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Course Catalog 1998/99


Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

SMR037 Automatic Control 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Lp III

LANGUAGE:English

EXAMINER
G Harlin Univ adj


PREREQUISITES


COURSE AIM
The course deals with classical methods for the analysis and design of feedback control systems.

CONTENTS
Introduction:
Examples of modern control systems. Terms and definitions.

Dynamic Models:
Differential equations of physical systems. State -space representations. Linearization and scaling.

Dynamic Response:
The Laplace transform. Block diagram models. Steady-state errors. Computer-aided control systems design. RegSim - an interactive simulation program.

Feedback Control:
Properties of Feedback. Steady-state Tracking. PID-controllers. Anti-windup compensation. Stability. Stability criterions.

The Frequency-response Design Method:
The Bode plot technique. Stability and stability margins.

State-space Design:
Canonical forms. Control Law. Estimators. Integral control.

Digital Control:
Digitization. The transfer function of sampled-data systems. The z-transform. Translating of analog design. Discrete design. Hardware characteristics. Sampling-rate selection.


TEACHING


EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS

Laboratory work 1.50ECTS
Written exam 4.50ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Franklin; Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Addison-Wesley 1994, ISBN 0-201-52747-2
Gustafsson m.fl.; Automatic Control - Laboratory Exercises.
Gustafsson T.; RegSim, Manual, Ltu, 1997.

REMARKS


Further information: Gösta Harlin, Tel. 0920-91141

Valid for school year 1998/99.
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