COMPUTER-AIDED AUTOMATICS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
SPECIALTY: SYSTEMS OF AUTOMATION AND CONTROL
Higher Mathematics.
Lectures – 175 hr., Seminars – 175 hr., Consultations – 20 hr., Self-learning – 224 hr., 1st, 2nd and 3rd semesters – examination, 4th semester – test.
Determinants, matrices and operations on them; systems of linear algebraic equations and methods of their solution; vectors and operations on them; line on a plane; plane and line in space; second order curves; second order surfaces; sequences; functions; limits; differential calculus; complex numbers; polynomials; rational functions; indefinite integrals; definite integrals; improper integrals; functions of several variables; differentials; ordinary differential equations; systems of ordinary differential equations; stability; numerical series; functional series; power series; Fourier series; Fourier integral and transformation; multiple, curvilinear and surface integrals; elements of the field theory; functions of complex variable; numerical methods.
Prerequisite: not required.
Physics.
Lectures – 121 hr., Seminars – 17 hr., Labs – 87 hr., Consultations – 20 hr., Self-learning – 187 hr., 1st and 2nd semesters – examination, 3rd semester – test.
Theoretical part. Subject of physics. Investigation and methods of description of mechanical motion. Newton laws. Conservation laws. Molecular structure of substance. Statistical regularities. Laws of ideal and real gases. Thermodynamics laws. Electromagnetic phenomena. Direct current laws. Mechanical and electromagnetic oscillations and waves. Wave and quantum optics. Crystalline and amorphous substances. Quantum distributions. Superconductivity. Semiconductors. Contact phenomena. Nucleus structure. Nuclear reactions. Elementary particles. Problems of current physics.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics.
Engineering Graphics.
Lectures – 17 hr., Seminars – 35 hr., Consultations – 10 hr., Self-learning – 73 hr., 1st and 2nd semesters – test.
Engineering graphics: theoretical fundamentals and ways of construction of projective images of objects, method of projecting, orthogonal projections. Monge method. Point, straight line, plane. Transformation of the projective drawing. Surfaces. Axonometry. Views, full sections, sections. Dimensioning on drawings. Sketches of details. Releasable and permanent connections. Assembly drawing. Fulfilment of working drawing. Schemes. Introduction to Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and computer graphics. Application of the basic command in AutoCad. Drawing of the base elements in AutoCad.
Prerequisite: not required.
Computer Engineering.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 17 hr., Self-learning – 57 hr., 1st semester – test.
Structural organization and constructive peculiarities of personal computers (PC). Microprocessors. PC memory. PC interfaces. Input-output systems. Programmable input-output. System of interruptions. Direct memory access. External memory devices. PC external memory system. Hard magnetic disk storages (HMDS): principle of operation, construction, basic units, interaction between them. Computer video systems. Printing devices (printers). Graphic information registration units (plotters). PC information input devices. PC power supply. Structural organization and constructive peculiarities of PC. Microprocessors. PC memory. HMDS construction, basic units, and electronic circuits. Floppy disks storages. PC video systems. Printers. Plotters. PC units testing.
Prerequisite: not required.
Algorithmic Languages and Programming.
Lectures – 52 hr., Labs – 53 hr., Self-learning – 84 hr., 1st semester – examination, 2nd semester – test.
Description of programming languages. Data representation and transformation in computer. Tasks preparing for their solution by means of computer. Algorithmization of computational processes. Algorithmic programming languages. C language: common syntax, semantics, constants, logical operations; means of programs development; programming language organization, programming instruments; language operators; functions; program structure and memory classes; structures and integrations, directives, files. Pascal language: data types, declarations; expressions and values change; language operators; functions and procedures; work with string and records; data input-output; work with files.
Prerequisite: secondary school program.
Chemistry.
Lectures – 18 hr., Labs - 36 hr., Consultations – 10 hr., Self-learning – 44 hr., 2st semester – examination.
Atomic- molecular concept. Fundamental laws of chemistry. Structure of atom and D.Mendeleev periodic law: contemporary view. Types of chemical bond (covalent, ionic, etc.). Fundamentals of coordination compounds chemistry. Quantum-mechanical description of covalent bonds: valence bonds (VB) and molecular orbitals (MO) methods. Chemical thermodynamics and thermochemistry. Chemical kinetics and catalysis. Dispersed systems and solutions. Physical and chemical properties of solutions of electrolytes and non-electrolytes. Oxidation-reduction processes and basics of electrochemistry. The general review of properties of metals and nonmetals.
