units
MEC4418
Faculty of Engineering
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Faculty
Organisational Unit
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Coordinator(s)
H Chung (Clayton); C P Tan (Malaysia)
Instruction on the basics of automatic control design, including analysis and design techniques (with MATLAB/SIMULINK). Assumes students have the ability to form and use classical and state-space models of linear systems, can calculate their responses in time and frequency domain, and have experience in using MATLAB. Control system design through root-locus, frequency response, direct pole-placement, and state estimation, with concepts of linear systems, controllability, and observability. Introductions to robust stability, PID control design, digital systems, and optimal control design methods will also be provided.
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
Continuous assessment: 30%
Examination (3 hours): 70%
Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.
One 1-hour lecture, one 2-hour lecture, one 2-hour practice class and 7 hours private study per week.
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