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ECE 486 Lecture Slides

We mostly follow the slides by Prof Maxim Raginsky and Prof Daniel Liberzon.

Some lecture notes are from Prof Peter Seiler.

The lecture notes from Prof Laurent Lessard provide good supplmentary materials. Available online:https://laurentlessard.com/teaching/4555-system-analysis-and-control/

Detailed Syllabus for Fall 2021

Date Topic Additional Reading In-Class Problems
08/24 Introduction to feedback control

Historical overview

FPE Ch. 1, Control - A perspective  
08/26 ODEs and LTI systems;Convolution ;Laplace Transform and Transfer Functions FPE Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 - 2.4; Old slides Problem_lec02;Solutions
08/31 Response of Linear ODEs;Method of Partial Fractions ;DC Gain & Final Value Theorem FPE Section 3.1, Appendix A;Old slides Problem_lec03;Solutions
09/02 Time domain performance;First-order step response ;Second-order step response FPE Section 3.3 - 3.4, Lab manual;Old slides Problem_lec04;Solutions
09/07 Interconnections;Block diagrams;State-space models Old slides Problem_lec05;Solutions
09/09 Effect of Extra Poles and Zeros;Stability;Routh-Hurwitz Criterion FPE Sections 3.5 - 3.6;Old slides Problem_lec06;Solutions
09/14 Summary of Control Design Issues;Open-Loop Control;Proportional Control FPE Sections 4.1, Lab manual;Old slides Problem_lec07;Solutions
09/16 Proportional-Integral Control;Proportional-Derivative Control FPE Sections 4.2 - 4.3, Lab manual Problem_lec08;Solutions
09/21 PI Tuning for First-Order Systems;PID Tuning for Second-Order Systems A classic paper and a relatively recent survey Problem_lec09;Solutions
09/23 Dominant Pole Approximation;Integrator Anti-windup;Control Law Implementation FPE Section 4.2 - 4.3, Section 9.3.1 Problem_lec10;Solutions
09/28 Introduction to Root Locus design method;Rules ABC FPE Chapter 5 Problem_lec11;Solutions
09/30 Root Locus Rules DEF;Case Study on Design FPE Chapter 5 Problem_lec12;Solutions
10/05 In-Class Review I    
10/07 Midterm I    
10/12 Steady State Sinusoidal Response;Bode Plots;Example: First-order Systems FPE Section 6.1 Problem_lec13;Solutions
10/14 Bode Plots for 2nd-Order Systems;Frequency Content of Signals;Intro to Bode Plots of Higher-Order Systems FPE Section 6.1 Problem_lec14;Solutions
10/19 Bode Plots for General Systems FPE Chapter 6  
10/21 Sensitivity Functions;Gain Margin;Phase Margin FPE Chapter 6 Problem_lec16;Solutions
10/26 Bode Plots for Gain/Phase Margins;Bode Gain-Phase Relationship;Lead Compensator FPE Chapter 6  
10/28 Nyquist Plots;Cauchy's Argument Principle;NyquistStabilityCondition;Margins from Nyquist Plots FPE Chapter 6  
11/02 Nyquist Stability Condition with Varying K;Lag Compensator FPE Chapters 5-6  
11/04 Loop Shaping    
11/09 Lecture 21: Introduction to state-space design FPE Chapter 7  
11/11 Lecture 22: Controllability, stability, & pole-zero cancellations; similarity transformation; canonical forms FPE Chapter 7  
11/16 Midterm II    
11/18 Lecture 23: Pole placement by full state feedback FPE Chapter 7  
11/30 Lecture 24: Observer design for state estimation FPE Chapter 7  
12/02 Lecture 25: Dynamic output feedback;Linearization of Nonlinear Models FPE Chapter 7 Practice Problems for Linearization
12/07 In-class review Good luck!