Main classes of chemical compounds and types of chemical reactions. Determination of metal equivalent by the water replacement method. The periodic trends in chemical properties of elements. Coordination compounds: properties and preparation. Chemical thermodynamics of ammonium chloride formation. Chemical kinetics (the rate law) of thiosulfuric acid decomposition. Determination of solutions concentrations and properties of electrolytes solutions. Oxidation-reduction reactions. Galvanic cells and electrolysis. General properties of metals and nonmetals.
Prerequisite: not required.
Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics.
Lectures – 34 hr., Seminars – 17 hr., Self-learning – 57 hr., 3rd semester – test.
Random events. Space of random events. Classical definition of probability. Conditional probabilities. Bayes' formula. Binomial experiment. Discrete and continuous random variables. Mathematical expectation and variance. Main distributions of random variables. Limit theorems. Systems of random variables. Functions of random variables. Parent population and sampling. Point estimations. Interval estimations. Testing of statistical hypotheses. Method of least squares. Covariance and correlation. Calculation of probabilities of random events. Calculation of numerical characteristics of random variables. Sample handling.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics.
Electric and Magnetic Circuit Theory.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 17 hr., Self-learning – 57 hr., 3rd semester – course paper and examination.
Basic elements of electric circuits. Direct current (DC) circuits. Kirchhoff’s laws. Electric circuit transformations. Mesh and nodal analysis. Thenevin’s and Norton’s theorems. Alternating current (AC) circuits. Complex representation of sinusoidal current and voltage. Response of R, L and C elements to sinusoidal disturbance. Phase shift. Vector diagrams. Series and parallel connections of R, L, and C elements. Power of sinusoidal current. Current and voltage resonance. Circuits with coefficient of mutual inductance.
Three-phase circuits. Transient processes in DC circuits. Nonlinear electrical and magnetic DC circuits. Classic and operator methods of transient currents calculation. Nonlinear electric and magnetic DC circuits. Kirchhoff’s laws for magnetic circuits. Nonlinear electrics and magnetic circuits of sinusoidal current.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.
Electronics Engineering and Microcircuitry.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 17 hr., Self-learning – 57 hr., 3rd semester – examination.
Elements, assembly unit, blocks as „building material” for creation of any system in the field of measurements, computer science, automatics, power engineering, computer-aided robotic systems, computer-integrated systems in any sphere of human activity.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.
Automatic Control Theory.
Lectures – 70 hr., Labs – 53 hr., Self-learning – 93 hr., 3rd semester – test, 4th semester – course paper and examination.
Main concepts of the control theory, principles of control, classification of control systems. Methods of description of control systems: Laplace, Fourier and Z –transformations. Development of mathematical models of control systems; models in time and frequency domains and in state-space. Controllability and observability of control systems. Stability and criteria of stability. Performance and performance indices, methods of dynamic compensation of control systems; PID –controllers. Maximum principle and dynamic programming. Random processes in control systems. Nonlinear systems theory: phase plane method, harmonic and statistical describing function methods.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Theory of probability and mathematical statistics; Electric and magnetic circuit theory.
Special Chapters of Mathematics.
Lectures – 36 hr., Seminars – 18 hr., Self-learning – 54 hr., 4th semester – course paper and test.
Application of matrices and vector-matrix equations in control theory. Solution of state differential equations and time dynamic characteristics. Operational method of equations research and frequency dynamic characteristics. Lyapunov stability theory of the differential equations solutions. Stability criteria of systems. Relations between dynamic characteristics: in time and frequency domains and in a state space.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics.
Safety of Life Activity.
Lectures – 18 hr., Seminars – 18 hr., Self-learning – 18 hr., 4th semester – test.
Identification of potential dangers. Definition of dangerous, harmful and hazardous factors. Forecasting of occasion and consequence effects of dangerous, harmful factors on human organism, and influence of hazardous factors on the “human - environment” system. Methodology of application of protective means from dangerous, harmful and hazardous factors. Planning of measures for creation of healthy and safe life and activity conditions in the “human – environment” system. Application of public, social-economical, legal, technical, environmental, medical-prevention and educational procedures, aimed at creation of healthy and safe life conditions in the modern environment.
