MECH 370 Lab 1: Introduction to Simulink & Sims cape update fall 2025|026 Concordia University

MECH 370 Lab 1: Introduction to Simulink & Sims cape
update fall 2025|026 Concordia University

Lab 1:
Introduction to Simulink & Simscape




Lab Section EI – X
Winter 2025
Professor Christopher Yee Wong
Concordia University
Montreal, QC, Canada




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,Contents
Nomenclature ...................................................................................................................................3
List of figures ...................................................................................................................................3
Objective ..........................................................................................................................................4
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................4
Procedure..........................................................................................................................................5
Part 1.1: Simulink.........................................................................................................................5
Part 1.2: Simscape ........................................................................................................................7
Results ..............................................................................................................................................9
1.1 9
1.2 15
Discussion ......................................................................................................................................20
Conclusion......................................................................................................................................20
References ......................................................................................................................................21




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, Nomenclature
M = mass (kg)
B = Damping Constant
K = Spring Constant
x = position with respect to time
ż = velocity with respect to time
ẍ = acceleration with respect to time
f(t) = force with respect to time



List of figures
Figure 1: Simulink mass/spring/damper block diagram configuration 1 .......................................5
Figure 2: Simulink mass/spring/damper block diagram configuration 2 .......................................6
Figure 3: Simscape mass/spring/damper component diagram configuration 1 ............................. 7
Figure 4: Simscape mass/spring/damper component diagram configuration 2 ............................. 8
Figure 5: Step response graph from first Simulink script .............................................................. 9
Figure 6: Bode diagram from second Simulink script ................................................................. 10
Figure 7: Results from exercise question 1 .................................................................................. 11
Figure 8: Results from exercise question 2 .................................................................................. 12
Figure 9: Results from exercise question 3 .................................................................................. 13
Figure 10: Results from exercise question 4 ................................................................................ 14
Figure 11: Results from the test simulation .................................................................................. 15
Figure 12: Results from exercise question 1 ................................................................................ 16
Figure 13: Results from exercise question 2 ................................................................................ 17
Figure 14: Results from exercise question 3 ................................................................................ 18
Figure 15: Results from exercise question 4 ................................................................................ 19




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