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6. Convective Heat Transfer form a Single Low-Profile Block

Lecture Notes
Lecture slides one per page or two per page (PDF, 448K).

5. Uncertainty Analysis

Lecture Notes
Lecture slides one per page or two per page (PDF, 448K).

4. Flow Rate Measurement with a Flow Bench

Reading
Flow Bench Manual
Lecture Notes
Lecture slides one per page or two per page (PDF, 792K).
Practice
Sample data for flow rate measurement

3. Pressure and Velocity Measurement

Reading
Review your undergraduate fluids textbook
R. S. Figliola and D.E. Beasley, section 9.8
Azar, Chapter 4 and Chapter 6
Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes (PDF, 188K).

2. Temperature Measurement with Thermocouples

Reading
Notes on conversion of thermocouple voltage to temperature
Lecture Notes
Temperature Measurement Slides (PDF, 450K). This document is slightly updated from the hard copy version distributed in class.
Conversion of Thermocouple Voltage to Temperature (article, PDF, 250K)
Other Handouts:
Learning Objectives for Weeks 1 through 5
Practical Temperature Measurements, Agilent Technologies, Application Note 290

1. "Why Experiment?", Introduction to Temperature Measurement

Reading
Notes on conversion of thermocouple voltage to temperature
Lecture Notes
Why Experiment? (slides, PDF, 51K)
Temperature Measurement Slides (PDF, 450K). This document is slightly updated from the hard copy version distributed in class.
Conversion of Thermocouple Voltage to Temperature (article, PDF, 250K)
Other Handouts:
Learning Objectives for Weeks 1 through 5
Practical Temperature Measurements, Agilent Technologies, Application Note 290