Control Systems Analysis and Design 4 ENG4195

  • Academic Session: 2023-24
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes

Short Description

This course provides a theoretical background to classical control. Topics include frequency-domain and time-domain methods, multi-variable and state-space techniques.

Timetable

2 lectures per week

1 tutorial session

1 laboratory session (2hrs)

Requirements of Entry

None

Excluded Courses

Control 4 (ENG4042)

Control M (ENG5022)

Control System Analysis and Design M (ENG5314)

Assessment

Examination: 90%

Written assignment: laboratory report (10%)

Main Assessment In: December

Course Aims

This course aims to provide an understanding of continuous time control systems, and to analyse and design linear control systems in the frequency and in the state space domains.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ explain frequency domain, time domain and state space concepts of control systems

■ use frequency domain design and analysis techniques, including Bode plots, Nyquist diagrams and the root locus method

■ analyse and design feedback controllers using proportional, integral and derivative (PID) control and pole placement

■ appreciate the use of Matlab and Simulink as simulation tools for control system analysis and design

■ represent dynamic control systems in state space form, and design state-estimator feedback control systems using pole placement.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.