Electrical Engineering Dept. University of Nevada
Spring Semester 2008
EE 370 Control Systems

Catalog Data:

EE 370 Control Systems. Credit 3. Analysis and modeling of engineering systems including input-output and state-space descriptions. Root locus and frequency domain methods. Introduction to classical control design. Prerequisite: EE 221.

Textbook:

N. S. Nise, Control Systems Engineering, J. Wiley, NY, NY, 2004.

References

J. J. DiStefano, A. R. Stubberud, I. J. Williams, Feedback and Control Systems, Schaum's Series, McGraw Hill, NY, 1990.

K. Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997.

B. C. Kuo, Automatic Control Systems, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995.

Instructor: Sami Fadali, Professor, EE (Office SEM 325 T 10-12, M, W 2-3)

Goals: To introduce electrical engineering juniors to control system modeling, analysis & design.

Prerequisites by Topic: Mechanics, Circuits, Laplace Transform, Differential Equations.

Course Contents

Course Introduction

Laplace Transform (Review)

Modeling

Modeling in the Time Domain

Time Response Time

Block Diagrams Manipulation, Signal Flow Graphs (see textbook)

Analytical Design

Stability

Steady-state Error MATLAB Function: step error

Root Locus

Root Locus Rules Summary: Root Locus Rules

Root Locus Examples

Generalized Root Locus

Root Locus Design: Proportional Control

Root Locus Design: PI, PD, PID Control

Root Locus Design: Lag Compensator

Sensitivity

Frequency Response

Frequency Response Examples

Stability Margins

Nyquist Stability Criterion

Introduction to Frequency Response Design

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