System Analysis and Control

• Open-loop and feedback control
• Laws governing mechanical, electrical, fluid, and thermal control components
• Mathematical models of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrial and control devices
• Block diagrams, transfer functions, response of servomechanisms to typical input signals (step function, impulse, harmonic), frequency response, Bode diagram, stability analysis, and stability criteria
• Improvement of system response by introduction of simple elements in the control circuit
• Regulation of physical process: proportional, integral, and derivative control
• Theory of linear controller design

Suggested Reading Materials

Control Engineering, 2nd Edition
Bissell, C.C. Taylor & Francis, 1996.

Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems
Franklin, 2006.