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Motion Control Systems - ELEC9232
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Electrical Eng and Telecommunications
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course contents the review of elementary mechanics; Force and torque balance, Characteristics of motion elements; Parameter measurement; Elements of a Motion Control System; System requirements; Position, velocity and torque/acceleration controls; Sensors in Motion Control: Position, velocity and acceleration sensors; voltage and current sensors; Force and torque sensors; Motion Actuators: Analysis of the dynamics of induction, brushless dc and synchronous machines. Scalar VS vector control, parameter sensitivity and identification. Stepping and switched reluctance motors, static and dynamic characteristics, Piezoelectric motors; Motion systems modeling; machine, converter and controller modeling; Motion Control System Design: Stability; hierarchical design techniques, Error analysis and elimination; Disturbance rejection.

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