Identification of dangers, prevention or elimination of consequences. Evaluation of correspondence of the environment state to the requirements of healthy and safe life conditions.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Chemistry.
Computer Graphics.
Lectures – 18 hr., Labs – 54 hr., Self-learning – 36 hr., 4th semester – test.
Definition, history, modern problems, prospects of computer graphics. Hardware review. Mathematical models of geometrical objects: lines, surfaces, solids. Solution algorithms of positional and metric problems in modelling of technical and building objects. Construction of realistic images. Linguistic means. Software: AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, etc., graphic editors.
Prerequisite: Engineering graphics.
Operations Research.
Lectures – 18 hr., Seminars – 18 hr., Self-learning – 18 hr., 4th semester – test.
Subject and objectives of operations research. Decision meaning problems in the conditions of uncertainty. Multi-criteria problems and system approach. Linear and dynamic programming. Markoff random processes and the problems of queuing theory. Game-theoretical approach to decision meaning.
Construction of mathematical models of operations research problems. Problems of linear and dynamic programming. Generation of equations for final probabilities of the system state.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Theory of probability and mathematical statistics.
Engineering Mechanics.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 17 hr., Self-learning – 57 hr., 5th semester – examination.
Fundamentals of statics and strength analysis. Basic concepts of statics. Arbitrary plane and spatial system of forces. Moment of forces. Principal vector and principal moment. Equilibrium conditions. Centre of gravity. Geometrical characteristics of sections. Tension and compression. Fundamentals of stress state theory. Shear. Torsion. Plane bending. Complex resistance - internal forces and conditions of strength. Fundamentals of kinematics and dynamics. Kinematics of point and body. Kinematics of mechanisms. Dynamics of material point. Basic equations of dynamics. Dynamics of body at oscillations and at impact. Fundamentals of dynamics of machines. Mechanical transmissions. Longevity and fatigue. Gears. Shafts, axis and supports. Mechanical characteristics of materials determination. Basic formulas for solutions of engineering mechanics problem.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.
Metrology and Measurements.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 34 hr., Self-learning – 67 hr., 5th semester – course paper and test.
Physical quantity units. System International (SI). Types and methods of measurements: direct measurements, indirect measurements, measurements in close series, cumulative measurement. Methods of direct estimation and comparison with measure. Errors of measurement. Classification of errors, check of measurement results. State metrological supervision for measuring instruments. Metrology normative base. Measuring transducers of electromechanical and electronic physical quantities and measuring instruments on their basis: magneto-electric, electro-magnetic, electro-dynamic, electro-static. Measuring instruments: frequency meters, phase meters, voltmeters, oscilloscope and other devices. Measuring transducers of non-electrical quantities into electrical ones and measuring instruments on their basis: thermometers, vibrometers, fuel gauges. Measuring information signals, classification, structures and metrological characteristics.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.
Fundamentals of Checkup and Diagnostics of Complex Systems.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 17 hr., Self-learning – 57 hr., 5th semester – test.
Basic definitions and current objectives of technical diagnostics. Classification of methods of checkup and diagnostics. Models of objects of diagnostics. Problems of checkup systems construction. Classification of monitoring and diagnostics facilities. Requirements specifications to checkup systems. Onboard devices of flight information registration. Scientific methods of flight information analysis.
Study of diagnostic texts and fault search algorithms in a pre-selected object. Study of magnetic system of the flight information registration.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Computer engineering.
Information Theory.
Lectures – 34 hr., Seminars – 17 hr., Self-learning – 57 hr., 5th semester – examination.
Subject and problems of information theory. Quantitative evaluation of information. Unconditional and conditional entropy. Differential entropy and epsilon-entropy. Channels of data transmission. Sources of messages. Codes and coding. Efficiency and reliability of data transmission systems. Information assessment of automatic control systems.
Information and entropy quantity calculation, calculation of information quantity at messages transmission throughout the noisy communication channels, optimal coding.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Theory of probability and mathematical statistics.
Fundamentals of Modern Control Theory.
