UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL PUNJAB

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MEN4113: Instrumentation & Control

Fall - 2015
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Instructor Details
Course Instructor: Dr Zohaib Aftab, Engr. Abdullah Bajwa (lab)
Office/Room No.: Civil Block-101
Course Details
Core/ Elective: Core Credit Hours: 2+1 Contact Hours: 2+3
Prerequisites: Linear algebra and Differential Equations, Complex variables and
transforms
1. Main Topics Covered in the Course:
a)
b)
c)
d)

Measurement System Design and its applications

Classification of Instruments and their brief description
Static and Dynamic characteristics of instruments
Sources, Reduction and Statistical Analysis of Systematic and Random Errors in Measuring
Instruments
e) Calibration of Measuring Instruments and Sensors
f) Instruments for the measurement of Temperature, Force, Level, Flow, Force and Torque
g) Introduction to Control Systems, Open and Closed loop Control Systems
h) Design process of a control system (block diagram, mathematical modeling, reduction of
transfer function etc.)
i) Mathematical modeling of Mechanical systems; Mass, Spring and Damper systems; Free
body diagrams, Mathematical modeling of a DC motors
j) Transfer function and State-space methods of solution of system differential equations
k) Performance measures of a control system (Rise Time, Settling Time, Overshoot, Steadystate errors)
l) Introduction to Stability; Routh Hurwitz Criterion, Root-Locus Technique

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2. Course Objectives:
a) To Introduce to students the theory and application of measurement and instrumentation
system
b) To study the static and dynamic characteristics of different instrumentation systems
c) To learn about various measurement devices, their characteristics, operation and limitations.
d) To learn computer assisted instrumentation and data acquisition systems
e) Derivation of mathematical models of different physical systems using differential equations
and Laplace transform
f) To represent control system using block diagram and signal flow graph and obtain transfer
function of system.
g) Analysis of single input/output systems and their components by considering system time
response, frequency response and stability characteristics
h) To learn basic control system design methods.

3. Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to:
a) Construct block diagrams of physical systems and compute their overall transfer
functions through manipulation and reduction
b) Apply Langrangian principle to derive the differential equations of a given mechanical
system and convert these to state-space form
c) Comprehend the working of instrumentation used to measure common mechanical
engineering-related parameters (pressure, temperature, etc.)
d) Manipulate independently an apparatus to measure and/or control given variable/process
with reasonable accuracy

4. Student Assessment Tools and their Percentage Division:

a)
b)
c)
d)

Quizzes (20%)
Assignments/Presentation (5%)
Mid Term (25%)
Final (50%)

5. Practical Applications of the Course:

a)
b)
c)
d)

Instruments for the measurement of different physical quantities

Calibration and error reduction in different measuring instrument
Mathematical modeling of different physical systems related to mechanical engineering
Performance analysis and stability evaluation of control systems

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6. Course Books:
Text Book:
a) Norman S Nise, Control Systems Engineering, 6th edition, John Wiley & Sons
b) Golnaraghi and Kuo, Automatic Control Systems, 9th edition, John Wiley & Sons
c) Alan S. Morris, Measurement and Instrumentation; Theory and Application, Elsevier Inc.

Reference Books:
a) Myer Kutz, Mechanical Engineers' Handbook Instrumentation, Systems, Controls, and
MEMS, JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.

7. How Course Outcomes & Assessment Tools Map onto PEC Program Learning
Outcomes (PLOs):

CLO

PLO

LEVEL

C3

C3

C2

P4

STATEMENT

ASSESSED
IN:
Construct block diagrams of physical systems Quiz 1
and compute their overall transfer functions Mid Term
through manipulation and reduction
Apply Langrangian principle to derive the Mid Term
differential equations of a given mechanical Quiz 2
system and convert these to state-space form
Comprehend the working of instrumentation Quiz 2
used to measure common mechanical Final Exam
engineering-related
parameters
(pressure,
temperature, etc.)
Manipulate independently an apparatus to Laboratory
measure and/or control given variable/process
with reasonable accuracy

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8. Weekly Plan:
Lecture
No.
1.

Topics

Book,
Chapter
Introduction to Control System; Basic Concepts, Open and closed Book-1 Ch-1
loop control systems
Book-2 Ch-1

2.

