Mechanical Course P.Eng

Mechanical Course

Here are some of the topics that will be covered in this course:

Open-loop and feedback control
Laws governing mechanical, electrical, fluid, and thermal control components
Mathematical models of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and control devices
Block diagrams, transfer functions, the response of servomechanisms to typical input signals (step function, impulse, harmonic), frequency response, Bode diagram, stability analysis, and stability criteria
Block diagrams, transfer functions, the response of servomechanisms to typical input signals (step function, impulse, harmonic), frequency response, Bode diagram, stability analysis, and stability criteria
Regulation of physical process: proportional, integral, and derivative control
Theory of linear controller design

Here are some of the topics that will be covered in this course:

Introduction to analogue and digital semiconductor devices
Transistor amplifiers and switches
Power semiconductor devices, rectifiers, dc power supplies and voltage regulation
Operational amplifiers and application circuits
Combinational and sequential digital logic circuits
A practical approach to electronic instrumentation, measurement systems and transducers
DC circuits, Single phase and polyphase circuits
Magnetic circuits and transformers (ideal and practical), DC machines: motors and generators
AC machines: induction motors, synchronous motors, and alternators
Power factor correction

Here are some of the topics that will be covered in this course:

-basic concepts

-shape functions

-bar and beam elements

-direct and energy-based formulations

-simple coordinate transformations

-element assembly

-boundary conditions

-equation solution

-Jacobian matrix

-numerical integration

-stress averaging

-matrix formulation

-steady-state and transient response

-simple material nonlinearity

-stress stiffening

-contact interface