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Unit 1.0: Introduction to Control Problem (4 hrs)
Industrial Control examples. Mathematical models of physical systems. Control hardware and their models. Transfer function models of linear time-invariant systems. Feedback Control: Open-Loop and Closed-loop systems. Benefits of Feedback. Block diagram algebra.
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Unit 2.0: Time Response Analysis (9 hrs)
Standard test signals. Time response of first and second order systems for standard test inputs. Application of initial and final value theorem. Design specifications for second-order systems based on the time-response. Concept of Stability. Routh-Hurwitz Criteria. Relative Stability analysis. Root-Locus technique. Construction of Root-loci.
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Unit 3.0: Frequency-Response Analysis (7 hrs)
Relationship between time and frequency response, Polar plots, Bode plots. Nyquist stability criterion. Relative stability using Nyquist criterion \u2013 gain and phase margin. Closed-loop frequency response.
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Unit 4.0: Introduction to Controller Design (9 hrs)
Stability, steady-state accuracy, transient accuracy, disturbance rejection, insensitivity and robustness of control systems. Root-loci method of feedback controller design. Design specifications in frequency-domain. Frequency-domain methods of design. Application of Proportional, Integral and Derivative Controllers, Lead and Lag compensation in designs. Analog and Digital implementation of controllers.
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Unit 5.0: State Variable Analysis (7 hrs)
Concepts of state variables. State space model. Diagonalization of State Matrix. Solution of state equations. Eigenvalues and Stability Analysis. Concept of controllability and observability. Pole-placement by state feedback. Discrete-time systems. Difference Equations. State-space models of linear discrete-time systems. Stability of linear discrete-time systems.
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Unit 6.0: Introduction to Optimal Control and Nonlinear Control (5 hrs)
Performance Indices. Regulator problem, Tracking Problem. Nonlinear system\u2013Basic concepts and analysis.
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Textbook / Reference Book
- M. Gopal, "Control Systems: Principles and Design", McGraw Hill Education, 1997.
- B. C. Kuo, "Automatic Control System", Prentice Hall, 1995.
- K. Ogata, "Modern Control Engineering", Prentice Hall, 1991.
- I. J. Nagrath and M. Gopal, "Control Systems Engineering", New Age International, 2009.