Differential equations introduction to Laplace transform

Book-1 Ch-2

3.

Transfer functions Block diagram representation

Book-1 Ch-2
Book-2 Ch-3

4.

Block diagram reduction and manipulation

Book-2 Ch-3

5.

Modeling of simple RLC network for transfer function and statespace form

Book-2 Ch-4

6.

Mathematical Model of a DC motor

Book-2 Ch-4

7.

Test signals Time response of first order systems

Time response of second order systems Different damping
conditions + QUIZ 1
Time domain specifications Rise Time, Peak Time, Peak
Overshoot and settling time

Book 2, Ch 5
Book-2, Ch-5

Problem involving designing of 2nd order system for given transient

and SS characteristics and their analysis on Matlab (Pb 5-22 to 5-29,
Book 2)
Lagrangian method to solve for differential equations of mechanical
systems

Book-2 Ch-5

CASE STUDY: Modeling of inverted-pendulum-on-cart system

Transfer function calculations and analysis in Matlab
State-space control methodology

Introduction to Stability
Routh Hurwitz Criterion - Problems for different cases

Book-1 Ch-6
Book-1 Ch-6

8.
9.
10.

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

Book-2 Ch-5

MID EXAM
17.

Root Locus sketching, Determination of stability via Root Locus

Book-1 Ch-8

18.

Design problems related to the the root-locus method

Book-1 Ch-8

19.

Fundamentals of Measurement Systems, Measurement units, Book-3 Ch-1

Selection of appropriate measuring instruments.
Elements of measurement system and its applications
Book-3 Ch-1

20.

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21.

25.

Classification of Instruments and their description

Static Characteristics of Instruments
(Accuracy, Precision, Tolerance, etc.)
Dynamic Characteristics of Instruments
(Zero, First and Second Order Instrument)
Measurement Uncertainty; Sources, Reduction and Quantification of
Systematic Errors
Introduction to Calibration
Temperature Measurement methods

26.

Temperature Measurement methods

27.

Pressure Measurement

28.
29.

Pressure Measurement + QUIZ 2

Flow Rate Measurement

30.

Flow Rate Measurement

31.

Mass, Force and Torque Measurement

32.

Motion measurements

22.
23.
24.

Book-3 Ch-2
Book-3 Ch-2
Book-3 Ch-3
Book-3 Ch-4
Book-3 Ch14
Book-3 Ch15

FINAL EXAM

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Book-3 Ch16 &17

Book-3 Ch16 &17
Book-3 Ch18
Book-3 Ch19

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9. List of Experiments:
Week
No.

Experiment Description
Part I (Control)

1
2

5
6
7
8
9
10

11

12

Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and Basic

Programming Instructions
Programming and Implementing the Complete System Using PLC
Trainer
To study the operation and characteristics of
ON-OFF Temperature Control System
Light controlled ON-OFF system
Speed Control System
To study the characteristics of positional control system having
(a) Proportional Control
(b) Proportional + Integral
(c) Proportional +Derivative
(d) Proportional +Integral +Derivative Control
To study the mathematical modeling of Physical systems using MATLAB
and Simulink
State Variable Modeling Using MATLAB
DC motor control
Viva
Part II (Instrumentation)
To study the characteristics of various Positional Resistance Transducers.
Study the characteristics of Wheatstone bridge circuits for resistance and
voltage measurements.
To study various Temperature Measuring Instruments and to Estimate
their Response times.
(a) IC Temperature Sensors
(b) Thermocouple
(c) NTC Thermistors
(d) Resistance Temperature Detectors
To study the characteristics of various light measuring Instruments
(a) Filament Lamp
(b) Photovoltaic Cell
(c) Phototransistor
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14

15

16
17

(d) Photo Conductive Cell

To study the operation and characteristics of Linear Variable Differential
Transformer (LDVT) for position measurement
To study the construction and characteristics of Strain Gauge for Force
Measurement Applications
To study the construction and application of various transducers for speed
and positional measurements
(a) Slotted Opto Transducers
(b) Inductive Transducers
(c) Hall Effect Transducers
(d) Tacho-Generator
To study the construction and characteristics of Air Flow, Air Pressure
and Humidity Transducers
To study the construction and characteristics of various transducers for
measurement of Linear or Rotational Motion

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