MEC 411: Control System Design and Analysis
Course Description
Analysis and design of feedback control systems. Topics include system modeling; transfer function; block diagram and signal-flow graph; sensors, actuators, and control circuit design; control system characteristics and performance; stability analysis; root locus method; Bode diagram; PID & lead-lag compensator design.
Course Syllabus
Recommended Textbook
- Norman S. Nise, Control Systems Engineering, 8th Edition, Wiley, 2019 (ISBN: 9781119474227) [Publisher, Amazon].
- Katsuhiko Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, 5th Edition, Pearson, 2010 (ISBN: 9780136156734) [Publisher, Amazon].
- Gene F. Franklin, David Powell, Abbas F. Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 8th Edition, Pearson, 2021 (ISBN: 9780137516834) [Publisher, Amazon].
Course Materials
- Chapter 1 - Introduction to Control Systems
- Chapter 2 - Laplace Transform Review
- Chapter 3 - Modeling of Dynamic Systems – Part 1
- Chapter 3 - Modeling of Dynamic Systems – Part 2
- Chapter 4 - Automatic Controllers
- Chapter 5 - Block Diagram Reduction
- Chapter 6 - Time Response
- Chapter 7 - Stability
- Chapter 8 - Steady-State Errors
- Chapter 9 - Root Locus Techniques
- Chapter 10 - Design via Root Locus
- Chapter 11 - Frequency Response Techniques