= AE 230: Modeling and Simulation Lab = ''' Introduction: ''' <
> Modeling and Simulation Lab is a quintessential course, for it imparts a way of "seeing" (visualizing, modeling) various phenomenon from a systems level. Major emphasis is on engineering systems and how they are/can be represented as first and second order system. Also, how to quantify and represent various physical phenomena in equations. This course, in many ways, is a primer to the control theory course, for it lets you look into the black box (the plant) which is often assumed to be known in the control theory course. '''Credits: ''' 5 (1.5L-0T-2P-5C) '''Prerequisites: ''' Nil '''Course Contents: ''' The course being a lab course has a lot of hands on component, with weekly lab sessions. Also, there is usually a course project at the end of the term which lets you "model" and "simulate" a system (any system - physical/technical/biological/social) of your choice. Lastly, there are also weekly lectures to enhance the understanding of basic concepts of modeling and the mathematics behind it. The formal course contents are as follows :- <
> ||<|1> Introduction ||<-4> Objectives, concepts and types of models || ||<|2> Modeling || Analytical and experimental modeling of simple mechanical, hydraulic, thermal and structural systems || ||Transfer function and block diagram representation || ||<|2> Time Response || First and second order systems || ||System representation and simulation using MATLAB, SIMULINK and AMESim tools || ||<|1> Quantifying Uncertainty || Use of simulation to quantify the uncertainty in system response and performance|| ||<|1> Special Topic || Software simulation of stiff systems and impact of integration time step on methodology and response || ||<|1> Lab project || Application of modelling and simulation methodologies to a complex engineering system || <
> ''' Text Books: ''' <
> 1. Ogata, K., System Dynamics, 4th Ed. Pearson Education LPE, 2004. <
> 2. Doebelin, E. O., System Dynamics: modeling, analysis, simulation, designs New York: Marcel Dekker, 1998. <
> 3. User Manuals for the Setups and AMESim Engg. System Modelling & Simulation Software Tool <
> ''' Internet Links ''' Right from the equation of a spring to that of an aircraft, everything the way we understand can be termed as a model. Hence, online resources can be plenty. Here, are a few that you would enjoy: * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modeling_and_simulation | Modeling and Simulation at Wikipedia]] * [[http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/~hallende/download/Simul-2-2002/Introduction_to_Modeling_and_Simulation.pdf | Introduction to Modeling and Simulation]] <
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