EMET 3424_70
TUESDAY, FEBUARY 20, 2001
8:00 – 9:50AM, SET 363
LAB#3
LVDT CALIBRATION
PREPARER:
Scott Greenberg
Address: Mac S J5C4
Phone:
607-587-2615
E-mail:
greenbse@alfredstate.edu
INSTRUCTOR:
Nicholas Reitter III
Office:
SET 3668
Phone:
607-587-4670
E-mail:
reitten@alfredstate.edu
LAB PARTNERS:
Scott Nicastro
Jonathan Ewen
LAB #3 -LVDT CALIBRATION(REV.3).DOC – GREENBERG: 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
P REPARER: .........................................................................................................................1
INSTRUCTOR:......................................................................................................................1
LAB PARTNERS: ..................................................................................................................1
TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................................................................... 2
LAB OBJECTIVE ............................................................................................................... 3
Figure I.1 LVDT............................................................................................................. 3
PART I: CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AC LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL
TRANSFORMER (LVDT) .................................................................................................. 5
THEORY .............................................................................................................................5
Figure A1.1 Equation ..................................................................................................... 5
Figure A1.2 Equation ..................................................................................................... 5
SCHEMATIC ........................................................................................................................6
Figure: A1.3 Mechanical Setup
Cited: “FWL Specialists in Measurement test & Control.” www.flw.com/lvdt_1.htm “Lab 10: Measurement of Mechanical Quantities.” spike.me.psu.edu/~ME082/Labs/Mechanical/lab.htm “ME 244L Note on LVDTs.” http://mohican.me.utexas.edu/~lotario/me244L/labs/forcemotion/lvdt.html