CDS 110ab - Introduction to Control of Physical Systems
Fall 1997, Winter 1998

Description:

Application of feedback analysis and design to physical systems, including classical control theory in the frequency and time domains. Stability; performance; methods based on Bode, Nyquist, and root-locus diagrams. Representation in state space. Analog and discrete dynamical systems. Introduction to multivariable control

Information available:

• Handouts:
  • Course syllabus, first term (2 pages, postscript)
  • Course survey (1 page, postscript): due, 1 Oct (in class)
  • Introduction to Feedback Control, slides from first lecture (6 pages, pdf)
  • Course syllabus, second term (2 pages, postscript)
• Homework sets (97-98, postscript):
  • Homework 1: dynamic modeling, linearization, Laplace transforms
  • Homework 2: Laplace transforms, block diagrams, dynamic response
  • Homework 3: Basic properties of feedback, PID control
  • Homework 4: System type, Routh Hurwitz criterion, root locus techniques
  • Homework 5: Root locus design, Bode plots
  • Homework 6: Bode and Nyquist plots
  • Homework 7: Frequency domain design
  • Homework 8: State space representations
  • Homework 9: Controllability, observability, state feedback
  • Homework 10: State feedback, observers (revised, 23 Jan 98)
  • Homework 11: State feedback with reference inputs, internal model principle
  • Homework 12: Discrete time systems
  • Homework 13: Discrete time control design
  • Homework 14: Norms of signals and systems
  • Homework 15: Robust stability and performance
• Other information
  • Control Tutorials for Matlab

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