Lectures – 70 hr., Seminars – 53 hr., Consultations – 10 hr., Self-learning – 83 hr., 5th semester – test, 6th semester – course paper and examination.
Fundamentals of the optimal control theory: principle of the maximum and dynamic programming method. Riccati’s equation and optimal control synthesis for the linear continuous and discrete systems. Optimal observation and Kalman filtering. Optimal control system synthesis under stochastic disturbances with complete and incomplete measurements. Fundamentals of the dynamic systems identification in time and frequency domains. Adaptation methods and adaptive control systems. Concept of robustness. Analysis and synthesis of robust control systems. Application of fuzzy sets and neural networks in control systems.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Automatic control theory.
Fundamentals of Labour Protection.
Lectures – 18 hr., Labs – 18 hr., Self-learning – 18 hr., 6th semester – test.
Dangerous and harmful production factors, their negative influence on human organism, setting of their maximum permissible level. Legislation basics on labour protection, devices and methods of measuring of dangerous and harmful production factors, protective methods against electric current, static electricity, lightning and harmful substances, methods of accident prevention during running of lifting-transport means and vessels under pressure, protection methods against electromagnetic and ionizing radiation, requirements for fire and explosion safety.
Influence of electric current on human organism. Testing of dielectric individual protection means. Investigation of electric safety in AC power circuits with voltage up to 1000 V. Resistance measurement of electric equipment and power circuits. Estimation of protective grounding efficiency. Detection of air contamination by harmful substances in working area. Investigation of air parameters inside working area.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.
Fundamentals of Ecology.
Lectures – 17 hr., Labs – 17 hr., Self-learning – 20 hr., 7th semester – test.
Task and problems of ecology. Evolution of relationship between the human society and the environment. Structure and existence conditions of the biosphere. Mineral, energy and climatic resources of the Earth. Main laws of ecology. Global ecological problems of the biosphere. Atmosphere protections. Main components and structure of the atmosphere. Classification of air pollutants sources. Air pollution control and hygienic standardization. Engineering methods of reducing of harmful substance emission into air. Protection of hydrosphere and lithosphere objects. Protection of environment against anthropogenic energetic loading. Environmental assessment. Environmental legislation and economics. International cooperation in environment protection.
Measurement of luminosity level, temperature, wind speed, atmospheric pressure and humidity in natural and artificial conditions. Determination of hardness and moisture of soils. Measurement of pH level of environment. Detection and concentration measurement of gaseous air pollutants via universal gaseous analyzer.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Chemistry.
Fundamentals of Flight Control Theory.
Lectures – 51 hr., Seminars – 34 hr., Consultations – 5 hr., Self-learning – 72 hr., 7th semester – course paper and examination.
Aircraft as controlled plant. Analysis of aircraft motion in longitudinal and lateral planes. Aircraft in semiautomatic control mode. Automatic stabilization of aircraft flight. Longitudinal and lateral control of aircraft. Stabilization of aircraft motion speed on the determined flight trajectory. Aircraft stabilization in lateral plane. Aircraft control at different flight modes.
Investigation of mathematical models of closed loop “Aircraft – Autopilot” systems. Investigation of transient process in the “Aircraft – Autopilot” system in roll, pitch and yaw channels with different disturbances affecting the aircraft. Investigation of block diagrams of aircraft stabilization in lateral plane.
Prerequisite: Automatic control theory; Fundamentals of modern control theory; Designing of control systems and their devices.
Economics and Management.
Lectures –34 hr., Seminars – 17 hr., Self-learning – 57 hr., 8th semester – examination.
Capital assets of enterprises and their use. Floating assets and logistical support of enterprises. Productivity and workers labour payment. Product cost. Pricing. Taxes and state taxation policy. Evaluation of economic effectiveness of investment projects. Enterprise as production system. Production process and principles of its rational organization. Types and methods of management. Principle and functions of production management. Business forecasting.
Accounting and estimation of capital assets, calculation of their depreciation by different methods. Calculation of indexes of floating assets use, labour productivity, production cost; evaluation of efficiency of investment projects, planning of enterprise development stages.
Prerequisite: Economic theory.
Fundamentals of Management.
