Measurement uncertainty: a academic small experiment

Authors

  • Ana Carolina Almeida Andrade Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV
  • Heytor Fabricio Arantes Frauches Reis Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV
  • Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9334-0394
  • Matheus Francióle Madureira Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV
  • Ninna Alves Gouvea Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV
  • Luara Fyalho Gonzaga Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV
  • Tielly Lubiana de Menezes Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV
  • Bruno Henrique de Faria Freire Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18540/jcecvl3iss3pp358-368

Keywords:

Measurement uncertainty, Fluid properties, Propagation of uncertainty, Chemical Engineering

Abstract

Uncertainties are an estimate of the reliability of a measure. They are intrinsic to any measurement process and have their origin both in procedural flaws as the own limitations of the instruments used for the measurements. Understanding how they spread is critical to the design of experiments, once that to minimize them we obtain more reliable data. This study provides a conceptual discussion about uncertainty and illustrates the application of the methodology in a simple experiment related to Fluid Mechanics in a Chemical Engineering course. The methodology used for the analysis of uncertainties was Kline and McClintock. Engineer Equation Solver software (EES) was used for the calculations.

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Published

2017-03-08

How to Cite

Andrade, A. C. A., Reis, H. F. A. F., Siqueira, A. M. de O., Madureira, M. F., Gouvea, N. A., Gonzaga, L. F., Menezes, T. L. de, & Freire, B. H. de F. (2017). Measurement uncertainty: a academic small experiment. The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences, 3(3), 358–368. https://doi.org/10.18540/jcecvl3iss3pp358-368

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