Undergraduate MEMS 1045

Automatic Controls

(3 units)

Description: Modeling of mechanical systems and classical feedback control theory for single-input-single-output systems.

Prerequisite: MEMS 1014

Textbooks: Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 5th edition, by Franklin, Powell and Emami-Naeini, John Wiley and Sons.

Feedback and Control Systems, 2nd edition, by DiStefano, Stubberud and Williams, McGraw-Hill.

Course Objectives:

• To introduce the concepts of feedback control
• To teach the application of feedback control in the analysis and design of controllers for dynamic systems
• To serve as a foundation for further study in the field of control systems.

Topics Covered:

1. Laplace transforms
2. Transfer functions
3. Modeling of dynamic systems
4. Transient and steady state response
5. Stability
6. PID and lead-lag controllers
7. Root locus
8. Frequency response
9. Bode plots
10. Matlab and Simulink

Class/Laboratory Schedule: Three 50-minute periods of lecture per week

Professional Component Contribution: Engineering science and design

Relationship to Program Objectives: 1a, 2a, 2b, 3c

Prepared by: William W. Clark

Date Prepared: March 12, 2005