- •1. INTRODUCTION
- •1.1 BASIC TERMINOLOGY
- •1.2 EXAMPLE SYSTEM
- •1.3 SUMMARY
- •1.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •2. TRANSLATION
- •2.1 INTRODUCTION
- •2.2 MODELING
- •2.2.1 Free Body Diagrams
- •2.2.2 Mass and Inertia
- •2.2.3 Gravity and Other Fields
- •2.2.4 Springs
- •2.2.5 Damping and Drag
- •2.2.6 Cables And Pulleys
- •2.2.7 Friction
- •2.2.8 Contact Points And Joints
- •2.3 SYSTEM EXAMPLES
- •2.4 OTHER TOPICS
- •2.5 SUMMARY
- •2.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •2.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •2.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •3. ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
- •3.1 INTRODUCTION
- •3.2 EXPLICIT SOLUTIONS
- •3.3 RESPONSES
- •3.3.1 First-order
- •3.3.2 Second-order
- •3.3.3 Other Responses
- •3.4 RESPONSE ANALYSIS
- •3.5 NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS
- •3.5.1 Non-Linear Differential Equations
- •3.5.2 Non-Linear Equation Terms
- •3.5.3 Changing Systems
- •3.6 CASE STUDY
- •3.7 SUMMARY
- •3.8 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •3.9 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •3.10 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •4. NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
- •4.1 INTRODUCTION
- •4.2 THE GENERAL METHOD
- •4.2.1 State Variable Form
- •4.3 NUMERICAL INTEGRATION
- •4.3.1 Numerical Integration With Tools
- •4.3.2 Numerical Integration
- •4.3.3 Taylor Series
- •4.3.4 Runge-Kutta Integration
- •4.4 SYSTEM RESPONSE
- •4.4.1 Steady-State Response
- •4.5 DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA
- •4.6 ADVANCED TOPICS
- •4.6.1 Switching Functions
- •4.6.2 Interpolating Tabular Data
- •4.6.3 Modeling Functions with Splines
- •4.6.4 Non-Linear Elements
- •4.7 CASE STUDY
- •4.8 SUMMARY
- •4.9 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •4.10 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •4.11 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •5. ROTATION
- •5.1 INTRODUCTION
- •5.2 MODELING
- •5.2.1 Inertia
- •5.2.2 Springs
- •5.2.3 Damping
- •5.2.4 Levers
- •5.2.5 Gears and Belts
- •5.2.6 Friction
- •5.2.7 Permanent Magnet Electric Motors
- •5.3 OTHER TOPICS
- •5.4 DESIGN CASE
- •5.5 SUMMARY
- •5.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •5.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •5.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •6. INPUT-OUTPUT EQUATIONS
- •6.1 INTRODUCTION
- •6.2 THE DIFFERENTIAL OPERATOR
- •6.3 INPUT-OUTPUT EQUATIONS
- •6.3.1 Converting Input-Output Equations to State Equations
- •6.3.2 Integrating Input-Output Equations
- •6.4 DESIGN CASE
- •6.5 SUMMARY
- •6.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •6.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •6.8 ASSGINMENT PROBLEMS
- •6.9 REFERENCES
- •7. ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
- •7.1 INTRODUCTION
- •7.2 MODELING
- •7.2.1 Resistors
- •7.2.2 Voltage and Current Sources
- •7.2.3 Capacitors
- •7.2.4 Inductors
- •7.2.5 Op-Amps
- •7.3 IMPEDANCE
- •7.4 EXAMPLE SYSTEMS
- •7.5 ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS - MOTORS
- •7.5.1 Permanent Magnet DC Motors
- •7.5.2 Induction Motors
- •7.5.3 Brushless Servo Motors
- •7.6 FILTERS
- •7.7 OTHER TOPICS
- •7.8 SUMMARY
- •7.9 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •7.10 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •7.11 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •8. FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS
- •8.1 INTRODUCTION
- •8.2 TRANSFER FUNCTIONS
- •8.3 CONTROL SYSTEMS
- •8.3.1 PID Control Systems
- •8.3.2 Manipulating Block Diagrams
- •8.3.3 A Motor Control System Example
- •8.3.4 System Error
- •8.3.5 Controller Transfer Functions
- •8.3.6 Feedforward Controllers
- •8.3.7 State Equation Based Systems
- •8.3.8 Cascade Controllers
- •8.4 SUMMARY
- •8.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •8.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •8.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •9. PHASOR ANALYSIS
- •9.1 INTRODUCTION
- •9.2 PHASORS FOR STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS
- •9.3 VIBRATIONS
- •9.4 SUMMARY
- •9.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •9.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •9.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •10. BODE PLOTS
- •10.1 INTRODUCTION
- •10.2 BODE PLOTS
- •10.3 SIGNAL SPECTRUMS
- •10.4 SUMMARY
