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308815 (v.1) Automatic Control 333


Area: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 
Lecture: 1.5 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 308805 (v.1) Machine Dynamics 231 or any previous version
AND
308808 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics 233 or any previous version
Other Requisite(s): Completion of first year of course: Completion of CFY Engineering
 
Syllabus: This unit will not be available until 2006. Overview and history of feedback control. Mathematical modelling of physical systems including thermal, fluid, electromechanical and mechanical. Interpretation of the dynamic response of low order systems in both the time, frequency and s domain. Feedback and stability. Stability assessment techniques, root locus analysis. Response specifications, time and (mention of) frequency. Introduction to controllers. PID algorithms and tuning.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 
Field of Education: 030701 Mechanical Engineering
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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