| Date |
Topic |
Additional Reading |
In-Class Problems |
| 01/18 |
Historical overview
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FPE Ch. 1, Control - A perspective |
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| 01/20 |
State-space models of systems; linearization |
FPE Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 - 2.4, 7.2, 9.2.1 |
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| 01/25 |
Linear systems and their dynamic response |
FPE Section 3.1, Appendix A |
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| 01/27 |
Dynamic response (transient and steady-state) with arbitrary initial conditions |
FPE Section 3.1, Appendix A |
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| 02/01 |
System modeling diagrams; prototype second-order system |
FPE Sections 3.1-3.2, lab manual |
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| 02/03 |
Transient response specifications: rise time, peak time, overshoot, settling time |
FPE Sections 3.3-3.4, lab manual |
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| 02/08 |
Effect of extra zeros and extra poles; the Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion |
FPE Sections 3.5-3.6 |
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| 02/10 |
Basic properties and benefits of feedback control |
FPE Section 4.1, lab manual |
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| 02/15 |
Introduction to Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control |
FPE Section 4.1-4.3, lab manual |
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| 02/17 |
Introduction to Root Locus |
FPE Chapter 5 |
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| 02/22 |
Introduction to design using the Root Locus method |
FPE Chapter 5 |
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| 02/24 |
Lead and lag dynamic compensation |
FPE Chapter 5 |
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| 03/01 |
Lead and lag dynamic compensation cont.; introduction to frequency-response method |
FPE Sections 5.1-5.4, 6.1 |
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| 03/03 |
Bode plots for three types of transfer functions |
FPE Chapter 6 |
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| 03/08 |
Stability from frequency response; gain and phase margins |
FPE Chapter 6 |
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| 03/10 |
Midterm I (in class) |
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|
| 03/15 |
no class (spring break) |
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| 03/17 |
no class (spring break) |
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| 03/22 |
Control design using frequency response |
FPE Chapter 6 |
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| 03/24 |
Control design using frequency response continued: lead/lag compensation |
FPE Chapter 6 |
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| 03/29 |
Introduction to Nyquist stability criterion |
FPE Chapter 6 |
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| 03/31 |
Nyquist stability criterion: examples, determining GM and PM |
FPE Chapter 6 |
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| 04/05 |
Introduction to state-space design |
FPE Chapter 7 |
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| 04/07 |
Controllability, effect of coordinate transformations, controller canonical form (CCF) |
FPE Chapter 7 |
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| 04/12 |
Pole placement by full state feedback |
FPE Chapter 7 |
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| 04/14 |
Review for Midterm 2 |
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| 04/19 |
no class |
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| 04/21 |
Midterm II (in class) |
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| 04/26 |
Observability, state estimation using Luenberger observers |
FPE Chapter 7 |
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| 04/28 |
Approximate controller pole placement by dynamic output feedback |
FPE Chapter 7 |
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