An Integrated Virtual and Remote Control Lab: The Three-Tank System as a Case Study

Author

Duro, Natividad ; Dormido, Raquel ; Vargas, Héctor ; Dormido-Canto, Sebastián ; Sánchez, José ; Farias, Gonzalo ; Dormido, Sebastián ; Esquembre, Francisco

Author_Institution

Spanish Nat. Distance Educ. Univ., Madrid

Volume

10

Issue

4

fYear

2008

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

59

Abstract

Internet-based technologies can supplement traditional laboratories with remote or simulated experimentation sessions. The authors describe their virtual and remote laboratory, which uses a nonlinear system that students can run from anywhere on the Internet. The implementation integrates both open source and commercial software tools.

Keywords

Internet; control engineering computing; nonlinear control systems; public domain software; software tools; telecontrol; Internet; commercial software tools; nonlinear system; open source software tools; remote control lab; three-tank system; virtual control lab; Automatic control; Computational modeling; Control systems; Distance learning; Educational technology; Internet; Knowledge engineering; Remote laboratories; Strain control; System testing; Laboratories; automatic control; control education; interactive systems; nonlinear systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing in Science & Engineering

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-9615

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCSE.2008.89

Filename

4548204