COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
Mechanical System Simulation Project MTE 294 Spring 04+02+00 Elective 5 8
Academic Unit: Mechatronics Engineering
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: -
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: The course will cover the topics of Engineering Dynamics for Mechatronics Engineering in a condensed manner to help built fundamental background on the analysis of rigid-body motion in 1D, 2D, and 3D space. Students will study simulation of mechanical systems in motion via MATLAB/SIMULINK and ADAMS.
Course Contents: 1D, 2D, and 3D kinetics, kinematics, and dynamics of a particle and a rigid-body; impulse, momentum, torque, force, power, energy, coordinate frames and simple rotations between coordinate frames, simple frame rotations, inertia, center of gravity, energy methods, friction, 1D-vibration, modeling approaches with MATLAB/SIMULINK and ADAMS.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- Ability to deduce the degrees-of-freedom and constraints of rigid-body-motion.
  • 2- Ability to make use of vector algebra, differential equations, and linear algebra to represent the kinematics and dynamics of rigid-body motion.
  • 3- Ability to apply force and torque equilibriums in accordance with Newton’s Laws of Motion to find unknown force and torque components.
  • 4- Ability to apply energy methods, theoretically and numerically, on rigid-body motion with dissipative and non-dissipative forces.
  • 5- Ability to construct and numerically solve the equation of motion.
  • 6- Ability to conduct analysis and simulation of power and work for rigid-body motion.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Use of simulation tools (MATLAB/SIMULINK & ADAMS); Project assignments with presentations throughout the semester; Final Project and Presentation.


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Introduction, Units, Scalars, and Vectors MATLAB Onramp Training
2 Dynamic Response Methods (Analysis of Differential Equations)
3 Modeling of Rigid-Body Mechanical Systems (Translational Motion)
4 Modeling of Rigid-Body Mechanical Systems (Translational Motion)
5 Modeling of Rigid-Body Mechanical Systems (Rotational Motion)
6 Modeling of Rigid-Body Mechanical Systems (Rotational Motion)
7 Spring and Damper Elements in Mechanical Systems
8 Spring and Damper Elements in Mechanical Systems
9 Block Diagrams, State-Variable Models, and Simulation Methods
10 Block Diagrams, State-Variable Models, and Simulation Methods
11 Fluid and Thermal Systems
12 Fluid and Thermal Systems
13 System Analysis in the Time Domain
14 System Analysis in the Frequency Domain


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (14th Ed.) - R. C. Hibbeler – Prentice Hall - ISBN-13: 978-0133915389


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mechanical-engineering/2-003sc-engineering-dynamics-fall-2011/
ADAMS User’s Manual
Material provided by BIAS Engineering


ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Attendance / Participation 1 50
Project 2 20
Final Exam 1 30
Total: 4 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14684
Project22040
Final Exam17676
Total Workload (hour):200


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

# PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11
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