Mechanical Vibration Remote Laboratory Development using iLab Shared Architecture

Abstract

Abstract-This paper focuses on the implementation of the first remote laboratory in the mechanical field being used by the Higher Institute of Industrial Systems of Gabès (ISSIG)-Gabès University, Tunisia. The developed remote laboratory was achieved through the e-Sience Tempus project. The control system for this remote laboratory was implemented using LabVIEW software. The experiment studied a forced vibrations system. The students access the platform via the internet to determine the resonance frequency of damping forced vibration from the amplitude vs. excitation frequency and the phase angle vs. excitation curves. The students also determined the damping ration for the system via the phase angle vs. excitation frequency curve. All online experiments were deployed on an interactive version of the iLab Shared Architecture (ISA).