Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Pasi Kallio, Pekka Ronkanen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1, 2 : Friday 10 - 12, SD302

Requirements

Accepted laboratory exercises (3) and an accepted project work. Attendance at six or more 2 h lectures. Three one page summary reports on various actuator materials.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

After the course, the students should have deepend knowledge on the operation principles of active actuator materials, and applying them in various applications, especially in microrobotics and micromechatronics.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Piezoelectric actuators: effect, design, actuator types, figures of merit. Control aspects of piezoelectric actuators.	Applications of piezoelectric actuators.	Fabrication and material issues of piezoelectric actuators.
2.	Shape memory actuators: effect, design, actuator types, figures of merit.	Control aspects and applications of shape memory actuators.	Fabrication and material issues of shape memory actuators.
3.	Electroactive polymer actuators: effect, design, actuator types, figures of merit.	Control aspects and applications of electroactive polymer actuators.	Fabrication and material issues of electroactive polymer actuators.
4.	Magnetostrictive actuators: effect, design, actuator types, figures of merit.	Control aspects and applications of magnetostrictive actuators.	Fabrication and material issues of magnetostrictive actuators.
5.	Magnetorheological actuators: effect, design, actuator types, figures of merit. Matlab's xPC Target as a data acquisition and control platform.	Control aspects and applications of magnetorheological actuators.	Fabrication and material issues of magnetorheological actuators.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Option 1: The course assesment is based on the written exam. The students can gain bonus points by participating the lectures. The bonus points will be taken into account in the final grade. Option 2: The course assesment is based on the evaluation of the laboratory exercises (3) and the project report. Active attendance at the lectures is required.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Emerging Actuator Technologies: a Micromechatronic Approach	Jose L. Pons	0-470-09197-5				English

Prerequisites

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Excercises Laboratory assignments	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	20.08.2008
Modifier	Pasi Kallio