Undergraduate Course: Instrumentation and Control 3 (MECE09014)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Mechanical |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/teaching/mech/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This is a first course in the design and analysis of control systems. It teaches students how to develop a mathematical model of a control system. It also introduces students classical methods of analysing the behaviour and stability of control systems. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Any visiting student registering to this course should possess the following:
1. Solid knowledge of basic engineering mathematics including partial derivatives, integrals, complex numbers and matrices;
2. Familiarity with methods for the solution of ODEs;
3. Understanding of eigenvalues and eigenvectors;
4. Competence in modelling of dynamic mechanical systems (kinematics and oscillatory systems), and/or electrical systems (DC/AC analysis of circuits). |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Tutorial | | 2-11 | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | King's Buildings | Tutorial | | 2-11 | | | | | 14:00 - 14:50 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 10:00 - 10:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Theatre 2, Hudson Beare Building |
| Exam Information |
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Paper Name |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 1:30 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the students should be able to
1. Understand what is meant by closed loop control;
2. Appreciate methods of system linearisation;
3. Derive mathematical models of physical systems;
4. Represent a system in block diagram form;
5. Analyse a linear system in both the time and frequency domains;
6. Be able to check on the stability of a system;
7. Understand the need for performance specifications in the design of a system; |
Assessment Information
| Examination 100% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Recommended textbook:
Dorf, R. C. and Bishop, R. H., &«Modern Control Systems&ª, 12th ed., Pearson Education, 2011, ISBN-10: 0131383108
Additional bibliography:
Nise, N. S., &«Control Systems Engineering&ª, 6th ed., Willey International, 2011, ISBN-10: 0470646128
Ogata, K., &«Modern Control Engineering&ª, 5th ed., Pearson Education, 2008, ISBN-10: 0137133375
Golnaraghi, F. and Kuo, B. C., &«Automatic Control Systems&ª, 9th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN-10: 0470048964
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | control, instrumentation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Aristides Kiprakis
Tel: (0131 6)50 5586
Email: Aristides.Kiprakis@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Kathryn Nicol
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: kathryn.nicol@ed.ac.uk |
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