimental exploration. Variations and errors in measured values, ways to eliminate them. Basic statistical methods. Measurement evaluation. Characteristics of the set of measured values, confidence intervals. Determination of appropriate measurement range and number of experiments, DOE (design of experiments). Evaluation of relationships between monitored quantities (correlation, regression), determination of parameters in regression functions. Theory of similarity and dimensional analysis. Simulation Probability Method (Monte Carlo, LHS - Latin Hypercube Sampling). Experimental finding of extremes. Sensitivity analysis.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To get acquainted with the main steps and methods of experimental analysis - how to organize experiments and evaluate them.
A graduate of the course is able to prepare, implement and correctly evaluate a technical experiment in the field of means of transport and transport infrastructure.
Prerequisites
The knowledge of mathematics from the first two university semesters.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

The student should be interested in acquainting with methods for experimental analysis.
Recommended literature
  • Jenčík J., Kuhn L. Technická měření ve strojírenství. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1982. ISBN 04-223-82.
  • Jenčík J., Volf J. a kolektiv. Technická měření. Praha: ČVUT, 2000. ISBN 80-01-02138-6.
  • Menčík, Jaroslav. Úvod do experimentální analýzy. [Pardubice]: Univerzita Pardubice, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7560-066-0.
  • Navrátil M., Pluhař O. Měření a analýza mechanického kmitání. Praha: SNTL, 1986. ISBN 04-214-86.


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