CONTROL OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the theory, analysis, and design of control systems, including mechanical, electromechanical, fluid, and thermal systems. It covers the modeling of control systems via differential equations and transfer functions, analysis of control systems in the time and frequency domains, stability, and feedback. It provides basic design tools, including root-locus, frequency response (bode plots), and state space methods. Students learn how to use computers for the analysis and design of control systems. (3 credits)