- •10.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •10.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •10.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •10.8 LOG SCALE GRAPH PAPER
- •11. ROOT LOCUS ANALYSIS
- •11.1 INTRODUCTION
- •11.2 ROOT-LOCUS ANALYSIS
- •11.3 SUMMARY
- •11.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •11.5 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •11.6 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •12. NONLINEAR SYSTEMS
- •12.1 INTRODUCTION
- •12.2 SOURCES OF NONLINEARITY
- •12.3.1 Time Variant
- •12.3.2 Switching
- •12.3.3 Deadband
- •12.3.4 Saturation and Clipping
- •12.3.5 Hysteresis and Slip
- •12.3.6 Delays and Lags
- •12.4 SUMMARY
- •12.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •12.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •12.7 ASIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •13. ANALOG INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
- •13.1 INTRODUCTION
- •13.2 ANALOG INPUTS
- •13.3 ANALOG OUTPUTS
- •13.4 NOISE REDUCTION
- •13.4.1 Shielding
- •13.4.2 Grounding
- •13.5 CASE STUDY
- •13.6 SUMMARY
- •13.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •13.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •13.9 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •14. CONTINUOUS SENSORS
- •14.1 INTRODUCTION
- •14.2 INDUSTRIAL SENSORS
- •14.2.1 Angular Displacement
- •14.2.1.1 - Potentiometers
- •14.2.2 Encoders
- •14.2.2.1 - Tachometers
- •14.2.3 Linear Position
- •14.2.3.1 - Potentiometers
- •14.2.3.2 - Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDT)
- •14.2.3.3 - Moire Fringes
- •14.2.3.4 - Accelerometers
- •14.2.4 Forces and Moments
- •14.2.4.1 - Strain Gages
- •14.2.4.2 - Piezoelectric
- •14.2.5 Liquids and Gases
- •14.2.5.1 - Pressure
- •14.2.5.2 - Venturi Valves
- •14.2.5.3 - Coriolis Flow Meter
- •14.2.5.4 - Magnetic Flow Meter
- •14.2.5.5 - Ultrasonic Flow Meter
- •14.2.5.6 - Vortex Flow Meter
- •14.2.5.7 - Positive Displacement Meters
- •14.2.5.8 - Pitot Tubes
- •14.2.6 Temperature
- •14.2.6.1 - Resistive Temperature Detectors (RTDs)
- •14.2.6.2 - Thermocouples
- •14.2.6.3 - Thermistors
- •14.2.6.4 - Other Sensors
- •14.2.7 Light
- •14.2.7.1 - Light Dependant Resistors (LDR)
- •14.2.8 Chemical
- •14.2.8.2 - Conductivity
- •14.2.9 Others
- •14.3 INPUT ISSUES
- •14.4 SENSOR GLOSSARY
- •14.5 SUMMARY
- •14.6 REFERENCES
- •14.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •14.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •14.9 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •15. CONTINUOUS ACTUATORS
- •15.1 INTRODUCTION
- •15.2 ELECTRIC MOTORS
- •15.2.1 Basic Brushed DC Motors
- •15.2.2 AC Motors
- •15.2.3 Brushless DC Motors
- •15.2.4 Stepper Motors
- •15.2.5 Wound Field Motors
- •15.3 HYDRAULICS
- •15.4 OTHER SYSTEMS
- •15.5 SUMMARY
- •15.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •15.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •15.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •16. MOTION CONTROL
- •16.1 INTRODUCTION
- •16.2 MOTION PROFILES
- •16.2.1 Velocity Profiles
- •16.2.2 Position Profiles
- •16.3 MULTI AXIS MOTION
- •16.3.1 Slew Motion
- •16.3.1.1 - Interpolated Motion
- •16.3.2 Motion Scheduling
- •16.4 PATH PLANNING
- •16.5 CASE STUDIES
- •16.6 SUMMARY
- •16.7 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •16.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •16.9 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •17. LAPLACE TRANSFORMS
- •17.1 INTRODUCTION
- •17.2 APPLYING LAPLACE TRANSFORMS
- •17.2.1 A Few Transform Tables
- •17.3 MODELING TRANSFER FUNCTIONS IN THE s-DOMAIN
- •17.4 FINDING OUTPUT EQUATIONS
- •17.5 INVERSE TRANSFORMS AND PARTIAL FRACTIONS
- •17.6 EXAMPLES
- •17.6.2 Circuits
- •17.7 ADVANCED TOPICS
- •17.7.1 Input Functions
- •17.7.2 Initial and Final Value Theorems
- •17.8 A MAP OF TECHNIQUES FOR LAPLACE ANALYSIS
- •17.9 SUMMARY
- •17.10 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •17.11 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •17.12 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •17.13 REFERENCES
- •18. CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS
- •18.1 INTRODUCTION
- •18.2 CONTROL SYSTEMS
- •18.2.1 PID Control Systems
- •18.2.2 Analysis of PID Controlled Systems With Laplace Transforms
- •18.2.3 Finding The System Response To An Input
- •18.2.4 Controller Transfer Functions
- •18.3.1 Approximate Plotting Techniques
- •18.4 DESIGN OF CONTINUOUS CONTROLLERS
- •18.5 SUMMARY
