AME 437: Control Systems Engineering

Spring 1998

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 (2 pages, postscript). Due January 21, 1998.
  • Sample Matlab code is also available.
  • Solutions (6 pages, postscript).
  • Statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Homework 2 (2 pages, postscript). Due January 28, 1998.
  • Solutions (8 pages, postscript).
  • Statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Homework 3 (1 page, postscript). Modified February 1, 1998. Due February 4, 1998.
  • Solutions (5 pages, postscript).
  • Statistics (1 page postscript).
• Homework 4 (4 pages, postscript). Due February 11, 1998.
  • Sample Matlab code is also available.
  • Solutions (11 pages, postscript).
  • Statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Homework 5 (3 pages, postscript). Due February 18, 1998.
  • Solutions (8 pages, postscript).
  • Statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Homework 6 (1 page, postscript).Modified February 23, 1998. Due February 25, 1998.
  • Solutions (5 pages, postscript).
  • Statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Homework 7 (4 pages, postscript). Due Friday, March 6, 1998.
  • Solutions (7 pages, postscript).
  • Statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Homework 8 (1 page, postscript). Due Monday, March 23, 1998.
  • Solutions (24 pages,postscript).
  • Statistics (1 page, postscript).
• Homework 9 (3 pages, postscript). Due Wednesday, April 15, 1998.
  • Preliminary Solutions (17 pages, postscript).
  • Matlab hacks necessary to make the root locus plot for problem 6 work right.
• Homework 10 (2 pages, postscript). Due Monday, April 20, 1998.
• Homework 10a (2 pages, postscript). Due Monday, April 20, 1998.
  • Preliminary Solutions (23 pages, postscript).
  • Homework 9 and 10 solutions errata (1 page, postscript). Updated Tue Apr 21 22:13:11 EDT 1998.
• Homework 11: example problems and covering material since Exam 3. (5 pages, postscript). Due: never.

• 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.