MCTX3421 / CHPR3433 Control and Mechatronics / Process Dynamics and Control Dr.

Roshun Paurobally
School of Mechanical & Chemical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

UNIT OUTLINE
Semester 2 2010

Table of Contents

ESSENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ........................................................................... 3 Important Notice ........................................................................................................................... 3 UNIT COORDINATOR .................................................................................................................... 4 TEACHING STAFF .......................................................................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 5 LEARNING OUTCOMES ................................................................................................................ 6 LEARNING ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................. 6 STUDENT FEEDBACK ................................................................................................................... 6 TEXT BOOK & RESOURCES ......................................................................................................... 6 Recommended Texts: (In MPSL closed-reserve) ........................................................................ 6 Software Requirements ............................................................................................................... 6 ASSESSMENT DETAILS ................................................................................................................ 7 Assessment Mechanism .............................................................................................................. 7 Control Group Project (Report) .................................................................................................... 7 Short assignment 1 ...................................................................................................................... 8 Short assignment 2 ...................................................................................................................... 8 Labs (Lab1 & Lab2)...................................................................................................................... 8 Referencing Style ......................................................................................................................... 8 Assignment Marking..................................................................................................................... 8 Academic Conduct ....................................................................................................................... 9 STUDENTS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................................................... 9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ....................................................................................................... 10 Telephone Contacts: .................................................................................................................. 10 UNIT SCHEDULE .......................................................................................................................... 11

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ESSENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Unit Title Unit Code Unit Coordinator School Credit Value Additional requirements Handbook Website Control and Mechatronics / Process Dynamics and Control MCTX3421 / CHPR3433 Dr. Roshun Paurobally Mechanical Engineering 6 points none http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/mctx/mctx3421 http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/chpr/chpr3433 Unit Website WebCT, or http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/unit/MCTX3421/ http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/unit/CHPR3433/ login: control; password: systems Faculty or School Website Contact Hours http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/
Lectures: Tuesday 8.00 - 8.45 am (WILSMORE) Thursday 8.00 - 8.45 am (WILSMORE) Friday 12.00 - 12.45 pm (SSCI:LT) Tutorials: Monday 11.00 - 11.45 am (ENCM 261) Monday 14.00 - 14.45 pm (ENCM G13) Tuesday 11.00 - 11.45 am (ENCM 261) Tuesday 14.00 - 14.45 pm (ENCM 261) Wednesday 9.00 - 9.45 pm (ENCM 245) Wednesday 12.00 - 12.45 pm (ENCM G13) Thursday 9.00 - 9.45 am (ENCM 105) Friday 11.00 - 10.45 am (SSCI: G201) Labs: to be advised

Important Notice
The Unit Outline (this document) gives the student important information about the unit, its aims, outcomes, materials, programme and assessment. Note that important information relating to policies, examinations, expectations, copyright, referencing, academic misconduct assistance with communication skills is available on the Faculty website though http://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/studentnet/exams . You are required to be aware of and fulfill your responsibilities under the Universitys rules, policies and procedures so it is important that you review the content of these in detail.

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UNIT COORDINATOR
Every unit has a person who is responsible for the overall administration of that unit. This person is the Unit Coordinator. If you cannot contact the person who is teaching you or if you have further queries about this unit, you may wish to contact the Unit Coordinator for this unit. Their contact details are below: Unit Coordinator: Email: Phone: Fax: Building: Room: Contact Hours: Dr. Roshun Paurobally Roshun.Paurobally@uwa.edu.au 6488 7157 6488 1024 Mechanical Engineering 1.68 Appointment by email, drop by office

TEACHING STAFF
The lecturer(s) for this unit and their contact details are below: Your lecturer: Email: Phone: Fax: Building: Room: Contact Hours: Dr. Roshun Paurobally Roshun.Paurobally@uwa.edu.au 6488 7157 6488 1024 Mechanical Engineering 1.68 Appointment by email, drop by office

Your tutor/Lab demonstrator Email: Phone: Fax: Building: Room: Contact Hours:

Mr. Felipe Chaves felipe@iinet.net.au

Mechanical Engineering

During tute, Appointment by email

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Your tutor Email: Phone: Fax: Building: Room: Contact Hours:

Mr. Milind Siddhpura siddhm01@mech.uwa.edu.au

Mechanical Engineering

During tute, Appointment by email

Your tutor Email: Phone: Fax: Building: Room: Contact Hours:

Mrs. Artiben Siddhpura arti01@mech.uwa.edu.au

Mechanical Engineering

During tute, Appointment by email

To contact your lecturer or tutor, please make an appointment by emailing. Allow for a response time of 1 working day.

INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Control and Mechatronics (MCTX3421) and Process Dynamics and Control (CHPR3433). Note that these units have the same lectures and tutorials. Only Lab 1 and Lab 2 are different. Students can attend any tutorial session (1 per week). Lab1 sign-up sheets will be available in first week of semester 2. There is no need to use OLCR for the labs or tutes. The units focus on linear control systems, stability, frequency domain analysis, root locus method, compensation and synthesis of single variable systems. The units also include the concept of mechatronics, case studies and a control project. Topics include (1) linear control systems; modeling dynamic and control systems; (2) stability criteria and methods to design system stability; (3) mechatronics; sensors, actuators, controller and dynamic systems, and their interactions; (4) frequency domain methods; root locus, Bode diagram, Nyquist plots; (5) position control; process control; PID compensation; and (6) feedback control; and active noise control ear defenders. The unit contains A team-based project including report Two short assignments Two laboratories (Lab1 & Lab2) 3 lectures per week 1 tutorial per week

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LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. explain classical control theory and its applications analyse linear control systems explain stability of feedback control systems apply frequency domain methods of analysis and design appreciate the limitations of classical control techniques

LEARNING ACTIVITIES
In the 3 lectures per week the various topics of classical control will be introduced with the use of practical examples. In the tutorials specific problems will be discussed relating to the lecture material and solutions worked out. Students are expected to contribute to class discussion. Labs will be used to reinforce the topics learnt in lectures and tutorials and also provide students the opportunity to see an application of advanced control in practice.

STUDENT FEEDBACK
We welcome your feedback as one way to keep improving this unit. Later this semester, you will be encouraged to give unit feedback through SPOT (Student Perception of Teaching) and SURF, UWAs online student feedback system. Informal feedback via email or face to face is also encouraged. Feedback is confidential. Recent changes to this unit in response to student feedback include: 1. Including practical examples in lectures and tutorials 2. provide written help/explanation with difficult topics

TEXT BOOK & RESOURCES

Recommended Texts: (In MPSL closed-reserve)
You do not have to purchase the following textbooks but you may like to refer to them. Fundamentals of control and mechatronics, R. Paurobally, 2010 online Feedback control of dynamic systems, G. F. Franklin et al., 2006

Software Requirements
You do not have to purchase the following software but you may find it useful to be aware of how to use them. MATLAB LabView MS word and Excel or equivalent

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ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Assessment Mechanism
The assessment for this unit consists of the following items. Assessment Tasks Worth Due

Examination (3hrs)

60%

November 2010

Control Group Project (Report)

20%

To be advised

2 Assignments (5% each)

10%

To be advised

2 Labs (5% each)

10%

To be advised

TOTAL

100%

Control Group Project (Report)

Worth: 20% Due: by 5 pm Friday 15 October 2010 The aim of this project is to allow students to learn about a control system, its simulation and animation. This is a group project and students are required to work in groups of 4 to 5 and encouraged to learn from each other. You are responsible to ensure that each member has an equal contribution as far as possible. Further details will be given in the assignment sheets at the end of week 4 of semester 2.
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Control Group Project Marking Criteria

Management of the project including the formation of your team, written constructive feedback about the project and delivery on time. (10%) Understanding/modelling of the control system in Laplace and time domain. (15%) Analysis and simulation of response with feedback control. (20%) Study of the effect of time delay on stability and closed-loop response (10%) Discussion of PID tuning techniques and implementation/independent learning. (15%) Animation of control system using for example Matlab, Labview or any other software tools. (20%) Presentation and references. (10%)

Submission Details
Submit to Box M13 by 5 pm Friday 15 October 2010. A penalty of 10% of the net worth of the project per day late will apply.
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Short assignment 1
Worth: 5%

Due: by 5 pm Monday 6th September 2010 Marking Criteria

To be advised in assignment sheet

Submission Details
In Box M13 by 5 pm Monday 6 September 2010
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Short assignment 2
Worth: 5%

