MAAE4500,Fall2009

Topic
1 Introduction to Control
2 Review of Laplace Transforms
3 Systems and Modeling
4 System Modeling and Automatic Control
5 First- and Second-Order Systems
6 Transient Response and specification
7 Stability and the Routh-Hurwitz Criterion
8 Effect of controls, System Types and Errors
9 Definition of the Root Locus

Material
All of Chapter 1
Review Appendix A and B, review, SYSC 3600
Examples on Lap Tr., 2-1, 2-2, some of 2-3 (up to disturbance, remove on-off
control)
2-3, 2-4,2-5 (remove MATLAB subsections and linearization). Review some
problems from Chapter 3
5-1, 5-2, 5-3
5-3, 5-5, matlab examples
5-6, examples
5-7, 5-8, examples
6-1, 6-2

10 Constructing the Root Locus - Part I

6-2 cont.

11 Contructing the Root Locus - Part II

6-3 (brief on Matlab) + RL examples

12 RL problems +Lead Compensation

13 Examples andLag Compensation
14 Lag-Lead Compensation + problem
15 Introduction to PID + tuning
16 PID Control + review
17 Intro to frequency response and Bode plots
18 examples of Bode and system type
19 Polar plots and intro to nyquist stability

6-5, 6-6
6-7 + examples
6-8
10-1, 10-2, examples
example of PD-PI approach + extra discussions
7-1, 7-2
7-2 (remove nonminimum phase and transport lag)
7-3,7-5

20 Review and problem solving (Quiz2)

21 Nyquist stability criterion and examples
22 Relative Stability (Nyquist + Bode and Matlab)
23 Define Cutt-off frequency + intro to control
24 Intro to Lead and Lag controllers
25 Problems in frequency domain + other control

7-6 (remove multiple loop system and Nyquist for inverse polar plots)
7-7
7-7 (remove Resonant and correlations), 7-10
7-11, 7-12
7-12, review of other control topics