Mechanical System and Control

This course serves as an introduction to basic feedback control systems.

TEXT: “Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems,” Third Edition, by G.F. Franklin, J.B. Powell, and A. Emami-Naeini, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, 1994.

• Overview
  • Definitions
  • Dynamic Systems
  • Block Diagrams
• Systems
  • Electrical
  • Mechanical
  • Rotational
  • Incompressible Fluids
  • Thermal
• Dynamic Response
  • Transfer Functions
  • Poles and Zeros
• Simple Control Methods
  • Feedback
  • Frequency Response from Bode Plots
  • Root Locus Methods
  • Routh-Hurwitz Tables
  • Nichols Chart

Years Taught: Fall '97, Fall '96