THEOPENUNIVERSITYOFSRILANKA DEPARTMENTOFMECHANICALENGINEERING DIPLOMAINTECHNOLOGY(MECHATRONICS)LEVEL03

ACADEMICYEAR2012/2013

MEX3273MODELINGOFMECHATRONICSSYSTEMS ASSIGNMENTNO02
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4. Deadline for submission: 15th March 2013. Please note that late submissions will not be entertained.

1. AmodelofanautomobilesuspensionsystemandapassengerisillustratedinFigure1. Themassofthebarisconsideredasalumpedmassof G as shown below. The wheels displacement of varyingroadconditionstothesystem,asillustrated.

andconcentratedatapoint and are offered by the

i.

Howmanydegreesoffreedomdoesthesystemconstitute?

ii. Drawthefreebodydiagramfortheforcesinvolvedinthesystem.

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iii. Using

as generalized coordinates; derive the governing equations of

motionfortheautomobilesuspensionsystem. iv. Stateallassumptionsyoumake.

Figure1 2. Using DAlemberts principle, determine the mathematical model for the angular rotationforthepulleysystemdepictedinfigure2.

Figure2

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3. Consider mechanical system shown in figure 3. Assume all the contacting surfaces are smooth.Usingtheimpedancemethodfindthegoverningequationsofthemotionofthe system.

Figure3

4. Consider opamp circuit shown in figure 4. Obtain the governing equations for the systemandfindthetransferfunctionfor

Figure4

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