MAE 143B: LINEAR CONTROL SUMMARY

http://www-mae.ucsd.edu/research/krstic/schuster/teaching/mae143B/mae143B.html

 

Instructor: Eugenio Schuster

Room 1801, Engineering Building Unit I (EBUI)

Phone:  (858) 822-2406

Email:  schuster@mae.ucsd.edu

 

Class Times

& Location:

Monday/Wednesday/Friday 8:00 to 9:50 AM, WLH 2115

Tuesday/Thursday 5:00 to 5:50 PM, WLH 2114

 

Course

Description:

Analysis and design of feedback systems in the frequency domain. Transfer functions. Time response specifications. PID controllers and Ziegler-Nichols tuning. Stability via Routh-Hurwitz test. Root locus method. Frequency response: Bode and Nyquist diagrams. Dynamic compensators: phase-lead and phase-lag. Actuator saturation and integrator wind-up.

 

Textbook:

“Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems”, 4th edition by Franklin, Powel and Emani-Naeini. Available at the UCSD Bookstore. 

 

Material Covered:

We will work through Chapters 1-6 in order. 

 

Prerequisites:

A grade of C- or better in MAE 143A.

 

Teaching

 Assistant:

Olga Koroleva: olga@ucsd.edu (discussion sessions, office hours homework and exam grading)

 

Office Hours: 

Schuster: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:00-10:30 AM – 1801 EBUI

((or) by appointment – Contact instructor by e-mail.

Koroleva: Tu/Th 6:00-7:00 PM – WLH 2114

                 M 6:00-7:00 PM – 105 EBUII

                 Th 11:00AM – 12:00PM – 105 EBUII

or by appointment – Contact TA by e-mail

 

Syllabus:

Modeling.

ODEs.

Linearization.

Laplace transform.

Transfer functions.

Block diagrams.

Mason’s Rule.

Time response specifications.

Effects of zeros and poles.

Stability via Routh-Hurwitz.

Feedback: Disturbance rejection, Sensitivity, Steady-state tracking.

PID controllers and Ziegler-Nichols tuning procedure.

Actuator saturation and integrator wind-up.

Root locus.

Frequency response--Bode and Nyquist diagrams.

Stability Margins.

Design of dynamic compensators. Kirchoff’s current and voltage laws.