FYSS6311 Fundamentals of Control Engineering (5 cr)

• Introduction of basic terms related to control engineering and examples systems involving components related to control engineering
  
• Theory behind Lablace-transform, transfer function and block diagram presentation
• Principles of mathematic modelling of dynamic systems 
  

• Principles of frequency analysis, time domain analysis of control systems and stability analysis of systems
• Basic controllers and their working principles, principles of compensation and design of system, introduction of modern control engineering theory and basic concepts 
• The basic mathematic tools relevant to this course will be rehearsed within this course, the course is not mathematically difficult. There are large number of concepts within control engineering, and that can be sometimes confusing
  

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

• present and explain descriptions and definitions of basic control engineering concepts, and describe the definitions of Laplace transform and its inverse transform.
• solve simple single-variable control engineering problems and solve differential equations using Laplace transform. They can also derive transfer functions for single-variable systems described by linear constant coefficient differential equations.
• use block diagram representation and block diagram transformations in determining the system's transfer function. They can present the difference between frequency function and transfer function and utilize graphical methods (pole-zero plot, Nyquist plot, and Bode plot) in the system's frequency analysis.
• examine the stability of the system and determine, in simple cases, the limits of control parameters within which the system is stable. They can also list basic controllers and present their definitions in Laplace domain.
• present the definitions of compensators and explain why they can stabilize the system's behavior. They can present the definition of modern control theory state-space representation and its basic concepts.
• solve simple problems using state-space representation and use Matlab program in solving basic control engineering problems.

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