Control Systems

Catalog description

Control systems analysis. Differential equations of motion of mass-spring and RLC systems. Differential equations of motion of servo-mechanism. Response to step, ramp and sinusoidal forcing command. Servomechanism transfer functions, signal-flow diagrams. State-space description; transition matrix, sensitivity analysis and error analysis. Stability analysis using the Bode diagram and the root-locusmethods. The course will also include a special project or paper as required and specified by the instructor and the SoECS graduate committee. Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: EENG 281 or EENG 508.