| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
| Aug 28 |
Introduction to feedback control |
Ch. 1 |
| Aug 30 |
State-space models of systems; linearization |
Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1–2.4, 7.2, 9.2.1
|
| Sep 4 |
Linear systems and their dynamic response |
Section 3.1, Appendix A |
| Sep 6 |
Transient and steady-state dynamic response with arbitrary initial conditions |
Section 3.1, Appendix A |
| Sep 11 |
System modeling diagrams; prototype second-order system |
Sections 3.1, 3.2, lab manual |
| Sep 13 |
Transient response specifications |
Sections 3.3, 3.4, lab manual |
| Sep 18 |
Effect of zeros and extra poles; Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion |
Sections 3.5, 3.6 |
| Sep 20 |
Basic properties and benefits of feedback control |
Section 4.1, lab manual |
| Sep 25 |
Introduction to Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control |
Sections 4.1-4.3, lab manual |
| Midterm I material ends here |
| Sep 27 |
Introduction to Root Locus design method |
Chapter 5 |
| Oct 2 |
Root Locus continued; introduction to dynamic compensation |
Chapter 5 |
| Oct 4 |
Midterm Exam I (in class) |
| Oct 9 |
Lead and lag dynamic compensation |
Chapter 5 |
| Oct 11 |
Lead and lag continued; introduction to frequency-response design method |
Sections 5.1-5.4, 6.1 |
| Oct 16 |
Bode plots for three types of transfer functions |
Section 6.1 |
| Oct 18 |
Stability from frequency response; gain and phase margins |
Section 6.1 |
| Oct 23 |
Control design using frequency response |
Chapter 6 |
| Oct 25 |
Control design using frequency response continued; PI and lag, PID and lead-lag |
Chapter 6 |
| Oct 30 |
Nyquist stability criterion |
Chapter 6 |
| Nov 1 |
Nyquist stability criterion continued; gain and phase margins from Nyquist plots |
Chapter 6 |
| Midterm II material ends here |
| Nov 6 |
Introduction to state-space design |
Chapter 7 |
| Nov 8 |
Controllability, stability, and pole-zero cancellations; similarity transformation; conversion of controllable systems to Controller Canonical Form |
Chapter 7 |
| Nov 13 |
In-class review |
| Nov 15 |
Midterm Exam II (in class) |
| Nov 27 |
Pole placement by full state feedback |
Chapter 7 |
| Nov 29 |
Observer design for state estimation |
Chapter 7 |
| Dec 4 |
Joint observer and controller design by dynamic output feedback; separation principle |
Chapter 7 |
| Dec 6 |
Dynamic output feedback continued |
Chapter 7 |
| Dec 11 |
In-class review |
