Syllabus Control Systems - (3131101) Credits Examination Marks Total Marks C Theory Marks Practical Marks ESE (E) PA (M) ESE Viva (V) PA (I) 4 70 30 30 20 150 1. Introduction to Control Systems : Introduction, Brief History of Automatic Control, Examples of Control Systems, Engineering Design, Mechatronic Systems, The Future Evolution of Control Systems. (Chapter - 1) 2. Mathematical Models of Systems : Differential Equations of Physical Systems, Linear Approximations of Physical Systems, The Laplace Transform, The Transfer Function of Linear Systems, Block Diagram Models, Signal-Flow Graph Models. (Chapters - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) 3. Feedback Control System Characteristics : Error Signal Analysis, Sensitivity of Control Systems to Parameter Variations, Disturbance Signals in a Feedback Control System, Control of the Transient Response, Steady-State Error, The Cost of Feedback. (Chapter - 7) 4. The Performance of Feedback Control Systems : Test Input Signals, Performance of Second-Order Systems, Effects of a Third Pole and a Zero on the Second-Order System Response, Transient Response, The Steady-State Error of Feedback Control Systems, Performance Indices, The Simplification of Linear Systems. (Chapter - 8) 5. The Stability of Linear Feedback Systems : The Concept of Stability, relative stability analysis, Routh-Hurwitz criteria. (Chapter - 9) 6. The Root Locus Method : The Root Locus Concept. The Root Locus Procedure, Parameter Design by the Root Locus Method, Sensitivity and the Root Locus, Three-Term (PID) Controllers. (Chapter - 10) 7. Frequency Response Methods : Frequency Response Plots, Frequency Response Measurements, Performance Specifications in the Frequency Domain, Log Magnitude and Phase Diagrams. (Chapter - 11) 8. The Design of Feedback Control Systems : Approaches to System Design, Cascade Compensation Networks, Phase-Lead Design Using the Bode Diagram, Phase-Lead Design Using the Root Locus, System Design Using Integration Networks, Phase-Lag Design Using the Root Locus, Phase-Lag Design Using the Bode Diagram, Design on the Bode Diagram Using Analytical Methods. (Chapter - 13) 9. Stability in the Frequency Domain : Mapping Contours in the s-Plane, The Nyquist Criterion, Relative Stability and the Nyquist Criterion, Time-Domain Performance Criteria in the Frequency Domain, System Bandwidth, The Stability of Control Systems with Time Delays. (Chapters - 11, 12) 10. State Variable Models : The State Variables of a Dynamic System, The State Differential Equation, Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models, Alternative Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models, The Transfer Function from the State Equation, The Time Response and the State Transition Matrix. (Chapter - 14)