- •18.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •18.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •18.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •19. CONVOLUTION
- •19.1 INTRODUCTION
- •19.2 UNIT IMPULSE FUNCTIONS
- •19.3 IMPULSE RESPONSE
- •19.4 CONVOLUTION
- •19.5 NUMERICAL CONVOLUTION
- •19.6 LAPLACE IMPULSE FUNCTIONS
- •19.7 SUMMARY
- •19.8 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •19.9 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •19.10 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •20. STATE SPACE ANALYSIS
- •20.1 INTRODUCTION
- •20.2 OBSERVABILITY
- •20.3 CONTROLLABILITY
- •20.4 OBSERVERS
- •20.5 SUMMARY
- •20.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •20.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •20.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •20.9 BIBLIOGRAPHY
- •21. STATE SPACE CONTROLLERS
- •21.1 INTRODUCTION
- •21.2 FULL STATE FEEDBACK
- •21.3 OBSERVERS
- •21.4 SUPPLEMENTAL OBSERVERS
- •21.5 REGULATED CONTROL WITH OBSERVERS
- •21.7 LINEAR QUADRATIC GAUSSIAN (LQG) COMPENSATORS
- •21.8 VERIFYING CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY
- •21.8.1 Stability
- •21.8.2 Bounded Gain
- •21.9 ADAPTIVE CONTROLLERS
- •21.10 OTHER METHODS
- •21.10.1 Kalman Filtering
- •21.11 SUMMARY
- •21.12 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •21.13 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •21.14 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •22. SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION
- •22.1 INTRODUCTION
- •22.2 SUMMARY
- •22.3 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •22.4 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •22.5 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •23. ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS
- •23.1 INTRODUCTION
- •23.2 MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES
- •23.2.1 Induction
- •23.3 EXAMPLE SYSTEMS
- •23.4 SUMMARY
- •23.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •23.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •23.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •24. FLUID SYSTEMS
- •24.1 SUMMARY
- •24.2 MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES
- •24.2.1 Resistance
- •24.2.2 Capacitance
- •24.2.3 Power Sources
- •24.3 EXAMPLE SYSTEMS
- •24.4 SUMMARY
- •24.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •24.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
- •24.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •25. THERMAL SYSTEMS
- •25.1 INTRODUCTION
- •25.2 MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES
- •25.2.1 Resistance
- •25.2.2 Capacitance
- •25.2.3 Sources
- •25.3 EXAMPLE SYSTEMS
- •25.4 SUMMARY
- •25.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •25.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •25.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •26. OPTIMIZATION
- •26.1 INTRODUCTION
- •26.2 OBJECTIVES AND CONSTRAINTS
- •26.3 SEARCHING FOR THE OPTIMUM
- •26.4 OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS
- •26.4.1 Random Walk
- •26.4.2 Gradient Decent
- •26.4.3 Simplex
- •26.5 SUMMARY
- •26.6 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •26.7 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •26.8 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •27. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA)
- •27.1 INTRODUCTION
- •27.2 FINITE ELEMENT MODELS
- •27.3 FINITE ELEMENT MODELS
- •27.4 SUMMARY
- •27.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •27.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •27.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •27.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY
- •28. FUZZY LOGIC
- •28.1 INTRODUCTION
- •28.2 COMMERCIAL CONTROLLERS
- •28.3 REFERENCES
- •28.4 SUMMARY
- •28.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •28.6 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •28.7 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •29. NEURAL NETWORKS
- •29.1 SUMMARY
- •29.2 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •29.3 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •29.4 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •29.5 REFERENCES
- •30. EMBEDDED CONTROL SYSTEM
- •30.1 INTRODUCTION
- •30.2 CASE STUDY
- •30.3 SUMMARY
- •30.4 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •30.5 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •30.6 ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS
- •31. WRITING
- •31.1 FORGET WHAT YOU WERE TAUGHT BEFORE
- •31.2 WHY WRITE REPORTS?
