ECEN4138 Control Sytems

Fall 2007

Professor David G. Meyer

Last Updated: 12/16/07

 
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Bonus office hours 1:30pm-3:00pm  12/17/07

4138 Course Topics:

·       Introduction and Overview: Control Design Cycle

·       Linear Systems and Laplace Transform Review; Block Diagrams etc.

·       Mathematical Modeling of Systems

o        Mechanical Systems

o        Electromechanical Systems

o        Electronic Systems

o        Chemical/Molecular Systems

·       Introduction to Feedback: Overview of Properties

·       Common Performance Specifications. The SISO 1 DOF Control Loop

·       Stability and the Routh Test

·       The Root Locus

·       Simple Controllers – PID, Lead-Lag & Properties

·       PI, Lag, PD, Lead, and Lead-Lag Design Via Root Locus

·       The Nyquist Plot

·       Nyquist vs. Bode

·       Gain and Phase Margins Intro to Stability Robustness

·       Interval vs. External Stability

·       Parameterization of Stabilizing Controllers (Interpolation Conditions)

·       Intro to Non-Parametric Design

·       Interconnection Structure and Small Gain Conditions

·       The State-Space Description

·       State Feedback and LQR Control

·       Observers and Kalman Filters

·       LQG Control

·       Memoryless Nonlinearities – Popov Criteria et.al.

·       Special Topics as Time Allows

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