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The course focuses on the postmodern conditions of art education and its relationships to the influences of visual culture in the 21st century. Issues concerning the value and importance of visual imagery, influence of computer networking, mass communication and other image sources in the era of globalization.

Mathematical preliminaries for continuum mechanics. Linear Independence, basis vectors, dimensionality. The Einstein summation convention. Scaling, scalar, vector and tensor products. Cartesian and curvilinear orthogonal coordinate systems. Tensors as linear transformations. Tensor invariants. Additive and multiplicative decompositions. Differentiation of vectors and tensors. Gradient, divergence and curl. Integral theorems of stokes and gauss. Use of symbolic algebra and computed graphical illustrations. Thermodynamic laws. Prerequisite: GET 301, GET 302

Referential and spatial descriptions of deformation and motion. Polar decomposition theorem. The deformation gradient and other measures of shape changes. Material and spatial time derivatives. Referential and spatial gradients. Leibniz-Reynold’s transport theorem. Theory of stress and heat flow. Cauchy’s lemma. Cauchy stress law, balance laws of mass, momentum and energy. The second law of thermodynamics. Introduction to constitutive modelling. Prerequisite: SSG 321

General principles, accountability, competition and negotiation, fixed price, cost reimbursement contracts, early selection, two-stage tendering. Target cost contracts, management contract, design and contracts, continuity contracts. Types of tendering, tendering process, client’s and contractors’ perspectives, e-tendering; litigation and alternative dispute resolution methods.

Introduction to control system: Concept of feedback and Automatic control, Effects of feedback, Objectives of control system, Definition of linear and nonlinear systems, Elementary concepts of sensitivity and robustness. Types of control systems, Servomechanisms and regulators, examples of feedback control systems. Transfer function concept. Pole and Zeroes of a transfer function. Properties of Transfer function. Mathematical modelling of dynamic systems: Translational systems, Rotational systems, Mechanical coupling, Liquid level systems, Electrical analogy of Spring– MassDashpot system. Block diagram representation of control systems. Block diagram algebra. Signal flow graph. Mason’s gain formula. Control system components: Potentiometer, Synchros, Resolvers, Position encoders. DC and AC tachogenerators. Actuators. Block diagram level description of feedback control systems for position control, speed control of DC motors, temperature control, liquid level control, voltage control of an Alternator. Time domain analysis: Time domain analysis of a standard second order closed loop system. Concept of undamped natural frequency, damping, overshoot, rise time and settling time. Dependence of time domain performance parameters on natural frequency and damping ratio. Step and Impulse response of first and second order systems. Effects of Pole and Zeros on transient response. Stability by pole location. Routh Hurwitz criteria and applications. Error Analysis: Steady state errors in control systems due to step, ramp and parabolic inputs. Concepts of system types and error constants. Stability Analysis: Root locus techniques, construction of Root Loci for simple systems. Effects of gain on the movement of Pole and Zeros. Frequency domain analysis of linear system: Bode plots, Polar plots, Nichol’s chart, Concept of resonance frequency of peak magnification. Nyquist criteria, measure of relative stability, phase and gain margin. Determination of margins in Bode plot. Nichol’s chart. circle and Contours in Nichols chart. Control System performance measures: Improvement of system performance through compensation. Lead, Lag and Lea lag compensation, PI, PD and PID control.

Feedback concept, advantages, system classification, structures; Control system components - mechanical, electronic hydraulic, thermal, position control; Transient analysis of servo- mechanism, signal regulators compensation techniques; Series/parallel feedback controllers. System transfer functions, signal flow graphs, stability, Routh-Hurwitz criteria.

The chemical structure and mode of action of fungicides; Factors influencing fungicides; The evaluation of fungicides in the laboratory; Methods of application of fungicides; Different treatments of lumber with fungicides; Application of Nematicides; Current trends in the control of plant diseases

Basic concepts and examples of control systems; Feedback, Time response analysis, concept of stability, Routh-Hurwitz criterion; Root-locus techniques, Frequency-response analysis, Polar and Bode plots, Nyquist stability criteria. Nichol’s chart, compensation techniques; introduction to non-linear systems.

Introduction to optimum systems control problems in engineering. Calculus of extrema and single-stage decision processes. State estimation techniques and design of linear filters. Vibrational calculus and continuous optimal control. Design of Linear Quadratic Regulators; the minimum time, minimum fuel, and minimum energy control policies. The maximum principle and Hamilton Jacobi theory. Applied optimum systems control examples.

Dynamical Systems in the State Space; Reachability; Stabilizability and Detectability; Equivalence of Controllability and Pole Assignability; The Calculus of Variations; Generalized Huygen's Principle; The Algebraic Riccati Equation; Lyapunov Stability; Applications to Economic Stabilization; Planning; Manpower Development; Resource Allocation under Constraints; etc; Case Studies