Description of a modeling, simulation, animation, and real-time control (MoSART) environment for a class of electromechanical systems

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-374

  Rodriguez, Armando Antonio ^a   Metzger Jr , Richard P ^b   Cifdaloz, Oguzhan ^a   Dhirasakdanon, Thanate ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation control; Controls education; Design; Direct 3D; Electromechanical systems; Modeling; Modeling, Simulation, Animation, and Real Time Control (MoSART); Pendulum; Simulation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANIMATION CONTROL; CONTROLS EDUCATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 26444508909     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2004.842915     Document Type: Article

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