- •31.3 THE TECHNICAL DEPTH OF THE REPORT
- •31.4 TYPES OF REPORTS
- •31.5 LABORATORY REPORTS
- •31.5.0.1 - An Example First Draft of a Report
- •31.5.0.2 - An Example Final Draft of a Report
- •31.6 RESEARCH
- •31.7 DRAFT REPORTS
- •31.8 PROJECT REPORT
- •31.9 OTHER REPORT TYPES
- •31.9.1 Executive
- •31.9.2 Consulting
- •31.9.3 Memo(randum)
- •31.9.4 Interim
- •31.9.5 Poster
- •31.9.6 Progress Report
- •31.9.7 Oral
- •31.9.8 Patent
- •31.10 LAB BOOKS
- •31.11 REPORT ELEMENTS
- •31.11.1 Figures
- •31.11.2 Graphs
- •31.11.3 Tables
- •31.11.4 Equations
- •31.11.5 Experimental Data
- •31.11.6 Result Summary
- •31.11.7 References
- •31.11.8 Acknowledgments
- •31.11.9 Abstracts
- •31.11.10 Appendices
- •31.11.11 Page Numbering
- •31.11.12 Numbers and Units
- •31.11.13 Engineering Drawings
- •31.11.14 Discussions
- •31.11.15 Conclusions
- •31.11.16 Recomendations
- •31.11.17 Appendices
- •31.11.18 Units
- •31.12 GENERAL WRITING ISSUES
- •31.13 WRITERS BLOCK
- •31.14 TECHNICAL ENGLISH
- •31.15 EVALUATION FORMS
- •31.16 PATENTS
- •32. PROJECTS
- •32.2 OVERVIEW
- •32.2.1 The Objectives and Constraints
- •32.3 MANAGEMENT
- •32.3.1 Timeline - Tentative
- •32.3.2 Teams
- •32.4 DELIVERABLES
- •32.4.1 Conceptual Design
- •32.4.2 EGR 345/101 Contract
- •32.4.3 Progress Reports
- •32.4.4 Design Proposal
- •32.4.5 The Final Report
- •32.5 REPORT ELEMENTS
- •32.5.1 Gantt Charts
- •32.5.2 Drawings
- •32.5.3 Budgets and Bills of Material
- •32.5.4 Calculations
- •32.6 APPENDICES
- •32.6.1 Appendix A - Sample System
- •32.6.2 Appendix B - EGR 345/101 Contract
- •32.6.3 Appendix C - Forms
- •33. ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING
- •33.1 BASIC RULES OF STYLE
- •33.2 EXPECTED ELEMENTS
- •33.3 SEPCIAL ELEMENTS
- •33.3.1 Graphs
- •33.3.2 EGR 345 Specific
- •33.4 SCILAB
- •33.5 TERMINOLOGY
- •34. MATHEMATICAL TOOLS
- •34.1 INTRODUCTION
- •34.1.1 Constants and Other Stuff
- •34.1.2 Basic Operations
- •34.1.2.1 - Factorial
- •34.1.3 Exponents and Logarithms
- •34.1.4 Polynomial Expansions
- •34.1.5 Practice Problems
- •34.2 FUNCTIONS
- •34.2.1 Discrete and Continuous Probability Distributions
- •34.2.2 Basic Polynomials
- •34.2.3 Partial Fractions
- •34.2.4 Summation and Series
- •34.2.5 Practice Problems
- •34.3 SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
- •34.3.1 Trigonometry
- •34.3.2 Hyperbolic Functions
- •34.3.2.1 - Practice Problems
- •34.3.3 Geometry
- •34.3.4 Planes, Lines, etc.
