Control: Control fundamentals and modelling: Modelling of engineering processes, Laplace transfer, system description in frequency domain and time domain. Feedback control design with feedback and PID control: Digital - control: Implications of digital implementation and controller emulation methods.
Mechatronics: Sensors and transducers for mechatronic systems; Actuation: pneumatic and hydraulic actuators, mechanical actuators, electronical actuators; Microprocessors: Microprocessor systems, microcontrollers.
Contact hours 34
Private study hours: 116
Total study hours: 150
Main Assessment Methods
50% Examination
25% Coursework (Lab report and presentation)
25% Homework
- Control Systems Engineering – By: Norman S. Nise; John Wiley & Sons; 7th Edition 2013.
- Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems – By: Gene Franklin, J. David Powell, Abbas Emami-Naeini; Pearson; 2014.
- Mechatronics: Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering – By: W. Bolton; Pearson; 5th Edition 2011.
- Mechatronics: Electronics in Products and Processes – By: David Allan Bradley; CRC Press, 1993.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1. Understand the classical feedback control methods adopted for design and analysis of engineering systems;
2. design and analyse feedback control systems using a range of techniques;
3. use effectively the specifications of mechatronic components and systems, including sensors, actuators, controllers and microprocessors;
4. undertake the design, analysis and performance of a mechatronic system.
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