Paper Info
Title
Web-Based 3d Interactive Virtual Control Laboratory Based On Ncslab Framework
Abstract
In this paper, the design and implementation of a web-based 3D virtual control laboratory with user interaction is introduced. The proposed system is based on the NCSLab framework, which has a six-tier distributed structure. Users are able to access diversely located resources through a unified user interface. In order to maximize users' sense of immersion during the virtual experiments, 3D models of practical test rigs are reconstructed in the users' web-browsers. The 3D images are synchronized with the remote real-time simulation on the server side through internet data links so the users are able to sense how the experiment processes are going on through the 3D animation. Moreover, the users are also allowed to interact with the virtual devices. They can operate on the virtual test rigs using the mice and keyboards, such as turning a switch on/off and changing the valve positions. These interactions are uploaded to the server side where the corresponding internal parameters of the real-time simulation are updated. The system implementation and deployment such as the 3D web-based interface, 3D modeling, mathematical modeling and internet based communication among the clients, servers and control units are explained in detail. At the end of the paper, a classic coupled tanks test rig has been selected as an example to illustrate how a given experimental process is integrated into the system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.3991/ijoe.v10i6.3845
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONLINE ENGINEERING
Keywords
Field
DocType
Web and internet services, virtual reality, student experiments, control engineering education
Server-side,Virtual reality,Server,Upload,Engineering,Web application,User interface,Data link,The Internet,Embedded system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
6
1868-1646
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.41
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wenshan Hu134637.00
Hong Zhou22714.24
Zhi-Wei Liu334315.04
Liang Zhong420.79