- •34.3.5 Practice Problems
- •34.4 COORDINATE SYSTEMS
- •34.4.1 Complex Numbers
- •34.4.2 Cylindrical Coordinates
- •34.4.3 Spherical Coordinates
- •34.4.4 Practice Problems
- •34.5 MATRICES AND VECTORS
- •34.5.1 Vectors
- •34.5.2 Dot (Scalar) Product
- •34.5.3 Cross Product
- •34.5.4 Triple Product
- •34.5.5 Matrices
- •34.5.6 Solving Linear Equations with Matrices
- •34.5.7 Practice Problems
- •34.6 CALCULUS
- •34.6.1 Single Variable Functions
- •34.6.1.1 - Differentiation
- •34.6.1.2 - Integration
- •34.6.2 Vector Calculus
- •34.6.3 Differential Equations
- •34.6.3.1.1 - Guessing
- •34.6.3.1.2 - Separable Equations
- •34.6.3.1.3 - Homogeneous Equations and Substitution
- •34.6.3.2.1 - Linear Homogeneous
- •34.6.3.2.2 - Nonhomogeneous Linear Equations
- •34.6.3.3 - Higher Order Differential Equations
- •34.6.3.4 - Partial Differential Equations
- •34.6.4 Other Calculus Stuff
- •34.6.5 Practice Problems
- •34.7 NUMERICAL METHODS
- •34.7.1 Approximation of Integrals and Derivatives from Sampled Data
- •34.7.3 Taylor Series Integration
- •34.8 LAPLACE TRANSFORMS
- •34.8.1 Laplace Transform Tables
- •34.9 z-TRANSFORMS
- •34.10 FOURIER SERIES
- •34.11 TOPICS NOT COVERED (YET)
- •34.12 REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY
- •35. A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO ‘C’
- •35.2 BACKGROUND
- •35.3 PROGRAM PARTS
- •35.4 HOW A ‘C’ COMPILER WORKS
- •35.5 STRUCTURED ‘C’ CODE
- •35.7 CREATING TOP DOWN PROGRAMS
- •35.8 HOW THE BEAMCAD PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED
- •35.8.1 Objectives:
- •35.8.2 Problem Definition:
- •35.8.3 User Interface:
- •35.8.3.1 - Screen Layout (also see figure):
- •35.8.3.2 - Input:
- •35.8.3.3 - Output:
- •35.8.3.4 - Help:
- •35.8.3.5 - Error Checking:
- •35.8.3.6 - Miscellaneous:
- •35.8.4 Flow Program:
- •35.8.5 Expand Program:
- •35.8.6 Testing and Debugging:
- •35.8.7 Documentation
- •35.8.7.1 - Users Manual:
- •35.8.7.2 - Programmers Manual:
- •35.8.8 Listing of BeamCAD Program.
- •35.9 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •36. UNITS AND CONVERSIONS
- •36.1 HOW TO USE UNITS
- •36.2 HOW TO USE SI UNITS
- •36.3 THE TABLE
- •36.4 ASCII, HEX, BINARY CONVERSION
- •36.5 G-CODES
- •37. ATOMIC MATERIAL DATA
- •37. MECHANICAL MATERIAL PROPERTIES
- •37.1 FORMULA SHEET
- •38. BIBLIOGRAPHY
- •38.1 TEXTBOOKS
- •38.1.1 Slotine and Li
- •38.1.2 VandeVegte
- •39. TOPICS IN DEVELOPMENT
- •39.1 UPDATED DC MOTOR MODEL
- •39.2 ANOTHER DC MOTOR MODEL
- •39.3 BLOCK DIAGRAMS AND UNITS
- •39.4 SIGNAL FLOW GRAPHS
- •39.5 ZERO ORDER HOLD
- •39.6 TORSIONAL DAMPERS
- •39.7 MISC
- •39.8 Nyquist Plot
- •39.9 NICHOLS CHART
- •39.10 BESSEL POLYNOMIALS
- •39.11 ITAE
- •39.12 ROOT LOCUS
- •39.13 LYAPUNOV’S LINEARIZATION METHOD
- •39.14 XXXXX
- •39.15 XXXXX
- •39.16 XXXXX
- •39.17 XXXXX
- •39.18 XXXXX
- •39.19 XXXXX
- •39.20 XXXXX
- •39.21 SUMMARY
- •39.22 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
- •39.23 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
- •39.24 ASSGINMENT PROBLEMS
- •39.25 REFERENCES
- •39.26 BIBLIOGRAPHY
writing guide - 31.13
•Purpose: These reports allow the developer or team to document all of the design decisions made during the course of the project. This report should also mention avenues not taken. Quite often the projects that we start will be handed off to others after a period of time. In many cases they will not have the opportunity to talk to us, or we may not have the time. These reports serve as a well known, central document that gathers all relevant information.
