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Subject module project (Fagprojekt) (Spring 2007)

Course code : EFPK3A-U1
ECTS Credits : 10 Status : Compulsory
Revised : 25/01 2006 Written : 25/02 2005
Placement : 3. semester Hours per week : 8
Length : 1 semester Teaching Language : English

Objective : To learn mathematical modeling, including analogies between electrical and other technical systems.
Principal Content : Description of models for technical systems, such as electrical systems and other mixed systems. Analogies. Experimental modeling using frequency characteristics. Solution methods for mathematical models, including Laplace transformation. Simulation and verification of mathematical models.
Teaching method : Class teaching + project work. The project must deal with a mixed technical system including analog electronics. The project is documented by a report and a presentation at the examination (see "Exam:")
Required prequisites : A degree as IT- and Electronics Technologists, with knowledge about:

Concepts and theory: Independent and dependent generators, resistance, capacitance, inductance. Ohms law. Voltage division. Kirchhoff´s current and voltage law. Node- and mesh-equation. Thevenin and Norton equivalent. Power and energy. Complex frequency ("s"): Transfer function, poles, zeroes, frequency response, Bode plot, natural response, time constant, resonant frequency, quality factor. Impedance.

Components and methods: Resistor, capacitor, inductor, operational amplifier. Computer-based math tools. Time- and frequency domain circuit and simulation. Time- and frequency domain measurements.
Recommended prerequisites : -
Relations : FPKRA3A is a prerequisite for all the following study modules in the field of analog and power electronics, and TVP4E control theory.
Type of examination : Oral examination based on assignments
External examiner : External
Marking : Scale of 13
Remarks : Exam :
Oral examination based on group-made products ( Report and presentation)

The students must carry out a project. A report must be handed in to enter for the examination.
The students form their own project groups. The group size should be 3-5 students. Under special circumstances, the teacher may allow smaller group sizes. A supervisor will be assigned to each group. The supervisor follows the group and is in charge as examiner. If more teachers are involved in the course, the groups are divided among the teachers, by the teachers.

If a group member several times fails to fulfill agreements made by the group, the group may recommend exclusion. If a student doesn"t contributes to the project-work, the teacher may refuse to enter the student for the examination.

On the same day as the examination, before the examination, the group must together present the project. Each student is allocated 5 minuttes for their presentation. The group is required to coordinate the presentations in such a way that the major aspects of the project are covered, that the presentations are different and that each individual presentation has a good technical span.

At the presentation the external censor and the supervisor will be the audience. The supervisor takes notes for the examination.

Examination: Each student is allocated 10 minutes. The examination is individual. The supervisor and the external examiner pose questions inspired by the reports and the presentation.The evaluation is based on a general impression of the level achieved by the student relative to the objective of the course. The evaluation is based on the report, the presentation and the functionality of constructed analog hardware.

After the examination students, who wich so, may request (by email) a consultation after the exam, where the exam and the project report can be discussed with the supervisor. At this consultation, students that have not passed the exam, will be guided on how to work purposeful towards passing a new exam. The consultation will normally take place in the beginning of the following semester.
Teaching material : Control Systems Engineering. Norman S. Nise. 4th ed. (or newest edition). Wiley.

Notes

Supplementary literature:

Close/Frederick: “Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems”, Wiley&Sons. 3rd edition, August 10, 2001. ISBN 0471394424.

Anthony Croft, Robert Davison, Martin Hargreaves: Engineering Mathematics, 3rd ed. 2001.

Circuits: Engineering Concepts and Analysis of Linear Electric Circuits, 1st Edition A. Bruce Carlson Brooks/Cole 2000 ISBN/ISSN 0-534-37097-7
Responsible teacher : Lars Maack , lmaa@dtu.dk