Advanced Undergraduate Electrohydraulic Motion Control Laboratory

9451300 Slater拟议的项目涉及使用电液试验台来教育控制，仪表和流体动力领域的本科工程师。测试平台将允许学生定量评估设计变化相对于系统性能实时的基础上。可以监测和分析系统的总响应，包括瞬态和稳态。这种综合的跨学科方法为学生提供了实时电液控制系统设计的计算机辅助设计/分析方法。同时，基于软件的仿真方法将用于开发可在实验室验证的模型。直接验证的原则提供强化和建立学生的信心。逻辑系统设计和诊断识别的结构化方法为学生提供了在开放式工业设计项目中使用的宝贵经验，这将在大四达到高潮。这种解决问题/项目经验和计算机设计/分析技能是当今全球经济所需的重要能力。该项目的创新之处在于，电液技术在本科生控制教学中的应用需要跨学科的方法，使用流体动力、电子和计算机，而不是在单一学科（如电气、气动、机械等）内教授控制系统。研究结果将通过向学术界和工业界开放的研讨会传播。过去的历史表明，这是一种有效的传播和采用本科教育和工业教学方法的方法。

9451300 Slater The proposed project addresses the use of electrohydraulic test stands to educate undergraduate engineers in the area of controls, instrumentation, and fluid power. The test stands will allow students to quantitatively evaluate design changes relative to system performance on a real-time basis. Total system response including transient and steady state can be monitored and analyzed. This integrated, interdisciplinary approach provides the student with an exposure to computer-aided design/analysis methods for real-time electrohydraulic control system design. In parallel, software-based simulation methods will be used to develop models which can be verified in the laboratory. Direct verification of principles provides reinforcement and builds student confidence. Structured methods of logical system design and diagnostic identification provide students with valuable experience for use in open-ended industrial design projects, which culminate the senior year. This problem solving/project experience and computer design/analysis skills are important capabilities required in today's global economy. The proposed project is innovative in that the use of electrohydraulic technology for undergraduate instruction in controls requires an interdisciplinary approach using fluid power, electronics and computers as opposed to teaching control systems within a single discipline such as electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, etc. Dissemination of the results will be through seminars open to both academia and industry. Past history has shown this to be an effective method for dissemination and adoption of the methods employed in undergraduate education and industrial instruction.