22. Calculation of Uncertainty of Represented Values of Linear Accelerations during Centrifugal Machines Certification

Annotation: Applicable documents on metrological assurance regulate the estimation of measurement uncertainty. In Ukraine there is no regulative methodology for uncertainty calculation when certificating test equipment that causes the necessity of its definition. This article offers the methodology for uncertainty calculation when certificating a centrifugal machine that is used to reproduce precisely the given value of linear acceleration that permanently acts on a tested unit spinning together with a rotor. The offered methodology for uncertainty calculation is applicable to centrifugal machines, for which numerical values of reproducible linear acceleration are determined by results of calculations of the centrifugal machine’s rotor angular velocity and radial distance from rotor’s longitudinal axis to the given point of the tested unit. Initial data used were results of observation obtained after multiple reproductions of the given values of linear acceleration as well as numerical values of errors and measurement uncertainties of measuring equipment that was used when monitoring the rotary angular velocity and radial distance considering the contribution of each measurable parameter to a certain value of linear acceleration. The calculation given in the article estimates the limit of linear accelerations that can be attributed with established probability to the given value of linear acceleration reproduced when certificating the centrifugal machine. The design formulae are given to estimate the uncertainty components of the reproducible values of linear accelerations and the recommendations are given to present the uncertainty budget.