 Academic Year:
| 2012/3 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 1
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| Assessment:
| CW 15%, EX 85% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | ME20013 Re- Assessment Examination (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| This unit is not normally available to visiting/exchange students. |
| Description:
| Aims:
To introduce the analytical techniques that are used in the analysis and design of control systems.
To examine the behaviour of a variety of control systems commonly used in engineering applications.
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit the student will have:
* Predicted the behaviour of simple control systems.
* Determined the frequency response and stability characteristics of simple control systems.
* Improved steady state and dynamic performance using compensation techniques.
Skills:
Problem solving; numeracy; working independently.
Content:
System modelling. Open and closed loop control. Block diagram representation. Block diagram manipulation. Transfer functions and Laplace notation. Transient performance of simple systems. System errors. Frequency response representation of systems. Bode diagrams. System stability assessment techniques. System identification. Compensation techniques. Introduction to MATLAB® for control system design and analysis. Control laboratory experiment.
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Programme availability:
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ME20013 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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