wb5428

Coursecode: wb5428 Coursename: Applied Systems Engineering ECTS creditpoints: 2
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology
Lecturer(s): Dekkers, ir. R.	Tel.: 015-27 83153
Catalog data: system, sub system, aspect system, input, throughput, output, function, task, black box approximation, process control, feedback control, modeling	Course year: MSc 1st year Semester: 1A Hours p/w: 2 Other hours: Assessment: See remarks Assessm.period(s): (see academic calendar)
Prerequisites: none
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Detailed description of topics: What is systems engineering? What does systems engineering apply to? Systems engineering notions : system, element, characterization, relationships, environment, sub and aspect systems, system state, contents and structure, process, behavior, goal/objective, function, task, system, environment, system boundary, system objective, importance of and methods for target specification. Black box approximation. Principle of indetermination of a structure, levels of aggregation, zooming in and out. Process control, material-, energy-, information-, in- and output-signals, feedforward control, feedback control, suppletion control (output error control) Exercise : emergency landing on the moon Notions : system hierarchy of Boulding, Real Life system, model isomorphism, analogy, model typology, model building Illustrations : Modeling of a hydraulic system, function and flow diagrams Exercise : remote control system, central heating system Projectstructure: Lectures: four hours in the first two weeks of the semester Case A: practicing skills in using and handling models under direct feedback Case B: applying theory and modeling processes for solving several problems Case C: designing a system model with control loops and making choices with regard to the realization of the functions and control loops
Course material: Prof. ir. J. in't Veld, Analyse van Organisatie Problemen, Stenfert Kroese, 8e druk, 2002 Syllabus Wb5100
References from literature: P. Checkland and J. Scholes, Soft Systems Methodology in Action, Wiley, 1990, ISBN 0-471-92768-6 C. West Churchman, The systems approach and its enemies, Barie Books, 1979, ISBN 0-465-08342-0 G.M. Weinberg, An introduction to general systems thinking, Wiley, 1975, ISBN 0-471-92562-2
Remarks (specific information about assessment, entry requirements, etc.): Assessment: Multiple choice test: concerns with the basic theory underlying systems engineering (individual) Report: concerns with the analysis and solution of the problems from case B (in groups) Presentation: concerns with the designed system from case C (in groups)
Goals: This project is designed to give first basic knowledge in recognizing and defining a process and the principles and functions to control a process in a systems context. Furthermore it has to be an exercise in formulating requirements for a system and to build step by step functions and internal relations into a system model, respectively to develop these into interrelated construction elements
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Design content: Eighty percent of the project deals with design aspects: defining vital requirements and the approach to develop function elements and the corresponding structure of a system. The use and meaning of models as a design tool is exercised.
Percentage of design: 80%