• Offered by RS Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering
  • ANU College ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Course subject Engineering
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Igor Vladimirov
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in First Semester 2019
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System dynamics is the study of the response of engineering systems with changing time. The concepts learned in this unit can be used in a number of engineering disciplines including mechatronics, and in particular robotics, mechanical, electrical, aerospace and marine engineering, manufacturing and biomedical engineering. The emphasis of this course will be on the analytical and numerical tools of multi-particle systems, rigid body dynamics, and electromechanical systems. The topics covered include direct (Newton-Euler) and indirect (Euler-Lagrange) methods for modelling and analysing kinematics and dynamics problems from various examples using differential equations, and numerical approximation of linear or nonlinear dynamical equations.
 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

On successful completion of this course, students should have the skills and knowledge to:

  1. Demonstrate systematic understanding of system dynamics problems from various engineering domains.
  2. Solve multi-particle and rigid body dynamics problems using the Newton-Euler approach.
  3. Derive the equations of motion of mechanical, electrical and simple electromechanical systems using the Euler-Lagrange approach.
  4. Apply dynamic response analysis of mechanical or electrical oscillators to perform basic system identification.
  5. Analyse the properties of linear or nonlinear dynamic equations through computer simulation and make design recommendations based on dynamics simulation data.

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Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment and Professional Competencie

Indicative Assessment

  1. Tutorials (40%); 
  2. Hardware Labs (10%); 
  3. Computer Labs (5%) 
  4. Final exam (45%)

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Workload

A standard workload of approximately 10 hours/week including the following formal contact hours: 30-36 one hour lectures, 6 x 2 hour tutorials, 1 x 3 hour hardware lab, 1 x 3 hour computer lab

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed MATH1013 or MATH1014. This course is incompatible with ENGN6331.

Prescribed Texts

none

Assumed Knowledge

Calculus - Integration and techniques of integration. Functions of several variables - visualisation, continuity, partial derivatives and directional derivatives.

Linear Algebra - theory and application of Euclidean vector spaces. Vector spaces: linear independence, bases and dimension; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; orthogonality and least squares."

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Fees

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Student Contribution Band:
2
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $4320
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $5700
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3077 25 Feb 2019 04 Mar 2019 31 Mar 2019 31 May 2019 In Person N/A

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