Chapter 1 -- Introduction, what control systems are, types of
control systems, examples of control systems, what feedback is and why
it is used - 1 class period.
Chapter 3 -- Block diagrams and their manipulation, modeling mechanical and
electrical systems - 3 class periods.
Chapter 4 -- Transient analysis for systems, model and characteristics of
first-order systems, model and characteristics of second-order systems
- 3 class periods.
Chapter 5 -- Effects of control actions on system performance, stability analysis
with the Routh array, steady-state errors in systems - 4 class periods.
Chapter 6 -- Closed-loop poles and their movement, concept of the
root locus magnitude and phase criteria, constructing the root locus
plot, properties of the root locus - 3 class periods.
Chapter 7 -- Specifications for control systems, designing compensators
using the root locus, phase lag and phase lead compensators, lag-lead compensation -
4 class periods.
Chapter 8 -- Frequency response analysis, review of Bode plots, gain and phase margins,
polar plots, Nyquist stability criterion - 4 class periods.
Chapter 9 -- Specifications for control systems, designing compensators in the
frequency domain, phase lag and phase lead compensators, lag-lead compensation - 3
class periods.
Prerequisites by topic:
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