Electrical
and Systems Engineering 441
TuTh
11:30AM-1:00PM
Whitaker
216
Instructor:
Christopher I. Byrnes
About
the course:
The course is an introduction to theory and practice of
automatic control for continuous-time systems.
Representations of the system: transfer function, block
diagram, signal flow graph, difference and differential state
equation and output equation. Analysis of control system
components. Transient and steady-state performance. System
analysis: Routh-Hurwitz, root-locus, Nyquist, Bode plots.
System design: PID controller, and lead-lag compensators,
pole placement via state feedback, observer, stability
margins in Nyquist and Bode plots. Emphasis on design
principles and their implementation. Design exercises with a
MATLAB package for specific engineering problems. Same as ESE
541 which requires a project. Prerequisites: 351 or MASE 431.
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