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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2009/10


ME50222: Mechatronic systems modelling & simulation

Click here for further information Credits: 6
Click here for further information Level: Masters
Click here for further information Period: Semester 1
Click here for further information Assessment: CW 100%
Click here for further informationSupplementary Assessment: ME50222 Re-assessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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Description:
Aims & Learning Objectives:
To introduce the students to procedures for establishing mathematical models of engineering systems.To introduce commercial software packages for the solution of the mathematical models and to examine the relative merits of different approaches. After taking this unit the student should be able to:Make the realistic judgements necessary to develop mathematical models of complex engineering systems. Undertake a critical appraisal of the simulation results and to have an appreciation of the limitations imposed by the assumptions made and the method of solution adopted. Apply commercial software packages for the prediction of engineering systems performance.

Content:
Role of simulation in design. Analysis of dynamic systems in the time domain and frequency domain. Linearisation methods. Modelling of discontinuities and non-linearities. Bathfp modelling. Simulink and Matlab modelling. System identification.
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