•Strategy A:
1.Define the goals for the project clearly in point form
2.Examine available options and also add these in point form
3.Start to examine engineering aspects of the options
4.Make engineering decisions, and add point form to the document
5.As work continues on the project add notes and figures
6.When the project is complete, convert the point form to full text.
7.Proof read and edit
31.9OTHER REPORT TYPES
31.9.1Executive
Purpose: These reports condense long topics into a very brief document, typically less than one page in length. Basically these save a manager from having to read a complete report to find the details that interest him/her.
31.9.2 Consulting
Purpose: These reports are typically commissioned by an independent third party to review a difficult problem. The consultant will review the details of the problem, do tests as required, and summarize the results. The report typically ends with conclusions, suggestions or recommendations.
31.9.3 Memo(randum)
Purpose: An internal business letter designed to convey a business policy or infor-
writing guide - 31.14
mation.
-begin with Date, From, To, Subject:, cc:
31.9.4Interim
Purpose: This report is normally a formal report to track the progress of a project. When a project is initially planned, it will be given a timeline to follow. The interim report will indicate progress relative to the initial timeline, as well as major achievements and problems.
31.9.5 Poster
Purpose: A presentation format that conveys the key concept visually so that a spectator would have a concept of the project in a glance, and be able to review the key concepts in under one minute.
-use a minmimum of 16pt, or higher font.
-abundant usage of figures
-put on foan core backing board, or worst, a purchased cardboard backing board.
-The format uses bullets (still full sentences) to abreviate the presentation.
-the poster should be self-explanatory
-be neat
-use color in a tasteful way.
Typical sections include;
purpose/motivation - a brief summary of the purpose of the work. A summary of the major work detials and outcomes.
approach - the work that was done
conclusions - the results of the work that was assigned acknowledgements - indicate others who played a significant role in the
results.
31.9.6 Progress Report
Purpose: To provide details of project progress to a supervisor or customer.
writing guide - 31.15
31.9.7 Oral
Purpose: Work may be presented to an audience in a formal presentation.
-This can be a very effective method of comminucation when done well, but it can also be very cruel because an audience may be forced to sit through an uncomfortable experience.
-use a minmimum of 16pt, or higher font.
-abundant usage of figures
-The format uses bullets (still full sentences) to abreviate the presentation.
-the presentation should be self-explanatory
-use color, visuals and sounds in a tasteful way.
-present concepts, by introducing, presenting then reviewing.
31.9.8Patent
Purpose: A document to describe a design for legal purposes.
-a patent documents that an individual/company owns the idea.
-it gives them the right to sue those who use the idea and ’infringe’
-the patent is submitted to the patent office and reviewed. If the reviewers are satisfied, then the patent is granted, and a patent number is assigned.
-a patent only gives the holder the right to sue.
-Normally a patent lists the inventor (normally an engineer), but is assigned to the employer. If the inventor is an employee, they assign the rights to the employer in exchange for $1.
-Patents are publically available after they are granted to encourage innovation.
-Patents have a life of 20 years from the date of application.
-A patent is only available for ideas that can be patented.
-the patent is structured into the follwing sections;
Abstract - a brief description of the patent
References - A list of other patents, or other publications that are related. These are expected as most patents are built upon previous concepts.
Claims - An itemized list of features that make the design unique from previous ideas. Normally the are at least a dozen claims. These are the items that are the legal basis for the patent.
Description - A techibcally detailed description of the patentable work.Tihis normally includes sections such as Summary of the Invention, Description of the Drawings, Detailed Description of the Invention. It is common for the description to include drawings and equations.