Revised 9-3-09 Page 1 of 4 ME451: Control Systems Laboratory Lab Coordinator: Professor Clark Radcliffe 2445 EB, Ph: (517) 355-5198, email: [email protected] Laboratory Location: 1532EB Website: http://www.egr.msu.edu/classes/me451/radcliff/lab Objectives: • Learn to simulate dynamic systems in the Matlab environment, • Familiarize the student with theoretical and practical aspects of making physical measurements, • Introduce the student to a variety of transducers and instrumentation used by mechanical engineers, • Familiarize students with the behavior of control systems and enable them to understand the role the system parameters in control system response, • Develop skills in writing technical reports. Experiments: 1 1st Order Time Response Model: DC Servo Motor 2 2nd Order Time Response Model: Mass-Spring-Damper System 3 Frequency Response Model: Operational Amplifier Circuit 4 1st Order Frequency Response Model: DC Servo Motor 5 2nd Order Frequency Response Model: Torsional Mass-Spring-Damper System 6 Air Temperature Control with Process Delay Laboratory Grading: Short Forms (9) 60% Matlab Workshop, (6) Experiments, (2) Design Projects Formal Reports (2) 40% To pass the ME451 course, you must pass the ME451 laboratory component.ME451: Control Systems Laboratory Revised 9-3-09 Page 2 of 4 Laboratory Schedule: Each section will be divided into three groups: Groups A, B, and C. The group assignments will be posted outside room 1532EB before the second week of the semester. All groups of a particular section will attend the laboratory at their scheduled time, and perform experiments as per the schedule shown: Laboratory Reports: Wk Date Group A Group B Group C 1 9/2 No Lab No Lab No Lab 2 9/7 Mon: Labor Day Writing Workshop (any Tu-Th Lab) Writing Workshop (any Tu-Th Lab) Writing Workshop (any Tu-Th Lab) 3 9/14 Math & Matlab Math & Matlab Math & Matlab 4 9/21 1st Order Time Response Modeling No Lab 2nd Order Time Response Modeling 5 9/28 2nd Order Time Response Modeling 1st Order Time Response Modeling No Lab 6 10/5 No Lab 2nd Order Time Response Modeling 1st Order Time Response Modeling 7 10/12 Op Amp Frequency Response Modeling No Lab 1st Order Frequency Response Modeling 8 10/19 1st Order Frequency Response Modeling Op Amp Frequency Response Modeling No Lab 9 10/26 No Lab 1st Order Frequency Response Modeling Op Amp Frequency Response Modeling 10 11/2 2nd Order Frequency Response Modeling No Lab Air Temperature Control Response 11 11/9 Air Temperature Control Response 2nd Order Frequency Response Modeling No Lab 12 11/16 No Lab Air Temperature Control Response 2nd Order Frequency Response Modeling 13 11/23 Thanksgiving No Lab No Lab No Lab 14 11/30 Design Project 1 Design Project 1 Design Project 1 15 12/7 Design Project 2 Design Project 2 Design Project 2 16 12/15 Finals Week Finals Week Finals Week Short Forms: After performing each experiment, students should complete and turn in their respective short forms to the laboratory TA. These forms will be graded and returned in the next class. The short forms are included in the laboratory handout at the end of each experiment description. Formal Reports: Each student will have to write two formal reports during the semester. Students writing their report will turn in their rough draft one week after completing the lab (For example, a week 5 lab report is due at the beginning of the lab in week 6). The draft reports will be reviewed by your laboratory TA and Craig Gunn, and suggestions for improvement will be provided to the student at the following week’s labME451: Control Systems Laboratory Revised 9-3-09 Page 3 of 4 period. The revised, final, version of the report is then due at the beginning of the lab period 3 weeks after the lab. The final version of the report will be graded. Draft: Two copies of the report must be submitted Final: One final report copy, two marked up drafts and electronic copy (emailed to TA) Notes: (1) 100% laboratory attendance is mandatory. (2) Laboratory work accounts for 25% of the overall grade for ME451 (3) Students can reschedule their laboratory time only in special situations, through PRIOR arrangements made with TA’ s. If a laboratory is missed without prior arrangement, the student will receive a zero. (4) Short forms have to be submitted at the end of the laboratory (5) Late formal reports will not be accepted unless PRIOR arrangements have been made with the laboratory coordinator. (6) Laboratory handouts are available in the course web pages (7) Read the laboratory handout for each week’s lab BEFORE coming to the laboratory. You may otherwise face difficulty completing your experiment.ME451: Control Systems Laboratory Revised 9-03-09 CJR Page 4 of 4 Whirlwind Corporation 1234 Research Parkway Technology, MI 98765 "State-of-the-Art Power" M E M O R A N D U M TO: GreenWind™ Development Group FROM: C. Radcliffe, Controls Group Supervisor DATE: September 4, 2009 SUBJ: Modeling and Control Development Tests for Electric Automobile Drivetrain Design 1. The Automotive Systems Development Center is currently in the first phase of design, development, and testing of an electric automobile power system - the GreenWind™. The goal of this project is to provide a new standard in automotive electric power system performance and efficiency for the 21st century. This new electric power system should provide 30% better energy efficiency over currently available products in the marketplace. The new design should provide a 150,000 hour median life before failure and provide a significant improvement in its dynamic response to load changes. The electric power drivetrain system will incorporate whatever state-of-the-art materials and techniques are required to achieve the above goals. 2. During the next few 10 weeks, all members of the GreenWind™ Development Group will participate in the testing and evaluation of instrumented prototype systems. This instrumentation is planned for use during development testing to be conducted in the second phase of the project. It is important to understand the characteristics of the instrumentation and its operation as well as the control technologies involved so that we will be able to conduct laboratory tests of the new product quickly and accurately using the best techniques available. For each of six weeks, the
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