SYLLABUS
EE 4314 Control Systems
Fall 2013, Tu/Th 3:30-4:50pm
Room NH 110
Instructor:Dan Popa
Office:NH 543
Office Hours:Tu Th 1:00 m- 3pm- 3:00pm or by appointment
Phone:(817) 272 - 3422 (NH)
Mailbox:Electrical Engineering, Box 19016, UTA, ArlingtonTX76019
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Course Description:
Analyses of closed loop systems using frequency response, root locus, and state
variable techniques. System design based on analytic and computer methods.
Course Content:
Modeling of dynamical systems
Description of systems in frequency domain using transfer functions
Description of systems in time domain using state-variable
Stability and Performance analysis of systems.
Design of classical feedback compensators: lead-lag, PID.
Design of feedback control using root-locus, Bode plots, and Nyquist methods.
Design of fedback control using state-variable feedback.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will acquire significant insight into:- Modeling of physical dynamic systems using differential equations, block diagrams, and signal-flow graphs.
- Ability to describe specifications of feedback system performance and stability, including transient, and stready-state.
- Ability to design feedback systems using root-locus methods.
- Ability to design feedback systems using frequency response methods: Nyquist’s criterion, Bode plots, etc.
- Ability to design feedback systems using state-variable methods.
Requirements:
Prerequisites:
Continuous Linear Systems
Discrete Signals and Systems
Differential equations
MATLAB
Required Textbook:
G.F. Franklin, J.D. Powell, A. Emami-Naeni, Feedback Control of Dynamic
Systems, 6th Ed., Pearson Education, 2009, ISBN 978-0-136019-69-5
Description of major assignments:
Important Dates
- October 15 - Midterm I (in class)
- November 14 – Midterm II (take-home, due Nov. 19)
- November 28 – Thanksgiving Holiday
- December 9-13 – Final Exam (in class, comprehensive)
Examinations: Three written exams will be given, including an in-class midterm (20% of grade), a take-home midterm (20% of grade), and an in-class final exam (20% of grade).
(If an exam is canceled due to inclement weather or other unexpected reasons, it will take place in the subsequent scheduled class time and place unless posted otherwise on the course web. Pictured I.D. is required to take an exam. No borrowing of items including calculators, erasers are allowed in an exam. No electronic device or cell phones will be allowed in all exams except for a pocket calculator.
For Midterm I, bring a 1 page, double sided cheat sheet.
For Final exam, bring a 5 page, double sided cheat sheet.
Homework: Homework is an essential part of the learning process. It carries 20% of the grade. All assignments have to be turned in on time. Seeking help for homework is permitted, but you must hand in your own work without duplicating or paraphrasing other people’s work. Under legitimate (but very rare) circumstances an extension will be granted. Late homeworks will be accepted with the penalty of 15% per late day (24 hrs). Homework includes problem sets and MATLAB assignments.
Labs: Laboratory demonstrations are essential in the process of understanding and assimilating concepts taught in class. Students will be divided into lab teams, which will rotate in the lab several times a week. The experiments are being conducte in NH 250, and they will carry 20% of the grade.
Random quizzes on turned-in work: Every student will be required to answer quizzes regarding their submitted homeworks or exams. Quizzes will be held with the instructor twice during in the semester, once for homework, and once for take home exam. Quizzes will be scheduled within 2 weeks from submission of the assignment by the TA. In case of a failed quizz (no show, student not familiar with his own turned in work, etc), credit for that assignment or exam will be rescinded.
Missed Exams: Missed exams will be assigned a grade of 0%, unless legitimate emergency or medical reasons are given prior to the exam. In that case, a make up exam will be arranged with the instructor.
Grading Policy
For EE students: Homework =20%, Labs =20%, Midterm EXAMS 20% each, Final 20%. Grading will be curved based on class average, generally >80% will be an A, 70-80% B, 60-70% C, 50-60% D, <50% F.
For MAE and other students: Homework =25%, Midterm EXAMS 25% each, Final 25%
Incomplete Grade: No grade of "Incomplete” will be given.
Attendance Policy:
Attendance is highly recommended for all lectures, but is not enforced.If you skip classes, you
will find the homework and exams much more difficult. Assignments, lecture notes, and other
materials are going to be posted online, however, due to the pace of the lectures, copying
someone else's notes may be an unreliable way of making up an absence. You are responsible
for all material covered in class regardless of absences.
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