1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

MM295 Measurement and Control systems
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
examination, assignments, laboratory
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing and Mechanical).
Objectives
To provide knowledge of:
electronics principles of measurement and control
systems;
industrial measurements and associated instrumentation;
mathematical modeling of physical components;
dynamic behaviour of instruments and control systems;
communication between control devices;
typical applications of instrumentation in automatic
control systems.
Content
System Components
Digital Electronics and microcomputers: Numbers - binary,
octal, hexadecimal. Binary arithmetic. Basic digital devices -
logic gates, flip flops, latches. Multiplexes and
demultiplexers. Semiconductor memories.
Microcomputers. Analogue components.
Linear amplifiers (AC and DC): characteristics, functions of
transient amplifiers, input/output resistance, multi-stage
amplifiers, operational amplifiers, conditioning of analogue
signals.
Transducers: Active and passive. Circuits (bridges).
Properties: piezoelectric, optical, resistive, capacitive,
inductive.
Interfacing computers to the outside world: A/D and D/A
conversion. Sampling. Protection, isolation and
transformation
Practical work to: reinforce the theory covered and to learn
how to use instruments
Modelling and performance of control systems: System
Realisation and Performance. Overview of mechanical,
pneumatic and electrical components. Mathematical
modeling Physical relationships. Transfer functions:
representation of components. Block diagrams: overall
system transfer function
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Analysis of static and dynamic performance: Classical
5' solution for determine output response. First-order systems:
step, ramp and sinusoidal input.
3 Second: order systems - step, ramp and sinusoidal input.
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Frequency response of higher order systems
Stability analysis of control systems: Routh and Nyquist
stability theorems, Bode diagrams
Experimental methods for: Determining transfer functions.
Determining the stability of a system.
Recommended reading
Toncich, D. J., Computer Architecture and Inte$acing 2,
Mechatronics Systems. Chrystobel Engineering, 1994
Richards, R. J., Solving Problems in Control. Longrnan Scientific
and Technical, 1993
Doebelin, E. O., Measurement Systems. 4th edn, McGraw Hill, 1990
MM320 Energy Systems
8 credit points 4 hours Hawthorn
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing)
Content
Thermodynamics
Heat transfer. Forced and free convection, the thermal
boundary layer in laminar and turbulent flow, momentum
and eddy diffusivity, dimensional analysis applied to
convective processes. Boiling and condensation. Types of
heat exchangers, NTU, effectiveness. Combined modes of
heat transfer. Combustion. Combustion equations for
stoichiometric, rich and lean mixtures. Solid, liquid and gas
fuels, exhaust and flue gas analysis. Enthalpy of formation
and of reaction, non-flow combustion. Adiabatic flame
temperature. Dissociation.
Fluid mechanics
Dimensional analysis and similarity. Methods of
dimensional analysis; dimensionless groups associated with
problems occurring in fluid flow including effects of natural
and forced convection; modelling. Solution of turbulent
flow problems; friction factor for laminar and turbulent
steady, incompressible, viscous flow in pipes and ducts;
series and parallel arrangements. Rotodynamic machinery;
Classification and external considerations, power/flow
characteristics, efficiency, similarity laws, system matching.
Recommended reading
Douglas, J.F., Gasiorek, J.M. and Swaffield, J.A., Fluid Mechanics.
2nd edn, Burnt Hill, Harlow, Essex, England, Longrnan Scientific
and Technical, 1985
Holrnan, J.P., Heat Transfer. SI Metric edn, Singapore, McGraw-
Hill, 1989
Rogers, G.F.C. and Mayhew, Y.R., Engineering Thermodynamics.
4th edn, Harlow, Longrnan Scientific and Technical, 1992
MM321 Fluid Mechanics 7
. 7 credit iI0int~ 3 hours ow week Hawthorn
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Assessment: examinations and practical work
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing) and (Chemical)
Content
Kinetic and potential energy, the equivalence of pressure and
head. Bernoulli equation and its application to Pitot tube,
orifice plate and Venturi, and weir plates.
Momentum and the momentum equation. Viscosity, its
measurement and use. Criteria of similarity; dimensional
analysis and its application to the derivation of the Stanton
(Moody) chart. Equivalent length and diameter. Stanton and
von Karman charts. The Hagen-Poiseuille equation.
Operation and characteristics of centrifugal pumps and fans;
means off out~ut control. The virtual head eauation. the
dimensionless groups relating pump head, throughput,
power consumption and efficiency with impeller diameter
and speed. Specific speed; cavitation and NPSH;
relationships between frictional head loss in pipework and
head development by pump or fan.