1

(8/24 - 8/28)

 HMWK 0: sign up for the
MECH417-L course Listserv

group selection survey sheet
(due Fri, 8/28)

Lab 1 - MatLab (individual)
[see Lab 1 hints and
Lab 1 requirements summary]
due Fri, 9/4

2

(8/31 - 9/4)

HMWK 1 (App B and MatLab):
B.1 b, c, d (b and c by hand,
integration by parts for c)
B.2 a, c, e (use cosine sum trig identity),
g (for a, c, e)
B.3 a, b (hint: see Equations
B-12 and B-13),
e (for a and b only)
B.10 (use Laplace techniques;
a constant forcing function is a step function
(i.e., it starts at time=0);
use Equation B-13 to handle repeated root)
due Fri, 9/11

3

(9/7 - 9/11)

Lab 2 - Simulink (individual)
Lab 2 correction: in Section 1,
replace "thermo" with
"sldemo_househeat"
Lab 2 hint: the PID block is
located under "Simulink Extras" -
"Additional Linear"
[see Lab 2 requirements summary]
due Fri, 9/18

4

(9/14 - 9/18)

HMWK 2 (Ch 2):
2.1, 2.3 (Remember that for an ideal op amp, the input currents are zero and the input voltages are equal. Assume ideal op amps.),
2.8 a (have the source node be 1
and create constants as branches from
this single node), b, e, f (using solve),
2.14 c, d (with Y= X₁),
2.17 c, d, e (use the block diagram and
definitions for G₁, G₂, G₃, and H given
in class; draw a signal flow diagram;
use parts a and b from class),
2.22 (use Equation 2-13
wherever possible)
due Fri, 9/25

5

(9/21 - 9/25)

HMWK 3 (Ch 4):
4.1 (use the two data points provided
to find the parameters; label the
unit step response curve
with the parameters you find),
4.4 (for the sketch, label
key time response specs),
4.5 (for g, use tf and step),
4.19 (for a, express in
standard second order system form;
for e, use freqs, and abs,
and plot over a frequency range
of 0 to 5 with an increment of 0.1)
due Fri, 10/2

6

(9/28 - 10/2)

7

(10/5 - 10/9)

HMWK 5 (Ch 6):
6.1, 6.3, 6.11
due Wed, 10/14

8

(10/12 - 10/16)

9

(10/19 - 10/23)

7.3 - 7.5

HMWK 6 (Ch 7):
7.4 (for b: using Matlab rlocus function;
you might need to adjust the scale
on the imaginary axis to make
the Matlab root locus recognizable),
7.6 (for g: observe system output
oscillation for a step input),
7.7 (use Routh arrays and auxiliary
polynomials to determine the j-axis
crossings, and use this K value
in your Simulink model to verify
pure oscillation and the period)
due Wed, 10/28

10

(10/26 - 10/30)

8.1 - 8.3

11

(11/2 - 11/6)

8.4 - 8.6

HMWK 7 (Ch 8):
8.1, 8.5, 8.10,
8.14 (for b, see Section 8.3.2)
due Wed, 11/11
(WARNING: please start
this HMWK early)

12

(11/9 - 11/13)

13

(11/16 - 11/20)

HMWK 8 (Ch 9):
9.2, 9.5 (for a: use w = .5, 1;
for d: think about gain effect on Bode diagrams),
9.11 a, b, c, f (for b only), 9.16
due Wed, 12/2

14

(11/23 - 11/27)

15

(11/30 - 12/4)

HMWK 9 (Ch 3):
3.1 a, b; 3.2 a, b
due Mon, 12/7

16

(12/7 - 12/11)