MECE 4372 Controls and Vibrations Laboratory Fall 2011 Department of Mechanical Engineering Instructor: Javad Mohammadpour Email:

jmohammadpour@uh.edu, Tel: x34811 Office Hours: 10:00-11:30am, Tue. Office Location: Room N-204, Engr. Building 1
Lecture: 1:00-2:30 pm, Tue, N102 Lab Session 1: 8:30-11:30 am, Thu, W244 Lab Session 2: 1:00-4:00 pm, Thu, W244 Lab Session 3: 9:00-12:00pm, Fri, W244 Required Reading/Textbook: Students to bring the textbooks used in MECE 3338 and MECE 3360 to the laboratory. Prerequisites by Topic: MATLAB programming, Laplace transforms, Fourier series, operation of measurement equipment, design and execution of experiments, electrical circuit analysis, technical writing, use of personal computers to prepare technical reports. Lecture/Lab Topics: (Most weeks have an 80-minute lecture and a 160-minute laboratory) The topics cover: Brief Review of System Dynamics and Vibrations Introduction to Frequency Domain Analysis Transfer Functions and Frequency Response, Measuring Bode Plots, model systems Applications of Laplace Transforms, Fourier Transforms and Fourier Series, Predicting Time Domain System Responses Feedback Control Systems Proportional (P) Control Circuit Design and Construction PID Control, Design and Construction Smart Vibration Platform Experiment Semester Project PD Control System Design, Construction, and Evaluation Based upon Measured Physical System Parameters, Root Locus techniques, system stability, frequency/time domain responses, report writing

Major Assignment/Exams and Evaluation: 1. Laboratory preparation, conducting experiments, written laboratory reports 2. Homework assignments/Exams (mid-term and final) 3. Final grade = Lab Notes 5% Final Project and Report 15%

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Regular Lab Reports Midterm Exam Final Exam TA Information: Name: Mr. Han Wang Email: swagle@uh.edu Phone: 713- Office: N272 Office hours: TBA

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Course websites: Some course materials will be delivered through CoEs Blackboard at:

http://blackboard.egr.uh.edu/