Prof. Alessandro Fontanella

Argomenti del programma: Methodologies for automated system modelling. Schematisation levels: selection criteria on the basis of the system typology, of the operating conditions, of the working frequency range. Simulation environments. 1. Process simulation and control. Design of process control systems alternatively for the level regulation of coupled tanks or for temperature control of an heat-flow system.

Argomenti del programma: Modelling of mechanisms : implementation and numerical solution of kinematic models of planar mechanisms and articulated systems. Analysis of kinematic constraints, loop-closure equations, and motion transmission. Dynamic simulation of mechanisms, including inertia effects, friction, rolling resistance, and power flow. Comparison between analytical predictions and numerical simulations.