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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Mechanical Engineering (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 at Swindon College |
| Assessment:
| CW 60%, EX 40% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: The aims of this unit is to provide students with an understanding of instrumentation systems consequently they will investigate process control systems/controllers and regulating units. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students should be able to: * Evaluate and analyse a range engineering systems used in control engineering Evaluate techniques and theories used in process control; * Analyse and evaluate system response characteristics. Skills: During this unit students should gain the following skills: Intellectual * gathering, processing and critically analysing technical information (F,T,A) * synthesise and evaluate information in order to formulate outcomes (F,T,A) * use mathematics to solve complex problems (T, F, A) Professional * making appropriate judgements, written presentations (A) Practical * developing identification and observational skills to maintain records and contribute to reports (T,A) * carrying out practical and evaluative investigations of engineering systems (F,A) Key * writing reports (A) * applying analytical techniques (T,A) * using graphs and tables to present experimental results (F,A). Content: This unit focuses on: * models of engineering systems - construction, operation and mathematical modelling of mechanical, fluid power, thermal and electrical systems. * Transfer functions - first and second order functions, Laplace transforms * Analogue measurement systems - signals and their conversion, signal processing and signal conditioning display units * transfer function manipulation * standard/block diagrams - open/closed loop control * negative feedback, proportional and derivative feedback, Nichols chart * system response - first and second order systems, Fourier transforms and polar plots * Control action - proportional/integral/derivative control, Zieglar Nichols method, lead and lag compensation. |
| Programme availability: |
LP30312 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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