48531 Electromechanical Systems
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Recent Announcements:
No.  Date Contents
1.      23/2/04 Welcome to the website for 48531 Electromechanical Systems.
                   Please download and check the Timetable and Tut&Lab Group
                  Allocation. If you find the group allocation is not convenient to you,
                  please let us know your preferred group by sending an email to:
                 
joe@eng.uts.edu.au

2.      8/3/04 Hardcopies of the lecture notes are available in the Union Shop
                    for $23 per copy (CN1198)

3.     26/3/04 The following adjustment has been made to the lab and tutorial sessions:
                    (a) Current Groups C&D will have lab and tutorial together;
                    (b) A new lab&tutorial group is formed by the following students:
                         Silas Wan, Ken Quach, Peter Moorey, Jason Cameron, Geoffrey Hughs,
                         Doan Le, Jeff Lee, Nadarajah Veluppillai,Chris Ross, Morgan Pettersson,
                         Ankit Taneja, Matt Stevenson, Sam Louis Pilcher,Dan-Eng Lee,
                        Christian Enriquez,Joshua Augustinus,Robert Jun Yin,James Davis,
                        Jonathan Lau, Jason Hayer, Noel Singh,Abhishek Chakraborty, Dominie Kelly,
                        Sarah vincent, phuong heong, regg chambra, hau ha, roy simon, rohan venkathaman,
                        Adrian Mak
                        They will have labs and tutorials on Tuesday afternoons.
                    For detail, please see the new timetable here or in UTSOnline/course documents.

4.     26/3/04 As scheduled in the timetable, the mid-semester exam will be held on 27 April 04
                   from
12:00 to 15:00. It will cover the contents lectured by Dr. Peter Watterson,
                   i.e. Electrostatics, Magnetostatics, Electromagnetic Induction, Electric Circuit Analysis,
                   Magnetic Materials, Magnetic Circuit Analysis, and Transformer.
                  
No formula sheet is allowed.

 

Past Exam Papers:
1.     Mid-semester exam papers and solutions for Spring Semester 00
2.     Mid-semester exam papers and solutions for Autumn Semester 99
3.     Final exam papers of Autumn Semester 99 and Spring Semester 99
4.     Mid-semester exam paper and solution of Spring Semester 2001

 

Before you start, please read License Agreement .

Lecture Notes:
      Part I. Fields
           Chapter 1.   Subject Overview and Time Table                       
           Chapter 2.   Electrostatics                                                      
                         Presentation Slides                                                 
                         Solutions to Exercise Problems                               
           Chapter 3.   Steady Electric Currents                                      
                        Presentation Slides                                                  
                        Solutions to Exercise Problems                                 
           Chapter 4.   Magnetostatics                                                    
                        Presentation Slides                                                  
                        Solutions to Exercise Problems                                 
           Chapter 5.   Electromagnetic Induction                                    
                        Presentation Slides                                                   
                        Solutions to Exercise Problems                                  
      Part II. Circuits
           Chapter 6.   DC and AC Circuit Analysis ( Part A, Part B, & Part C )      
                        Presentation Slides                                                   
           Chapter 7.   Magnetic Materials and Magnetic Circuit Analysis   
                        Presentation Slides                                                   
                        Solutions to Exercise Problems                                  
      Part III. Devices and Systems
           Chapter 8.   Transformers                                                       
                        Presentation Slides                                                     
           Chapter 9.   Principles of Electromechanical Energy Conversion    
                        Presentation Slides                                                    
                        Solutions to Exercise Problems                                   
           Chapter 10. Stepping Motors and Their Power Electronic Drives   
                        Presentation Slides                                                     
           Chapter 11. Voice Coil Motors
                        Presentation Slides                                                      
           Chapter 12. Brushless DC Motors                                              
                        Presentation Slides                                                      
           Chapter 13. Introduction to Other DC and AC Motors
                        Presentation Slides                                                      
           Chapter 14. Summary

Laboratory Notes:
     Laboratory Guidelines                                                                   
           Lab. 1.  Capacitance                                                                
                      Reading Materials: (a) DC and AC Circuit Analysis, Part A, B, & C
                                                   (b) AC Resonance
           Lab. 2.  Inductance                                                                   
           Lab. 3.  Transformer                                                                 
           Lab. 4.  Reluctance Devices                                                       
                       Reference
                  Experimental Step Response of Lybo-Tech Reluctance Motor     
                       (Excel Worksheet for comparison with your numerical solution in Lab.4)
           Lab. 5.  Stepping Motors                                                            
                        Reading: Report on Lyb-o-Tech 3-phase stepping motors
                        Reading: Step Response
                        MATLAB code to calculate J
                        MATLAB code to calculate reluctances
                        MATLAB code to plot responses
                        SIMULINK diagram for step response simulation

           Lab. 6.  PM Brushless DC Motor                                              
                            Reference
                        Block Diagram of LYBOTEC Inverter                               
 

Assignment Notes:
     Assignment Guidelines                                                                     
     Assignment Material for Topic 1                                                      
     Assignment Material for Topic 2                                                      
     Assignment Material for Topic 3                                                      
     Assignment Material for Topic 4                                                      
     Assignment Material for Topic 5                                                      
     Assignment Material for Topic 6                                                      
     Assignment Material for Topic 7                                                      
     Assignment Material for Topic 8                                                      
 

Tutorial Software:
     Transformers    (700 kb zip file)                                                       
     Stepping Motors  (1.8 Mb zip file)                                                    
     PM Brushless DC Motors  (200 kb zip file)                                       
 

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