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MCE 405 — Control Engineering

2 units · MCE department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

develop the mathematical model of the physical systems
analyse the response of the closed and open loop systems
analyse the stability of the closed and open loop systems
design the various kinds of compensator
explain alternate representations of dynamic systems (time domain, frequency domain, state space)
define and explain feedback and feed-forward control architecture and discuss the importance of performance, robustness and stability in control design
interpret and apply block diagram representations of control systems and design PID controllers based on empirical tuning rules
compute stability of linear systems using the Routh array test and use this to generate control design constraints

Course contents

Introduction to control system: Concept of feedback and Automatic control, Effects of feedback, Objectives of control system, Definition of linear and nonlinear systems, Elementary concepts of sensitivity and robustness. Types of control systems, Servomechanisms and regulators, examples of feedback control systems. Transfer function concept. Pole and Zeroes of a transfer function. Properties of Transfer function. Mathematical modelling of dynamic systems: Translational systems, Rotational systems, Mechanical coupling, Liquid level systems, Electrical analogy of Spring– MassDashpot system. Block diagram representation of control systems. Block diagram algebra. Signal flow graph. Mason’s gain formula. Control system components: Potentiometer, Synchros, Resolvers, Position encoders. DC and AC tachogenerators. Actuators. Block diagram level description of feedback control systems for position control, speed control of DC motors, temperature control, liquid level control, voltage control of an Alternator. Time domain analysis: Time domain analysis of a standard second order closed loop system. Concept of undamped natural frequency, damping, overshoot, rise time and settling time. Dependence of time domain performance parameters on natural frequency and damping ratio. Step and Impulse response of first and second order systems. Effects of Pole and Zeros on transient response. Stabili

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MCE 405 — Control Engineering

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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