Lectures – 17 hr., Seminars – 17 hr., Self-learning – 20 hr., 8th semester – test.
Theoretical background of management. Historical development of management science. General principles of management. Basic functions of management: planning, organization, motivation, control and co-ordination. Organization as an economic system. Classification of firms. Concept and types of organizational structures in the management. Management methods. Informational support of management. Contents and stages of decision making process. Conflicts and anti-crisis management. Leader, leadership, power. Style of leadership.
Testing, consideration and analysis of specific problems arising in the management, enterprise activity planning, development of management organizational structure, administrative documents, discussion of thematic questions.
Prerequisite: Economic theory; Principles of psychology and pedagogy.
Aircraft Flight Dynamics.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 17 hr., Self-learning – 84 hr., 5th semester – test.
Kinematics of fluid, dynamics of ideal gas (Euler’s and Bernoulli's equations and their applications). Dynamics of ideal coercible gas, viscous fluid motion in boundary layer; subsonic, aerodynamic characteristics of aerodynamic profile, the wing of finite span, solid of revolution and air frame. Trajectory problems of the plane movement: characteristics of horizontal flight, climb, descend, gliding, curvilinear movement of the plane, take-off and landing characteristics, characteristic of flight range and duration. Stability and controllability of aircraft.
Determination of aerodynamic characteristics and characteristics of stability and controllability of plane models in the wind tunnel.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Engineering mechanics.
Special-Purpose Automated Control Systems.
Lectures – 36 hr., Labs – 36 hr., Self-learning – 90 hr., 6th semester – test.
Types, main characteristics and features of control objects (mobile objects, “organizations”). Conceptions of “small”, “complex”, “large-scale” systems and significant differences between them. Kinds of control object models used in practice. Main concepts and classification of dynamic systems. Systems quality and qualitative indices. Approaches, methods and tasks of the highest accessible quality level provision in complex dynamic systems. Signals in systems (deterministic, random, stochastic) and main models of their dynamics. Conceptions of observation, identification, optimal filtering and integration tasks, analysis and optimal structure synthesis of multidimensional filters and regulators in open-loop and closed loop control systems.
Spectral methods of optimal structures synthesis of multidimensional and multi-channel open-loop systems. Main items of Wiener-Kolmogorov method. Method of synthesis of closed loop optimal stochastic stabilization systems in the absence of measurement noise. Comparative analysis of optimal systems quality.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Automatic control theory; Aircraft flight dynamics.
Computer Networks.
Lectures – 34 hr., Seminars – 17 hr., Self-learning – 57 hr., 7th semester – test.
Concepts. Applications programs and networks. Types of networks. Network architecture and communication lines. Network communications. Structure of networks and access methods. Network protocols. Protocols of higher levels. Physical realization. Manchester coding. Ethernet controller. Communication means of local networks. Principles of local networks building. Stack of TCP/IP protocols. Addressing in IP-networks. IP protocol of internetting. Messages delivering TCP and UDP protocols. Interchanging control messages protocol ICMP. Message routing information interchange stack TCP/IP protocols.
Network architectures. Characteristics and application of wire communication lines. Characteristics of wireless communication lines. Application of wireless communication lines. Structure of networks. Access methods to a communication channel. Use of routers. TCP/IP stack as internetting technology. Direct routing. Indirect routing. Popular protocols of information interchange in networks, according to the leading firms’ products. LLC and LocalTalk protocols.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Computer engineering; Electronics engineering and microcircuitry.
Structure of Data Processing Systems.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 34 hr., Self-learning – 94 hr., 7th semester – examination.
Stages of development and classification of data processing systems. General characteristic of onboard data processing systems. Main principles of structure of onboard data processing systems. Processor and its role in structure of computing process. Input/output problems. Idea of interface. Two main ways of structure of data transmission between memory and peripherals: program controlled and direct memory access. Principles of structure of program interrupt system. Priority resolution of interrupt requests for service. Two methods of identification of interrupt source: polling and interrupt vector. Programmed polling, cyclic polling, daisy chains. Information exchange between onboard measuring and computing devices. Using of microprocessors in onboard data processing systems. Signal processors for digital processing of signals.
Information measuring model of multidimensional system parameters. Structure of data processing processes of calculation of optimum value of random parameters vector. Structure of data processing procedures of optimum evaluation of dynamic system parameters.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Computer engineering; Algorithmic languages and programming.
