ME 451 Laboratory
Spring 2017
WELCOME!
Course Instructors: Dr.
Guoming Zhu and Dr. Michael Lavagnino
Lab Coordinator: Dr.
Geoffrey Recktenwald
Lab Instructor: Ahmed
Okasha
TAs:
Ahmed Okasha (Lead)
Course Information:
Lab info and
procedures (READ)
Lab schedule
Lab groups
(Last update: January 21)
Click
here for the POLICY for those who have taken ME 461 with lab.
Note: To avoid any printing
problems with the symbols/equations in the Lab manual/Short Form, save the PDF
to your PC, and then print. (Don’t print from the browser).
Pre-Lab material (Read and review
BEFORE each lab session. Each lab quiz is based on its associated pre-lab).
Note: Running the videos might have
issues with some browsers. To avoid this, right click on the video, download
it, and watch using any mp4 player.
Lab 1: Free Vibration
(Read Chapter I)
Lab 2: Parameter
Identification (Read Chapter II)
Lab 3: Forced
Vibration (Read Chapter III)
Lab 4: Modal Analysis
Part I | Part II
(Read Chapter IV)
Lab 5: DC Motor Review
| Video Part I | Video Part II
Lab 6: Speed Control Review | Video Part I | Video Part II
Lab 7: Position Control Review1 | Position
Control Review2 | Video Part
I | Video Part II | SISOtool Tutorial
Lab 8: Introduction
to LabVIEW | Videos
(See Parts: 1,2,3,5,6,7)
Lab 9: Control
of Mobile Robot through LabVIEW and MyRio | Video
Lab manuals, short forms, and
programs used during the Experiments (Each student shall print the lab manual
and the short form before each lab
session. Each student shall deliver his/her short form at the end of each Lab):
Lab 1: Free Vibration: Manual | Short Form | Matlab Program
Lab 2: Parameter Identification: Manual | Short Form | Matlab Program
Lab 3: Forced Vibration: Manual | Short Form | Matlab Program
Lab 4: Modal Analysis: Manual | Short Form | Matlab Program
Lab 5: DC Motor Modeling: Manual | Short Form | Labview
Program
Lab 6: Speed Control: Manual | Short Form | Labview Program
Lab 7: Position Control: Manual | Short Form | Labview
Program
Lab 8: Introduction to LabVIEW: Manual | Short Form
Lab 9: Control of Mobile Robot through LabVIEW and MyRio: Manual | Short Form | Open Loop Labview
Program | Closed Loop Labview Program
Long Form:
Submission Details and Timeline
Writing
Guide
All Lab sessions
are held in room 1532 EB