Course Title and Code
Control Engineering (EE3060A)
Programme
UG
Course Credit
3-0-2-4 (Lecture-Tutorial-Practical-Total Credits)
Course Category
Core
Target Discipline
Electrical Engineering (EE)
Prerequisite
Signals and Systems
Course Content
| S/N | Topic | Lecture (hours) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Laplace transforms, Mathematical models, state space representation, measurement, outputs, inputs, transfer functions. Examples: mass-spring-damper, simple pendulum, brush dc motor, RLC circuits. | 9 |
| 2 | Open loop control: Concept of poles and zeros, open loop response, steady state error, overshoot, settling time. Concept of stability and asymptotic stability, Routh Hurwitz criterion, parameter variation (root locus). | 15 |
| 3 | Closed loop control: Block diagram representation, closed loop transfer function, Nyquist and Bode plots, stability. | 15 |
| 4 | State space: equilibrium points, stability of equilibrium points, controllability and observability, state feedback control. | 3 |
| 5 | Lab Experiments: DC motor speed/position control, ball on beam system, wheeled robot, robot manipulator, twin rotor helicopter. | 21 (practical hours) |
List of Lab Exercises
- Design using Lead compensator, Lag compensator, and Lead-Lag compensator. [3 hours]
- Modeling and control design of the DC motor. [3 hours]
- Control design of a two-link robot manipulator. [3 hours]
- Design of ball on a beam system [4 hours]
- Feedback Control of Wheeled mobile robot [4 hours]
- PID and LQR control of twin rotor helicopter [4 hours]
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to analyze and design controllers for linear time-invariant systems.
Text Books
- 1. Automatic Control Systems, Benjamin C. Kuo and M. Farid Golnaraghi, Prentice-Hall, 1995. ISBN-13: 978-8126552337
- 2. Control System Engineering, Norman Nise, Wiley, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-8126537280
- 3. Modern Control Engineering, Katsuhiko Ogata. ISBN-10: 0135891280
- 4. Control Systems Engineering, Nagrath and Gopal. ISBN-13: 978-9386070111
Reference Books
- 1. Linear System Theory and Design, Chi-Tsong Chen. ISBN-10: 0199959579
- 2. Linear Systems Theory, Joao P. Hespanha. ISBN-10: 0691179573
- 3. Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers, Karl Johan Åström and Richard M Murray. ISBN-10: 0691135762
Reviewer Comments
For some reason we at IITM do not have a specific lab-based component for UG control. The electrical machines course runs in a 4+2 model. The hours are the same as before, but credits have reduced. You may have to balance out the hours like 35 + 14, or something similar, to suit 4 credits.