Lab Coordinator: Professor Ranjan Mukherjee
2430 EB, Ph: (517) 355-1834, email: mukherji@egr.msu.edu
Laboratory Location: 1532EB
Website: http://www.egr.msu.edu/classes/me451/jchoi/2011/lab/
• 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.
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
Short Forms (9) 70%
1 Matlab Workshop, 6 Experiments, 2 Design Projects
Formal Reports (2) 30%
( Note: to pass ME451, you must pass the laboratory portion of the course)
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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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Week
1/10-1/14
1/17-1/21
Mon: MLK
Day
1/24-1/28
Group A
No Lab
Matlab
Workshop
Group B
No Lab
Matlab
Workshop
Group C
No Lab
Matlab
Workshop
1/31-2/4
2/7-2/11
Modeling:
1st Order System
Modeling:
2nd Order System
No Lab
2/14-2/18 Sinusoidal Model:
Op Amp
2/21-2/25 Sinusoidal Model:
DC Servo
2/28-3/4 No Lab
No Lab
Modeling:
1st Order System -
Modeling:
2nd Order System
No Lab
Modeling:
2nd Order System
No Lab
Modeling:
1st Order System
Sinusoidal Model:
DC Servo
No Lab Sinusoidal Model:
Op Amp
Sinusoidal Model:
DC Servo
Sinusoidal Model:
Op Amp
3/7-3/11
Spring Break
3/14-3/18 Sinusoidal Model:
Torsional System
Spring Break
No Lab
Spring Break
Air Temperature w/ Process Delay
No Lab) 3/21-3/25 Air Temperature w/ Process Delay
3/28-4/1
4/4-4/8
No Lab
No Lab
Sinusoidal Model:
Torsional System
Air Temperature w/ Process Delay
No Lab
Sinusoidal Model:
Torsional System
No Lab
4/11-4/15 Design Project 1 Design Project 1 Design Project 1
4/18-4/22 Design Project 2 Design Project 2 Design Project 2
4/25-4/29 No Lab No Lab No Lab
* 5/2-5/6 Finals week--- Finals week--- Finals week---
Any group with a laboratory on Monday will always do their laboratory on the week following the week they are scheduled, due to Martin Luther King Birthday on 1/17.
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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.
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)
(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 Day
001 M
Lab Time
19.00 – 21.50 hrs
002 Tu 08.00 – 10.50 hrs
003
004
005
006
007
Tu
Tu
W
W
Th
11.30 – 14.20 hrs
19.00 – 21.50 hrs
15.00 – 17.50 hrs
19.00 – 21.50 hrs
11.30 – 14.20 hrs
Lecture Time
MWF 12.40 – 13.30 hrs
Enroll
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7
8
9
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Whirlwind Corporation
1234 Research Parkway
Technology, MI 98765
"State-of-the-Art Technology"
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Mechatronics Development Group
FROM: Ranjan Mukherjee, Controls Group Supervisor
DATE: January 14, 2011
SUBJ: Instrumentation for Flyer ™ Disk Drive Development Tests
1. The Mechatronics Development Group is currently in the first phase of design, development, and testing of a new compact Flyer ™ Disk Drive for home computer use. The goal of this project is to provide a new standard in home computer speed and reliability. This new Disk Drive should provide
30% better power efficiency along with a 100% increase in Mean Time Before Failure MTBF over currently available products in the marketplace. The new disk drive design should reduce system costs, increase reliability and performance over existing disk drives and provide a significant reduction in noise and vibration levels. The disk drive will use whatever state-of-the-art materials and techniques are required to achieve the above goals with a 10 year MTBF.
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 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.
Each week for ten weeks, the Controls Group has assembled an exercise in one of the technical areas required for our development program. Our technical staff will help you investigate ten of these topics.
TOPIC
First-Order Plant: DC Servo Motor
Second-Order Plant: Mass-Spring-Damper System
Sinusoidal Response of a First-Order Plant: DC Servo Motor
Sinusoidal Response: Torsional Mass-Spring-Damper System
Sinusoidal Response: Operational Amplifier Circuit
Control of a System with Process Delay
3. You will prepare a short report on each of the above areas and formal technical reports on two of the above areas. The staff will provide a sheet outlining the issues to be addressed in each short report.
Information on the format of the two Formal Technical Reports is included in the laboratory documentation.
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