Control Systems

Module description

• Module Goals

Students should acquire knowledge and understanding of the automatic control theory, control mechanism and control tools.

• Assessment Methods

40%: Class activity.

60%: End-of-term exam.

• Module Syllabus

Introduction to automatic control systems - elements of automatic control systems - description of control systems: structural and network diagrams, writing systems equations, Laplace transform and its theorems, inverse Laplace transform, block diagrams and their reduction and simplification rules, main concepts of feedback control systems - types of control systems: open-loop control system, closed-loop control system, a comparison between open- and closed-loop control systems - types of controllers - the mathematical basics of control - formulating mathematical models that describe the systems - the algebra of control diagrams and signal flow graphs, time response of automatic control systems, frequency response, stability, stable and dynamic error, monotone instability, fluctuating instability, Routh’s stability criterion, Nyquist stability criterion, Bode plots, basic applications in biomedical engineering.