Design of Control Systems and Their Devices.
Lectures – 34 hr., Seminars – 34 hr., Consultations – 5 hr., Self-learning – 89 hr., 8th semester –design paper and examination.
The basic characteristics of devices of control systems. Design stages of devices and control systems. Tests provided during design procedure. The common algorithm of design process. Principles of man-machine systems design. An application of mathematical optimization methods for determination of optimal design decisions. Simulation. The basic methods to increase the devices and control systems reliability. The structure optimization of complex devices and control systems. Methods of devices and control systems design. A common characteristic of the automated designing systems.
Devices and control systems development with the given characteristics. Simulation used in design by means of computer technologies.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Computer engineering; Automatic control theory; Special chapters of mathematics; Fundamentals of modern control theory; Introduction to system theory.
Fundamentals of Data Processing and Transmission.
Lectures – 34 hr., Seminars – 17 hr., Self-learning – 84 hr., 8th semester – test.
Systems of data transmission and processing. Mathematical models of determined signals. Mathematical models of random signals. Signal quantization. Signal modulation. Information transmission. Optimal data reception and processing.
Spectral characteristics of determined and random signals. Determination of parameters of signal quantization. Determination of parameters of optimal signal reception.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Theory of probability and mathematical statistics; Information theory.
Fundamentals of Aviation Instrumentation Technology.
Lectures – 34 hr., Seminars – 17 hr., Self-learning – 84 hr., 3rd semester – course paper and test.
General characteristics of aviation instruments and computer-aided measuring systems. Contents and order of technological processes design. Production tooling. Computer-aided control of technological processes. Choice of technological process variant. Fundamental conceptions of interchangeability and tolerance system. Basic problems of production accuracy. Reliability of computer-aided measuring systems and ways for its providing. Electrophysical and electrochemical methods of dimensioned processing. Protective covering. Protection of electronic units and instruments from environmental influence. Production technology of printed circuits. Typical technological process of assembling and mounting. Safety measures.
Structure of the time standard. Dimensions and discrepancies, allowances and fits. Precision of production. Reliability of devices and systems.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.
Introduction to System Theory.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 17 hr., Consultations – 10 hr., Self-learning – 74 hr., 5th semester – course paper and examination.
Fundamentals of the theory and mathematical description of systems: first, second and higher order systems, state space equations. Concept of linearization. Transfer state matrix and solution of homogeneous equation. Solution of linear equations of state system with discrete time. Elements of system approach to system analysis. Macro-theory of systems and operational method methods. Elements of optimum systems theory. Concept of complexity of large-scale systems. Basic methods of catastrophe theory. Stability, complexity, catastrophes and adaptability of large-scale systems.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Automatic control theory; Special fields of mathematics.
Computer-Aided Measuring Systems of Mobile Objects.
Lectures – 36 hr., Labs – 18 hr., Self-learning – 81 hr, 6th semester – course design and test.
General characteristics of tasks and requirements to onboard computer-aided measuring systems. Accuracy as the basic parameter of quality of onboard computer-aided measuring systems. Basic topological circuits of systems: centralized, federal and allocated. Classification and theoretical background of primary measuring transducers of non-electrical quantities of power plants, aerometric measuring instruments and navigation systems. Ways of achievement of the highest quality of measuring systems.
Study and research of properties of onboard computer-aided measuring systems and their components.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Automatic control theory; Metrology and measurements.
Fundamentals of Orientation and Navigation of Moving Objects.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 34 hr., Self-learning – 67 hr., 7th semester – course paper and examination.
Main problems of navigation and orientation. Information about form and motion of the Earth. Geometrical and kinematic elements of object moving by trajectory. Geomagnetic and aero-mechanical methods of navigation. Measurement of air flow parameters and solution of coupling equations. Methods of navigation based on electromagnetic radiations. Lines and surfaces of position. Astronomical methods of navigation. Horizontal and equatorial coordinate systems. Relation between coordinates of observation point and heavenly bodies. View-comparative methods of navigation. Relationship between navigational parameters and number of reference points. Inertial navigation systems. Methods of satellite navigation. Parameters of moving object orientation: direction cosines, Euler’s angles, orientation vector, finite turn vector, Rodrigues-Hamilton’s parameters, Cayley-Klein’s parameters. Relationship between different kinds of orientation parameters. Algorithms of orientation parameters determination .
