First Cycle Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering

Lecturer: Prof. Antonio Bicchi
Teaching assistants:
Ing. Paolo Salaris, Ing. Manolo Garabini, Ing. Matteo Bianchi, Ing. Hamal Marino

Office Hours:

Prof. Antonio Bicchi: Wednesday starting from 4.30 PM
Teaching assistants: Thursday 3.30 - 5.30 PM

 

Course program:

programme.pdf

Please register to the examination at the link http://servizi.ing.unipi.it

EXAMS

The exam consists of  a written and an oral text.
In the written text the students has to solve one or more exercises. The use of course material and of every other useful material is allowed during the text, including the possibiilty of using commercial SW both for the project and simulation.
The oral text consists of one or more questions. The Examination Committee decides the final mark on the basis of all the elements collected during the two texts.
 

TESTING DAYS

During the academic year, there are seven testing days: three in the first exam session (January-February), three in the second (June-July), and one in the third  (September).
The results of a written exam are valid only within the same session.
An exception can be made only for those students enrolled in the course but who have failed to graduate within the prescribed period of time. If they have passed the written exam with a satisfactory mark, they can schedule an oral exam either in November or April. However, this is left up to the discretion of the professor. No written exams will be given outside the three aforementioned sessions.

MATERIALS

A. Bicchi - Notes of Regulation and Control
Fondamenti di Automatica - I Parte PDF  (ITALIAN)

 

EXERCITATIONS (ITALIAN)

N. Sgambelluri - Open Loop Unstable Systems PDF
G. Greco - The Controller Project. PDF
P. Murrieri - The Controller Project. PDF
L. Pallottino - Exercitation 11-11-2003: anti-transforms and answer to signals ZIP file