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340 Spring 2026
Modeling and Analysis of Dynamical Systems
Lab Handouts, Prelab and Lab Reports
Lab Facility: Room 3073 ECE Building and
Lab 3 in 0036 MEB
Lab
TA's:
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Lab Instruction |
Office Hours |
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Aryan Arora |
Mon & Tue 1-2PM Lu MEB 0022 |
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Alisina Bayati |
Fri 10-12 PM Lu MEB 0026 |
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Dhananjay Tiwari |
Wed 5:15-7:15 PM Room Lu MEB 0024 |
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Ghazal Hassani |
Thu 3:00-5:00 PM Room Lu MEB 0028 |
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Karthik Manoj |
Mon 3-4 PM Wed 1-2 PM Room: LuMEB 0022 |
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Zhantao Song |
Mon & Tue 5-6PM Room: LuMEB 0022 |
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Lab
Schedule:
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Starts the week of.... |
Material covered.... |
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Lab 1 |
February 9th |
Matlab Tutorial |
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Lab 2 |
February 23rd |
Dynamic System Simulation Using Simulink/Matlab |
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Lab 3** |
March 9th |
Modeling of a Leaking Tank as a Differential Equation |
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Lab 4 |
March 23rd |
Dynamics of a Mass-Spring-Damper System |
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Lab 5 |
April 6th |
Dynamics of a Multi Degree of Freedom System |
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Lab 6 |
April 20th |
Dynamics of Continuous Systems - Cantilever Beams I |
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Lab 7 |
April 27th |
Dynamics of a Nonlinear System – The Pendubot |
Labs held in room 3073 ECE Building unless otherwise noted.
** Lab 3 held in room 0036 MEB
Equipment:
The ECP Rectilinear Plant is used to illustrate the behavior of
mass-spring-damper systems. The drive motor on the left is used to
investigate forced responses, while the three masses, three springs and single
damper can be arranged in a variety of formations. Encoders linked to the
masses communicate the three mass positions to the computer for analysis.
Labs 4 and 5 will use the ECP plant to take a look at step responses, free
responses subject to initial conditions, and identifying modal frequencies and
mode shapes.
The Pendubot is a two link
underactuated robotic pendulum, developed at UIUC by