Module Descriptors
APPLICATIONS OF CONTROL (D\L)
MECH50497
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Masum Billah
Email: masum.billah@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 6
Independent Study Hours: 144
Total Learning Hours: 150
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 3 to UG Semester 1
- Occurrence B, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 2
- Occurrence C, RAF - Cranwell Lincolnshire, UG Semester 1
- Occurrence G, RAF - Cosford, UG Semester 1
- Occurrence J, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 1
Sites
- RAF - Cosford
- RAF - Cranwell Lincolnshire
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Resources
Laboratories including PC's with Excel and measurement instruments in particular
Control laboratory facilities
Computer control packages
Control laboratory facilities
Computer control packages
Module Additional Assessment Details
A lab-based portfolio weighted at 100% based on design exercise and practical measurement assessing Learning Outcomes 1-3.
Module Learning Strategies
Learning on all aspects of the contents will be facilitated via a Virtual Learning Environment.
Practical and analytical assignments using laboratory equipment.
Problem solving and student centred learning.
Practical and analytical assignments using laboratory equipment.
Problem solving and student centred learning.
Module Indicative Content
Modelling of typical elements of a servo mechanism (motor, gearbox, amplifier and sensors) and block diagram representation of systems.
Open and closed loop simplification.
Transfer function analysis of transient and steady state response.
S-plane and frequency response analysis, gain and phase margins.
How PID control improves the response of a system.
Digital implementation of a control system and examination of parameters that affect response (sampling rate, aliasing, pre-filtering and quantisation).
Open and closed loop simplification.
Transfer function analysis of transient and steady state response.
S-plane and frequency response analysis, gain and phase margins.
How PID control improves the response of a system.
Digital implementation of a control system and examination of parameters that affect response (sampling rate, aliasing, pre-filtering and quantisation).
Module Texts
N.Nise, Control Systems Engineering, 4th Ed, Wiley, 2004, ISBN 0-471-45243-2
W. Bolton, Instrumentation and Control systems, Newnes, 2004, ISBN 0750664320
M.Hargreaves, Engineering Systems-Modelling and Control, Longman 1996, ISBN 0-582-23419-0
W. Bolton, Instrumentation and Control systems, Newnes, 2004, ISBN 0750664320
M.Hargreaves, Engineering Systems-Modelling and Control, Longman 1996, ISBN 0-582-23419-0