Introduction: Components of feedback control systems, Practical examples of open-loop and closed-loop systems; Mathematical models of Physical Systems: Block diagram reduction, Signal flow graphs; Basic characteristics of feedback control systems: Stability-- Concept of stability, Closed-loop systems, Routh Hurwitz Criterion, Time response specifications-- damping coefficient, natural frequency, peak-overshoot, settling time, rise time, steady state errors, Frequency response specifications-- peak and peaking frequency, bandwidth and cut-off rate, Correlation between time-domain and frequency domain specifications; Stability and relative stability analysis: Root Locus method, Nyquist stability criterion, Gain and phase margins; Compensation techniques: Performance goals -- Steady-state, transient and robustness specifications, PID, lag-lead and algebraic approaches for controller design; Sampled-data systems: Sample and hold operations, Sampling theorem, z-transform, Stability and response of sampled-data systems; State variable Analysis: Concepts of states, State variables, State model, State models for linear continuous time systems, Diagonalization of transfer function, Solution of state equations, Concept of controllability & observability. |
Texts/Reference Books:
- B. C. Kuo, ‘Automatic Control Systems’, Wiley, 2003
- K. Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1997
- R. C. Dorf and R. H. Bishop, ‘Modern Control Systems’, Pearson Education, Inc, 2008.
- W. A. Wolovich, ‘Automatic Control Systems’, Saunders College, 1994
- R. T. Stefani, ‘Design of Feedback Control Systems’, Oxford University Press, 2002.
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