Main algorithms of flight information processing. Track smoothing by sections of straight lines and curves. Statistical processing of flight information. Algorithms of main orientation parameters definition. Using of matrix multiplication method for determination of direction cosines.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Automatic control theory.
Introduction to System Management of Organizations.
Lectures – 34 hr., Seminars 34 hr., Self-learning – 67 hr., 8th semester – course paper and test.
Contents and structure of organization. Main characteristic of organizational structure: hierarchical principle. System approach to organization management. Model of formation, coordination and implementation of decisions in organization. Activity of organization management on selection, construction and using of management system.
Prerequisite: Special chapters of mathematics. Operations research. Introduction to system theory.
Technological Processes of Maintenance and Repair.
Lectures - 17 hr., Labs - 17 hr., Self-learning - 20 hr. 8-th term – test.
Construction of uniform system of maintenance and repair as controlled closed loop. Formation of industrial and information technological processes. Automated technological processes of maintenance and repair. Problems of energy- and resource-savings in automated technological processes of maintenance and repair. Method of development and introduction of automation techniques in uniform system of service and repair. Synthesis of computer-aided information system. Conceptual model of data acquisition, processing and storage. Synthesis of system of automated management at repair stages. Methodology of construction of flexible control system of industrial activity of an enterprise as organizations.
Determination of industrial technological process parameters; construction of graphic models of data acquisition system.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Automatic control theory; Introduction to system theory; Introduction to system management of organizations.
Ethics and Aesthetics.
Lectures – 18 hr., Seminars – 18 hr., Self-learning – 18 hr., 2nd semester – test.
Moral as social phenomenon. Moral consciousness. Categories of ethics. The moral world of human. Ethics as responsibility. The applied ethics. Aesthetics as a philosophical discipline. Aesthetic consciousness and aesthetic activity. Creative work. Categories of aesthetics. Art as the subject of aesthetic analysis and a form of man's spiritual and practical realization in the world. Ethics and Aesthetics of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Modern Ages and the Age of Enlightenment. Ethic and Aesthetic principles of the XIX-th century philosophy. Man and the World of Men in the traditions of Ethics and Aesthetics in Ukrainian and Russian classic philosophies. Ethical and Aesthetical researches in the XX-th and at the beginning of the XXI centuries.
Prerequisite: History of Ukraine.
Standardization, Certification and Quality Management.
Lectures – 18 hr., Seminars – 18 hr., Self-learning – 18 hr., 4th semester – test.
State Standardization System. Kinds and categories of standards. International co-operation in the field of standardization. International organizations of standardization ISO and IEC. Basic regulations in the field of quality management. Quality indices. Statistical quality inspection on the alternative and quantitative basis. Basic principles of statistical control of industrial process. State certification system. Procedure of production certification.
Standardization of program documentation. Statistical inspection of production quality on the quantitative basis. Features of measurement method of quality inspection. Determination of efficient number of quality indices to control.
Prerequisite: Physics; Theory of probability and mathematical statistics.
Fundamentals of Marketing.
Lectures – 17 hr., Seminars – 17 hr., Self-learning – 20 hr., 8th semester – test.
Conceptions of marketing development. Difference of marketing from economics and management. Decision making in marketing activity. Definition of decision. Basic stages of decision making. Role and place of criteria at decision making by customer. Marketing purposes as desired states of external environment. Functions of market and their analysis. Market as a system. Basic component of modern market. Essence of necessity. Man necessity and economic theory. Functional, psychophysiological, social and economic necessities. Role and place of commodities in the modern market activity. Interconnection of categories of commodity, ideas and life style. Methods of analysis and evaluation of market opportunities state. Market analysis and segmentation. Macro- and microsegmentation. Methods of macrosegmentation. Essence and methods of cluster analysis.
Functional, psychophysiological, social and economic necessities. Essence of demand. Demand making by realization of «need - necessity - demand» chain. Decision making and demand making. Role and place of customer’s claim level at demand making. Three-dimensional model of research function of marketing. Principles of marketing research. Objects of situation analysis in marketing.
