ME22010: Control and mechatronics
[Page last updated: 11 July 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 30%, EXOB 70% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Mechatronics project (CWRI 30%)
- Control and mechatronics exam (EXOB 70% - Qualifying Mark: 30)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- ME22010 Reassessment exam (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After successfully completing this unit, you will be able to:
1. Select suitable actuator types for different applications (electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic etc.).
2. Model dynamic mechatronic systems, and use software tools to simulate their behaviour.
3. Predict the behaviour of closed loop control systems using linear models.
4. Determine the frequency response and stability characteristics of control systems.
5. Design controllers to improve steady state and dynamic performance, particularly Proportional-Integral-Derivative controllers.
6. Implement digital closed-loop controllers and filters, and demonstrate this using a microcontroller.
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| Synopsis: | On this unit, you will analyse and design closed-loop control systems that integrate actuation, sensing and electronic control hardware.
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| Content: | Actuator technology
System modelling and simulation
Closed loop control (transfer functions, step response, frequency response, stability, Proportional-Integral Derivative control)
Introduction to digital control
Topics for self-study that could be assessed
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| Course availability: |
ME22010 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UEME-AFB50 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 2)
- UEME-AKB50 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEME-AFB51 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 2)
- UEME-AKB51 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEME-AFB52 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 2)
- UEME-AFB53 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 2)
- UEME-AKB53 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEME-AKB52 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEME-AFB54 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 2)
- UEME-AKB54 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEME-AFM50 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 2)
- UEME-AKM50 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEME-AFM51 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 2)
- UEME-AKM51 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEME-AFM52 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 2)
- UEME-AFM53 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 2)
- UEME-AKM53 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEME-AKM52 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEME-AFM54 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 2)
- UEME-AKM54 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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