SYDE 351 - SYSTEMS MODELS

Professor G.J. Savage DWE 2518 D Ext. 33941 gjsavage@uwaterloo.ca

Course Outline

In this course you will learn:

a) The principles for forming mathematical models of all engineering systems and
b) The formulation and solution methods needed to find their responses with respect to realistic
excitations.

The course notes: Engineering Systems Modelling, Analysis and Design by M. Chandrashekar and
G.J. Savage have been specially prepared and updated for engineering at Waterloo. We will cover the first
nine chapters completely, and parts of Chapters 10 and 11 and thus we will cover approximately a chapter
per week. The course builds on almost all of the core courses you have taken- e.g. Physics, Statics and
Dynamics and Linear Algebra and Matrices. The computer algebra language Maple helps us compute
with matrices in a routine fashion and allows us to solve practical problems. I have included an Appendix
D in the course notes to give some indication of how to use Maple for the types of analysis required in the
course. Further, a tutorial on Maple will be provided early in the term.

You should read all of the assigned chapters, and attempt all problems in the course notes. Solutions for
most problems are available under the title Solutions Manual for SYDE 351.

Grading

1. There will be two graded computer projects (Early January and Early February) worth 5% each.
2. There will be a mid-term exam worth 40%.
3. The final exam is worth 50% and to pass the course you must pass the final exam.

Tutorials

The tutorials are an important component of this course: all students must attend these.

Teaching Assistants

The tutors for this course are:

Charbel Azzi: cazzi@uwaterloo.ca

Omar Elali: oelali@uwaterloo.ca
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WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Week 1: Introduction
- Why Model: Analysis and Design
- Model Types
- Classification of systems
-linear/non-linear
-lumper-parameter/distributed
-time invariant/time varying
-Deterministic/uncertain
- Computers and models
- Mathematical preliminaries
-differential equations
-matrices
-transforms
-series
Weeks 2/3: Linear Graph-Theory
Essentials and the Interconnection Model
- The operational approach
- Oriented linear graphs
- Matrix representations
-Postulate 1 (cut set postulate)
-Postulate 2 (circuit postulate)
- Fundamental cut set equations
- Fundamental circuit equations
- Orthogonality and Conservation of
energy
Weeks 4 / 5: Component Modelling
- Laboratory characteriztion
-Postulate 3 (Independent of
interconnection)
-2-T and n-T components
-Postulate 4 (n-p terminal
equations)
- Terminal equations
-sources
-dissipative
-storage
-transformers and transducers
-amplifiers
- Examples from several disciplines
Weeks 6 / 7: System Models
Equation counts
-placing equations into matrix
formats
-Formulations
-Computer Solutions with Maple
Week 8: Techniques for Analytical Solutions
- Application of Laplace Transform
- Terminal equations and initial
conditions
- Transfer functions
- System model and block diagrams
Week 9 : Analytical Solutions (s-domain)
- Preliminaries
- Meaning of complete solution
- Steady state (SS) and transient
solutions (TR)
- Contributions of initial conditions
- Step and impulse response (SS
and TR)
- Sinusoidal response (SS)
Week 10 : State Equations (Formulations)
- State concepts and examples from
general systems
- State equations
-formulation tree
-symbolic formulation
-degeneracy in systems
- Output equations
Week 11/12: Solution of State Equations
- Analytical solutions
- Time domain solutions