ENB301 Mid-Semester Practice Examination, Practice Only

MID-SEMESTER PRACTICE EXAMINATION Gardens Point Campus

Practice Only

ENB301 Instrumentation and Control

PERUSAL TIME WRITING TIME EXAMINER There is no perusal time. 100 minutes Dr Ryan N. Smith

This examination paper has 2 pages (including the title page). It is printed on Double-Sided Paper.

THIS PAPER MUST NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE EXAMINATION ROOM.

Exam Type: Permitted Materials: Open Book - Unrestricted Materials Calculator - Yes - Any type of calculator is permitted Dictionary - Yes - Any unmarked paper dictionary is permitted Other No other electronic aids are permitted (e.g. laptops, phone)

Answer:

In writing booklet

Number of Questions: Weighting/Marks: Special Instructions:

1 20% / 20 marks Explanations of steps used are essential, and will be carefully accounted for in assessment. Best marks are awarded to numerically correct solutions, but partial credit will be given to partially complete solutions or incorrect solutions where errors have carried through the calculations. State any and all assumptions that you make.

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ENB301 Mid-Semester Practice Examination, Practice Only The Groovy Disco Lighting Company is developing a new line of disco lights that produce light patterns that are synchronised with the motion of the lighting platform. The schematic diagram below shows the operation of the disco lights. Motion is initiated with the system at rest by producing a step change in the angular position of the input, 1(t). The input acts on a spring with spring constant K = 5 Nm/rad, which starts the motion of the lighting platform with unknown inertia J. The spring is connected to the lighting platform through a gearbox of ratio 500:100. The gearbox produces a slight damping effect as modelled by the damper with a damping coefficient of D = 0.05 Nms/rad. The spring is directly connected to an angle controlled voltage source, which takes the input angle 3(t), and produces a proportional output voltage v(t), where the voltage produced is Ka = 100 V/rad. The voltage source drives the lighting circuit, which features a resistor/capacitor network (R1/C) around the lighting module, as shown in the figure below. The lighting module itself is modelled as an electrical resistance R2 = 50 for analysis purposes. The lighting module produces light output in proportion to the current through it, i(t).

?1(t)

K=5 Nm/rad

D = 0.05 Nms/rad N1=500 ?3(t)

R1 = 0.05O

i (t )
R2 = 50 O
Lighting Module

+
J

C= 1 F v (t ) = 100 ?3(t) V

N2=100 ?2(t)

Lighting Platform

Explanations of steps used are essential, and will be carefully accounted for in assessment. Best marks are awarded to numerically correct solutions, but partial credit will be given to partially complete solutions or incorrect solutions where errors have carried through the calculations. State any and all assumptions that you make. (a) Find a value for the inertia of lighting platform, J, so that the light will reach and stay within 2% of its final value one hour after a step change in input angle 1(t). (14 marks) (b) Find the frequency at which the light oscillates for your chosen value of J. (2 marks) (c) Assuming that the initial current though the light is 0 Amps, find the final current through the light for a change of input angle 1 of 90. Use your chosen value of J to perform the calculation. (4 marks) END OF PAPER
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