Heat Transfer Virtual Lab for Students and Engineers : Theory and Guide for Setting Up.
Laboratory experiments are a vital part of engineering education, which historically were considered impractical for distance learning. This book presents a guide for the practical employment of a heattransfer virtual lab for students and engineers. Inside, the authors have detailed this virtual lab...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Momentum Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Thermal science and energy engineering collection.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 History of distance learning and concept of virtual lab
- 1.2 What is virtual lab?
- 1.3 Analysis of the project requirements
- 1.4 Learning theory and its influence on role design
- 1.5 System architecture
- 1.6 Model hierarchy
- 1.7 Web user interface
- 1.8 Questions.
- 2. LabVIEW basics
- 2.1 LabVIEW introduction
- 2.2 G-language
- 2.3 Front panel
- 2.4 Block diagram
- 2.5 LabVIEW palettes
- 2.6 Programming with LabVIEW
- 2.7 Programming structures
- 2.8 Data acquisition with LabVIEW
- 2.9 Questions.
- 3. Hardware: Armfield Heat Exchanger and Service Unit
- 3.1 Operating HT30XC using customer-generated software
- 3.2 USB interface driver function calls
- 3.3 LabVIEW data logger.
- 4. Design of LabVIEW VI program
- 4.1 Software: algorithm of the program
- 4.2 Introduction of LabVIEW controls used in the project
- 4.3 Design of front panel
- 4.4 Design of block diagram
- 4.5 How were the PID parameters' values derived for temperature control?
- 4.6 Questions.
- 5. Experiments
- 5.1 How to perform an experiment using the LabVIEW interface?
- 5.2 How would a student access the experiment over the internet?
- 5.3 Experiment results.
- 6. Factors influencing the virtual lab
- 6.1 Drivers for programmable devices
- 6.2 Concurrent requirements for same experiment
- 6.3 User authentication
- 6.4 Issues surrounding live training
- 6.5 System management and development
- 6.6 Future developments.
- 7. Experiment instructions
- 7.1 Instructions for the shell and tube heat exchanger experiment
- 7.2 Instructions for the PID control for heater experiment.
- 8. Related work
- Bibliography
- Index.