Prerequisite: Economic theory; Operations research.
Integrated Flight and Navigation Systems.
Lectures – 70 hr., Labs – 88 hr., Self-learning – 166 hr., 5th semester – test, 6th semester – examination.
General principles of onboard integrated flight and navigation systems (IFNS) structure. Typical structures of IFNS and their features depending on the aircraft type. Subsystems of IFNS – trajectory control systems, manual control systems and their coupling. Automation of flight control processes. Analogue control systems. Digital flight control systems. Basic principles of construction of standard complex of digital flight and navigation instrumentation. Inspection of analogous and digital IFNS. Coupling of IFNS and air traffic control systems.
Measurement of aerometric flight and navigation parameters. Research of features of gyroscope devices. Compass systems. Integrated navigation systems. Inertial navigation systems.
Prerequisite: Automatic control theory; Metrology and measurements; Fundamentals of checkup and diagnostics of complex systems.
Fundamentals of Hydro-Pneumatic Automatic Systems.
Lectures – 34 hr.. Labs – 17 hr., Self-learning – 84 hr., 7th semester – test.
Automatic control systems and elements. Static and dynamic processes in hydraulic and pneumatic devices. Transmission of fluid power, pneumatic power and information. Hydraulic and pneumatic automatic apparatus. Sensitive elements and transducers. Hydraulic and pneumatic amplifiers. Actuators. Digital hydro-pneumatic automatic systems. Experimental investigation of hydraulic and pneumatic automatic systems.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Automatic control theory.
Fundamentals of Technical and Economic Modelling of Systems.
Lectures – 34 hr., Labs – 17 hr., Self-learning – 84 hr., 8th semester – examination.
Principles of analytical treatment of complex systems. Industrial systems as complex systems. Directions of efficiency evaluation of industrial systems and their management: current analysis of functioning quality, condition forecasting. Operative and strategic planning of results of activity. Structure of industrial system and characteristic of its components and resource flows. Application of topological models for representation of industrial systems. Acquisition and processing of statistical information for development of quality standards of industrial system functioning. Detection of crisis situation symptoms. Evolution of crisis situations, its stages. Forecasting of crisis situations development. Acquisition of information for realization of forecasting procedure. Identification of time series: separation of regular component and noise. Analysis of trend in time series. Seasonality revealing in data changes. Parameters evaluation and development of time series model. Evaluation of modelling results. Principles of anti-crisis regulation and control in industrial systems in market economy. Choice of tactics and controlling actions to prevent crisis situations.
Computer experiment on statistical data generation. Processing of time series. Mathematical forecasting model of technological process condition change. Evaluation of modelling results adequacy.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Theory of probability and mathematical statistics; Automatic control theory; Fundamentals of modern control theory.
Professional Practical Internship.
Seminars – 108 hr., 2nd semester – test.
Acquaintance with the base of internship, getting instructions in a labour safety. Study of the structure of plants, industrial engineering and fundamentals of application of computers in technological processes. Acquaintance with distribution of individual tasks. Stages of performance of assembling works. Analysis of directions of improvement of technology of performance of assembling works. Reports and individual tasks.
Prerequisite: not required.
The 1st Technological Internship.
Seminars – 108 hr., 4th semester – test.
Specifications and technical documentation; work of manufacture subdivisions, production testing, organization of technological processes.
Prerequisite: Fundamentals of aviation instrumentation technology.
The 2nd Technological Internship.
Seminars – 108 hr., 6th semester – test.
Technological internship pursues the goal to gain practical skills. The objects of application of practical skills are shop, division, laboratory or other structured subsections, of industrial plants, design bureaus and research institutions. The goal of this internship is to develop the practical skills and gain experience of such important elements of practical activity, as the labour safety, fire-prevention safety and sanitations on production; principles of industrial engineering of radio electronic equipment. An intern is to master the main principles of the organizational structure of plants and research institutes, the main technological processes, equipment and process control systems, the main ideas of the CAD technology, quality control, measuring equipment in order to implement all these skills in the practical engineering activity.
Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Electronics engineering and microcircuitry; Automatic control theory; Fundamentals of modern control theory; Fundamentals of aviation instrumentation technology.