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ME 10: System Dynamics and Control

Lumped models of mechanical and electrical systems, transfer functions, time and frequency response, then feedback control.

Lumped models of mechanical and electrical systems, transfer functions, time and frequency response, then feedback control. Free courses and textbooks, a self-check for every unit, and a build you can rerun, confirmed by people. Course 10 of the Varsity Curriculum: Mechanical Engineering.

Part of: Mechanical Eng. · Proves for: UG

2 required outcomes14 weeksCredential on completion

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How this is verified: 10 are checked automatically, then confirmed by one person; 1 is confirmed by people who saw the work.

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Solve Differential Equations (MIT 18.03SC)

Maths you need first (reused from the Mathematics or Data Science curriculum; optional here).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the problem sets and write them up
  2. 2Model something real with an ODE
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ME 10: System Dynamics and Control

Course 10: 2 units and a build.

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3 milestones

  1. 1Lumped models of electrical and mechanical systems
  2. 2Transfer functions, time response and frequency response
  3. 3Model a motor-driven load and match its step response
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ECE 7: Feedback Control

Feedback control: reused from ECE 7 (Feedback Control), not copied. Finish it to complete this course.

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4 milestones

  1. 1Modelling and time response
  2. 2Stability and the root locus
  3. 3Frequency response and compensation
  4. 4Design a controller that meets a written spec
SkillsOptional

Robotics 5: Planning & control

Practice: control a robot in simulation (reused from the Robotics curriculum; optional).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Plan, control and grasp in simulation
  2. 2Handle a goal someone else sets

Resources for this path

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Free MIT course: lecture notes, labs and problem sets with solutions.

Free, open-source modelling and simulation of mechanical, electrical, fluid and thermal systems.

Free Python library for transfer functions, step responses and Bode plots.