436-356 Design/Control 2

Credit Points

HECS Band

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Prerequisites

Students will be expected to be familiar with the material of 431-101 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and 436-355 /357 Design/Control 1/1E, 436-101 Engineering Mechanics & Materials, 436-220/222 Engineering Design and Materials 1/1E.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Unit 1, Engineering Design: Upon completion of the subject students will have gained: an appreciation of methods for synthesising solutions to open-ended design problems at an intermediate level of complexity in mechanical and manufacturing engineering; a deep understanding of the concepts and methods of designing for system and component integrity under conditions of fatigue and wear; a deep understanding of information-based techniques for the management of engineering design. Topics covered include: general concepts of function, integrity, value, quality, efficient use of resources in the synthesis of solutions to design problems. Design for fatigue: characteristics of fatigue fracture, 2-D and 3-D stress conditions, cumulative damage hypothesis, Weibull distribution. Design for wear: surface phenomena and tribology in design, application to bearings and seals. Management of the design process: initial appreciation, information flows and networks, characteristics of manufacturing processes affecting product design.

Unit 2, Control: On completion of this subject students should be able to apply a systems approach to the design and specification of data acquisition and control systems; have an appreciation of the characteristics of a range of sensors and actuators; and have gained experience in system identification and control. Topics covered include: structure of computer-controlled systems; characteristics of some common analog and digital sensors and actuators; signal conditioning, amplification and filtering; analog-to-digital conversion, sample rates and aliasing; signal processing, digital filtering, implementation of simple control algorithms; programming for real-time operations, interrupts; cases studies in system identification and control, including the effects of common nonlinearities.

Assessment

Two examination papers not exceeding two hours each; tests, continuous assessment of projects, assignments and laboratory reports not exceeding 40 pages. Students will be notified of the weighting of assessment components at the beginning of semester.