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The document outlines the course content for Mechatronics System Design (MTE 311) at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, emphasizing the comparison between Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics. It covers topics such as modeling and simulation of physical systems, the multidisciplinary nature of mechatronics, and the importance of integrated design issues. The grading system includes assignments, online quizzes, and an exam, while recommended study materials are also provided.

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The document outlines the course content for Mechatronics System Design (MTE 311) at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, emphasizing the comparison between Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics. It covers topics such as modeling and simulation of physical systems, the multidisciplinary nature of mechatronics, and the importance of integrated design issues. The grading system includes assignments, online quizzes, and an exam, while recommended study materials are also provided.

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MECHATRONICS SYSTEM

DESIGN
(MTE 311)
Mechatronics Engineering
Federal University Oye-Ekiti

LECTURE I

Course Lecturers: Dr. Adetoye Aribisala and Engr. B. Dahunsi


Course content
• Overview of Mechanical Engineering Design compared to Mechatronics
System Design.
• Modelling and Simulation of Physical Systems: Operator Notation and
Transfer Functions, Block Diagrams, Manipulation and Simulation, Block
Diagram Modelling – Direct Method, Block Diagram Modelling – Analogy
Method, Electrical Systems, Mechanical Translational Systems, Mechanical
Rotational Systems, Electrical-Mechanical Coupling, Fluid Systems;
• Introduction to Rigid body Kinematics and Dynamics. Practical hands-on
proficiency in the use of engineering packages for analysis, design, Modelling
and Simulation such as SCILAB, MATLAB, SIMULINK, MAPLE, CAELINUX,
Etc.,
Recommended Study Materials
❑ Mechatronics System Design by Devdas Shetty and
Richard. A. Kolk, Second Edition, Cengage Learning,
2011
❑ Lecture notes, slides and videos
Grading System
❖ Assignments– 20%
❖ Online quizzes – 20%
❖ Exam – 60%
Overview of Mechanical Engineering Design
compared to Mechatronics System Design
• Mechanical Engineering provides a broad foundation in all aspects of
mechanical design: mechanics, power, control, and manufacturing.
• Mechatronics Engineering emphasizes the design of electro-mechanical
devices ranging from large-scale automated manufacturing systems to
micro-scale sensors and instrumentation.
• Mechanical Engineering deals with designing a component, machine,
system or process by using principles of motion, energy and force.
• Mechatronics combines principles of mechanics, electronics and
computing to improve technical systems and to create new equipment
with built-in 'artificial intelligence'.
Overview of Mechanical Engineering Design
compared to Mechatronics System Design
• Mechanical engineering designed systems can be as simple as the design
of a chair for comfort or as complex as the operations of a turbocharged
engine for speed.
• Examples of mechatronic systems are microprcessor controlled camera,
robots, microprocessor or computer controlled vehicles, self-guided
missiles, Automatic machining equipment, etc.
What is mechatronics?
• Mechatronics is a methodology used for the optimal design of
electromechanical products.
• A methodology is a collection of practices, procedures, and rules used by
those who work in a particular branch of knowledge or discipline.
• Familiar technological disciplines include thermodynamics, electrical
engineering, computer science, and mechanical engineering, to name
several.
• Instead of one, the mechatronic system is multidisciplinary, embodying
four fundamental disciplines: electrical, mechanical, computer science, and
information technology.
What is mechatronics?
What is mechatronics?
• Multidisciplinary systems are not new. They have been successfully
designed and used for many years.
• One of the most common is the electromechanical system, which often uses
a computer algorithm to modify the behavior of a mechanical system.
• Electronics are used to transduce information between the computer
mechanical disciplines.
science and
Mechatronic system/multidisciplinary sytem
• The difference between a mechatronic system and a multidisciplinary
system is not the constituents, but rather the order in which they are designed.
Historically, multidisciplinary system design employed a sequential design-
• by-discipline approach.
For example, the design of an electromechanical system is often
accomplished in three steps, beginning with the mechanical design. When
the mechanical design is complete, the power and microelectronics are
designed, followed by the control algorithm design and implementation.
• The major drawback of the design-by-discipline approach is that, by
fixing the design at various points in the sequence, new constraints are
created and passed on to the next discipline.
Example

Team A (Multidisciplinary design style) Team B (Mechatronics design style)

Task: Prepare pounded yam for 150 people


today. The soup and stew are ready.
Example
• Team A (Multidisciplinary design style)
• Cutting section (CS)
• Water and pot section (WPS)
• Cooking section (CoS)
•
Pounding section (PS)
• Serving section (SS)
Problem/Constraint
• Water is not enough or pot is
not big enough The gas
CS WPS CoS PS SS • may finish Cannot
•
pound up to the
• required amount
Example
• Team B (Mechatronics design style)
• Cutting section (CS)
• Water and pot section (WPS)
• Cooking section (CS)
•
Pounding section (PS)
• Serving section (SS) CS

SS WPS

PS CoS
Integrated design issues in mechatronics
• The inherent concurrency or simultaneous engineering of the
mechatronics approach relies heavily on the use of system modeling and
simulation throughout the design and prototyping stages.
• Because the model will be used and altered by engineers from multiple
disciplines, it is especially important that it be programmed in a visually
intuitive environment.
•
Such environments include block diagrams, flow charts, state transition
diagrams, and bond graphs.
Integrated design issues in mechatronics
• In contrast to the more conventional programming languages such as
Fortran, Visual Basic, C, and Pascal, the visual modelling environment
requires little training due to its inherent intuitiveness.
• Today, the most widely used visual programming environment is the block
diagram. This environment is extremely versatile, low in cost, and often
includes a code generator option, which translates the block diagram into a
C (or similar) high-level language suitable for target system
implementation.
Integrated design issues in mechatronics
• Block diagram based modeling and simulation packages are offered by
many vendors, including
• MATRIXxTM
• Easy5TM
• SimulinkTM
•
Agilent VEETM
• TM
• DASYLab
TM
• VisSim
LabVIEWTM.
Integrated design issues in mechatronics
• In the designing of a mechatronic product, it is necessary that the
knowledge and necessary information be coordinated amongst different
expert groups.
• Concurrent engineering is a design approach in which the design and
manufacture of a product are merged in a special way.
• It is the idea that people can do a better job if they cooperate to achieve
a common goal. It has been influenced partly by the recognition that
many of the high costs in manufacturing are decided at the product
design stage itself.
Integrated design issues in mechatronics
• The characteristics of concurrent engineering are:
• Better definition of the product without late changes.
• Design for manufacturing and assembly undertaken in the early
design stage.
• Process on how the product development is well defined.
• Better cost estimates.
• Decrease in the barriers between design and manufacturing.
Integrated design issues in mechatronics
• However, the lack of a common interface language has made the information
exchange in concurrent engineering difficult.
• Successful implementation of concurrent engineering is possible by
coordinating an adequate exchange of information and dealing with
organizational barriers to cross functional cooperation.
• Using concurrent engineering principles as a guide, the designed product is
likely to meet the basic requirements:
• High quality
• Robustness
• Low cost
• Time to market
• Customer satisfaction
Mechatronics design Process
Mechatronics Important Features
• Modeling • Real-time Interface
• Simulation • Code Generator
• Project Management • Embedded processor
interface
•
Design
•
Analysis

• In mechatronics applications, we are most concerned with modeling,


simulation, automatic control, and numerical methods for optimization.

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