AME 437: Control Systems Engineering

Spring 2000

Application of feedback analysis and design to mechanical, thermal, electrical and fluid systems, including classical control theory in the frequency and time domains. Stability; performance; methods based on Bode and root-locus diagrams. Representation in state space and basic state space design

Instructor:

• B. Goodwine
• Office: 367 Fitzpatrick
• Email: jgoodwin@nd.edu
• Office hours: Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm

• Neil Petroff
• Office: B22 Fitzpatrick
• Email: npetroff@nd.edu
• Office hours: Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00 pm
• M. Brett McMickell
  • Office: B22 Fitzpatrick
  • Email: mcmicke@nd.edu
  • Office hours: Mondays, 5:00-6:00 pm

• Syllabus (3 pages, postscript).
• Introduction to feedback control from first lecture.
• Table of Laplace transform pairs.
• Table of Laplace transform properties.
• An example of how to use the final value theorem to compute the steady state error for the cruise control problem from Homework 1.
• Exam 1 solutions (7 pages, postscript) and statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Exam 2 statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Exam 3 statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Final Exam statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Overall grade distribution as of April 29, 1998 (does not include the Final Exam).
• Root locus plotting guide. (2 pages, postscript).
• Check your grades.

• Homework 1, due Wednesday, January 26, 2000. Sample code in C, Mathematica and Matlab is available. Solutions (ps pdf).
• Homework 2, due Wednesday, February 2, 2000. Solutions (pdf) page 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
• Homework 3, due Wednesday, February 9, 2000. Sample code. Solutions (ps pdf).
• Homework 4, due Wednesday, February 16, 2000. Solutions (ps pdf).
• Homework 5, due Wednesday, February 23, 2003. Solutions (ps pdf).
• Homework 6, due Monday, February 28, 2000. Preliminary solutions (ps pdf).
• Homework 7, due Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (ps pdf.)
• Homework 8, due Wednesday, March 29, 2000. Preliminary solutions (ps pdf).
• Homework 9, due Wednesday, April 5, 2000. Solutions (ps pdf).
• Homework 10, due Friday, April 14, 2000.
• Homework 11, due Wednesday, May 3, 2000.

• To view the postscript file format for the homeworks and solutions, you need one of the following:
  • Ghostview for UNIX.
  • Step-by-step instructions for installing GSview on Windows 95. Here's an alternative GSview site.
  • Ghostscript for Macintosh.
• Matlab information:
  • Using Matlab for control.
  • Matlab primer (2d addition, html).
  • Matlab primer (3d addition, postscript).
  • Another controls tutorial for Matlab.
  • CMU Matlab Page (lots of information).
  • MathWorks Web Site.

• California PATH project and their current research.
• Center for Dynamics and Control of Smart Structures (Harvard) and their current research.
• Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory (University of Maryland) and their current research areas.
• YBCO thin film vapor deposition project (Caltech) and a summary of the control issues involved.
• Honeywell Sensing and Control and technical sensor products information.