Intended Audience
For students who would like a solid introduction to the analysis techniques to
be used later in E105 for designing control systems. For students not on a
controls track, this is for those interested in learning how to model and
analyze dynamic systems. If taken with the optional lab it is accepted by the ME
department as equivalent to ME161.
Course Objective
An introduction to modeling and analysis of dynamic systems using classical
techniques.
Course Description
A prelude to automatic control. How to develop models for real physical systems
(mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, thermal, and fluid), and several
techniques for analysis of dynamic behavior, including the following: Derivation
of equations of motion. Linearization and superposition. Delta function and
convolution. Natural and forced motions for mechanical, electrical, and other
systems. Characteristics and stability of natural motion and natural modes.
Introduction to Evans root-locus method. Elements of frequency response. Fourier
and Laplace transform techniques. Total response from partial fraction
expansion. If taken for 4 units, there is a laboratory consisting of experiments
with mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical dynamic systems. The lab
meets on 6 Fridays throughout the quarter, with 4 lab reports.
Prerequisites
Physics 43 or equivalent
Topics
Comparison with ME161
E104 is a 3 or 4-unit (4 units if taking the lab) senior-level course that is accepted by the Stanford
Department of Mechanical Engineering as fully equivalent to ME161. E104 is the
preferred prerequisite to E105, although ME 161 is also accepted. The focus
of E104 is more on the design of feedback controllers for simple mechanical
systems using the Laplace Transform, Root Locus, and Total Response Methods.
Control of electromechanical, hydraulic, and thermal systems is also treated.
E104 is, by design, a running start into E105.
E104 has 2 weekly lectures of 75 minutes each (MW 11:00 to 12:15) plus one lab
demo session roughly every other week (with observations write-up). The E104
class is small (typically 15). The purposes of E104 in the Stanford ME
curriculum are to provide, in parallel with ME 161: (1) an interesting
alternative with a different focus, and (2) two small classes instead of one
very large one.
Handouts not picked up in class are placed in the E104 bin outside Durand 023 (in the basement of the Durand building).
| HO# | Handout Title (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format) | Date of handout | Date of update |
| 1 | Syllabus | 9/22/99 | 10/9/99 |
| 2 | Problem Sets | 9/22/99 | |
| 3 | Lecture 1 | 9/22/99 | |
| 4 | Problem Set 1 | 9/22/99 | |
| 5 | Photocopy of Chapters 1+2 from book (not on web) | 9/24/99 | |
| 6 | Lecture 2 | 9/27/99 | |
| 7 | Questionnaire | 9/27/99 | |
| 8 | Lecture 3 | 9/29/99 | |
| 9 | Midterm Info Sheet | 9/29/99 | |
| 10 | Lecture 4 | 10/4/99 | |
| 11 | Lecture 5 | 10/6/99 | |
| 12 | Lab 0 | 10/6/99 | |
| 13 | Lecture 6 | 10/11/99 | |
| 14 | Lab 1 | 10/11/99 | |
| 15 | Lecture 7 | 10/13/99 | |
| 16 | Lecture 8 | 10/18/99 | |
| 17 | Lecture 9 | 10/20/99 | |
| 18 | 1992 Midterm and Solution | 10/20/99 | |
| 19 | 1996 Midterm | 10/20/99 | |
| 20 | 1996 Midterm Solution | 10/20/99 | |
| 21 | Lecture 10 | 10/25/99 | |
| 22 | Lab 2 | 10/25/99 | |
| Lecture 11 was the midterm - no handout | |||
| 23 | Lecture 12 | 11/1/99 | |
| 24 | Blank Bode plot graph paper 1 | 11/1/99 | |
| 25 | Blank Bode plot graph paper 2 | 11/1/99 | |
| 26 | Lecture 13 | 11/3/99 | |
| 27 | Lecture 14 | 11/8/99 | |
| 28 | Lecture 15 | 11/10/99 | |
| 29 | Lab 3 | 11/10/99 | |
| 30 | Lecture 16 | 11/15/99 | |
| 31 | Lecture 17 | 11/17/99 | |
| 32 | Lab 4 | 11/17/99 | |
| 33 | Lecture 18 | 11/22/99 | |
| 34 | Lecture 19 | 11/24/99 | |
| 35 | 1992 Final and Solution | 11/24/99 | |
| 36 | Lecture 20 | 11/29/99 | |
| 37 | Lecture 21 | 12/1/99 |
[updated Dec 14, 1999]