| SES # | TOPICS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction; mechanical elements | (PDF) |
| 2 | Solving ODEs; cruise control | (PDF) |
| 3 | Laplace transforms; transfer functions; translational and rotational mechanical transfer functions | (PDF) |
| 4 | Electrical and electro-mechanical system transfer functions | (PDF) |
| 5 | DC motor transfer function | (PDF) |
| 6 | Poles and zeros; 1st order systems | (PDF) |
| 7 | 2nd order systems | (PDF) |
| 8 | 2nd order systems (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 9 | More than 2 poles; zeros; nonlinearities and linearization | (PDF) |
| 10 | Examples of modeling & transfer functions | (PDF) |
| 11 | Block diagrams; feedback | (PDF) |
| 12 | Analysis of feedback systems | (PDF) |
| 13 | Quiz 1 | |
| 14 | Stability; Routh-Hurwitz criterion | (PDF) |
| 15 | Stability analysis | Please see the following selections from MathWorks, Inc. "Control System Toolbox Getting Started Guide." (PDF - 1.8 MB)# Chapter 1, all |
| 16 | Steady state error analysis | (PDF) |
| 17 | Root locus introduction | (PDF) |
| 18 | Root locus example | (PDF) |
| 19 | Design of transient response using root locus | (PDF) |
| 20 | Positive feedback | (PDF) |
| 21 | Examples of design via root locus | (PDF) |
| 22 | Steady-state error compensation | (PDF) |
| 23 | Transient response compensation; transient and steady-state error compensation | (PDF) |
| 24 | Compensation examples | (PDF) |
| 25 | Feedback compensation and its physical realization | (PDF) |
| 26 | Feedback design examples | (PDF) |
| 27 | Quiz 2 | |
| 28 | Frequency response; bode plots | (PDF) |
| 29 | Bode plot examples | (PDF) |
| 30 | Gain margin and phase margin | (PDF) |
| 31 | Design using the frequency response; lead, lag, lead-lag compensators | (PDF) |
| 32 | The state-space representation | (PDF) |
| 33 | Solving the state equations in the time and space domains | (PDF) |
| 34 | State equation examples | |
| 35 | Stability and steady-state error in state space; controllability and observability | |
| 36 | Optimal control; the minimum time problem | |
| 37 | Review: modeling and transfer functions | (PDF) |
| 38 | Review: root locus, feedback design | (PDF) |
| 39 | Review: frequency domain and design | (PDF) |