Due: by 5 pm Monday 11th October 2010 Marking Criteria

To be advised in assignment sheet

Submission Details
In Box M13 by 5 pm Monday 11 October 2010
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Labs (Lab1 & Lab2)

Worth: 2 labs each worth 5% (10% Total) Due: To be advised To be advised

Marking Criteria
To be advised

Submission Details
To be advised

Referencing Style
Students should use the Harvard referencing style when preparing assignments. More information can be found on this style from the Library web site: http://www.library.uwa.edu.au/help/education,_training__and__support_relevant_to_your_faculty/ faculty_of_engineering,_computing__and__mathematics

Assignment Marking
Students should allow a 4 week marking turnaround for written assignments.

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Academic Conduct
Academic Conduct Essentials
It is a University requirement that all newly enrolled students complete a short compulsory online unit called Academic Conduct Essentials (ACE) within the first 10 weeks of semester. ACE can be accessed via WebCT (http://webct.uwa.edu.au/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct ). To find out more about Academic Integrity, look at these great resources: Student Services, who run workshops on Academic Integrity http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning http://www.ryerson.ca/academicintegrity/index.html , a series of flash videos from a Canadian University exploring Academic Integrity http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/plag.html which takes you to an on-line quiz where you test your understanding of plagiarism, and where there are links to other universities academic integrity pages.

STUDENTS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of all relevant legislation, policies and procedures relating to their rights and responsibilities as a student. These include: the Student Charter, the Universitys Guiding Ethical Principles, the Universitys policy and statements on plagiarism and academic integrity, copyright principles and responsibilities, the Universitys policies on appropriate use of software and computer facilities, the use of calculators in exams students responsibility to check enrolment, deadlines, appeals, and grievance resolution, student feedback, other policies and procedures electronic communication with students

See http://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/studentnet/exams for comprehensive information on all of the above. The Student Guild employs a number of Education Officers who provide information, support and advocacy with a range of academic matters http://www.guild.uwa.edu.au/home/student_assistance/academic_help . or Guild Student Centre Opening Hours: Location: Mailing Address: Phone: Fax: Email (general): Email (confidential):

8.30am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday Ground floor, Guild Village, near Bankwest ATM machine. M300, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley Western Australia 6009 +61 8 6488 2295 +61 8 6488 1200 enquiries@guild.uwa.edu.au education@guild.uwa.edu.au

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Special Consideration
The University policy on special consideration has changed. Applications for consideration, deferral of tests or exams or extensions of time for assignments on medical, personal or other grounds must be lodged with the faculty office no later than three working days after the due date for the assessment in question. This rule will apply to all students, except in exceptional circumstances.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Telephone Contacts:
If you have a query relating to administrative matters such as: requests for deferment of study difficulties with accessing online study materials obtaining assessment results please contact your Unit Coordinator. If you have a query relating to other matters such as: missed assessments missing part of Semester being considered for special consideration please contact the Faculty Reception: 6488 3061 enquiries-ecm@admin.uwa.edu.au Location: 2nd Floor, Electrical Engineering Building, Fairway Entrance No 3; Carpark No 15 (see: http://www.uwa.edu.au/campus_map?id=1891 for a Google interactive map)

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UNIT SCHEDULE
Note: The intended schedule for this unit is shown in the table below. The schedule is to be used as a guide and is subject to change.

Semester 2 2010
WEEK No. WEEK STARTING MODULE/CHAPTER/TOPIC: ASSESSMENT ISSUED DUE DATE

30. 26 July
2 August

Introduction, modeling Time response of 1 and 2 order system, Laplace transform, Transfer function Block diagram, time domain criteria System type, steady state error, dynamic performance Stability, Routh Hurwitz, Root Locus PI, PD, PID controllers Frequency response method, Bode Study Break Process example, acoustic feedback, stability margins Time delay, Nyquist criterion Compensation techniques, compensators Ear defender example, Design examples Summary Questions? Study Week Examinations Examinations Assignment 2 11 Oct.
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31.

32. 9 August
16 August

33.

Group Project

15 Oct.

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34. 23 August 35. 30 August 36. 6 September 37. 13 September

20 September

Assignment 1

6 Sept.

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38.

39. 27 September 40. 4 October 41. 11 October 42. 18 October 43. 25 October 44. 1 November 45. 8 November 46. 15 November

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