Revised 1-10-2010 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 Modeling and Experimental Validation of a First-Order Plant: DC Servo Motor 2 Modeling and Experimental Validation of a Second-Order Plant: Mass-Spring-Damper System 3 Sinusoidal Response of a First-Order Plant: Operational Amplifier Circuit 4 Sinusoidal Response of a First-Order Plant: DC Servo Motor 5 Sinusoidal Response of a Second-Order Plant: Torsional Mass-Spring-Damper System 6 Control of a System with Process Delay Laboratory Grading: Short Forms (9) 60% Matlab Workshop, (6) Experiments, (2) Design Projects Formal Reports (2) 40% (Note: to pass ME451, you must pass the laboratory portion of the course)Revised 1-10-2010 Page 2 of 4 Laboratory Schedule: Each section will be divided into three groups: Groups A, B, and C. 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 using the schedule shown below. Week Date Group A Group B Group C 1 1/11 Writing Workshop Writing Workshop Writing Workshop 2 1/18 Mon: MLK Day Math & Matlab Math & Matlab Math & Matlab 3 1/25 Modeling: 1st Order System --- 4 2/1 Modeling: 2nd Order System Modeling: 1st Order System - 5 2/8 Report Period (no lab) Modeling: 2nd Order System Modeling: 1st Order System 6 2/15 Sinusoidal Model: Op Amp Report Period (no lab) Modeling: 2nd Order System 7 2/22 Sinusoidal Model: DC Servo Sinusoidal Model: Op Amp Report Period (no lab) 8 3/1 Report Period (no lab) Sinusoidal Model: DC Servo Sinusoidal Model: Op Amp 3/8 Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break 9 3/15 Sinusoidal Model: Torsional System Report Period (no lab) Sinusoidal Model: DC Servo 10 3/22 Air Temperature w/ Process Delay Sinusoidal Model: Torsional System Report Period (no lab) 11 3/29 Report Period (no lab) Air Temperature w/ Process Delay Sinusoidal Model: Torsional System 12 4/5 --- Report Period (no lab) Air Temperature w/ Process Delay 13 4/12 Design Project 1 Design Project 1 Design Project 1 14 4/19 Design Project 2 Design Project 2 Design Project 2 15 4/26 * 5/3 Finals week--- Finals week--- Finals week---Revised 1-10-2010 Page 3 of 4 Laboratory Reports: Short Forms: After performing each experiment, students must complete and turn in their respective short forms to the laboratory TA before the end of the laboratory period. 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 lab 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. Section Times: Section Day Lab Time Lecture Time Enroll 001 Tu 8:00a - 10:50a MWF 9:10 9 002 Tu 11:30a - 2:20p MWF 9:10 8 003 W 3:00p - 5:50p MWF 12:40 9 004 W 7:00p - 9:50p MWF 12:40 9 005 Th 11:30a - 2:20p MWF 12:40 9 006 M 7:00p - 9:50p MWF 9:10 9Revised 1-10-2010 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: WindDrive ™ Development Group FROM: C. Radcliffe, Controls Group Supervisor DATE: January 11, 2010 SUBJ: Instrumentation for Residential Wind Powered Electric Generator Development Tests 1. The Residential Wind Power Development Group is currently in the first phase of design, development, and testing of a new residential wind powered electric generator - WindDrive™ The goal of this project is to provide a new standard in residential wind powered electric generator performance and efficiency for the 21st Century. This new wind powered generator should provide 30% better energy conversion 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 wind powered electric generator will incorporate whatever state-of-the-art materials and techniques are required to achieve the above goals. 2. During the next 15 weeks, all members of the Development Group will participate in the testing and evaluation of instrumented prototype systems. This instrumentation will be used for development testing during the second phase of the project. It is important to
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