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Systems and Control

Semester 2 · 42188 · Bachelor in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering · 12CP · IT


The Systems and Control Theory course is a specialization subject within the Bachelor's degree program in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering and serves to acquire professional skills and methodological knowledge of the systems and control theory of linear systems in the frequency domain.

Module 1:
1. Dynamic system modelling in frequency domain
2. Dynamic system response
3. Stability of linear control systems
4. Root-locus analysis and design methods
5. Frequency-response analysis and design methods
6. Digital control systems (time permitting).

Module 2:
1. Introduction to Matlab
2. Introduction to Simulink
3. Simulation of dynamic systems in the frequency domain with the Control System Toolbox
4. Computer-aided analysis and design in Matlab/Simulink
5. Real experiments of control in the lab

Lecturers: Marco Frego

Teaching Hours: 36
Lab Hours: 24
Mandatory Attendance: Recommended.

Course Topics
The first module includes 36 hours of frontal lectures and 24 hours of classroom exercises in systems and control theory of linear systems in the frequency domain. The second module introduces students to the simulation software Matlab/Simulink in a further 60 hours and includes a series of control engineering experiments in the laboratory in which both mechatronic and fluid dynamic systems are first simulated and then controlled in real experiments.

Teaching format
The lessons are divided into theoretical classroom lessons and in-class exercises.

Educational objectives
ILOs Module 2: Knowledge and understanding: Knowledge and understanding in the field of: 1. Theory of modelling and control of linear systems in frequency domain Applying knowledge and understanding: 2. Ability to apply knowledge for solving given problems, including solving them with numerical data. Making judgements: 3. Ability to judge plausibility of results. Communication skills: 4. Maturing of technical-scientific terminology. Ability to learn: Learning skills to independently study and apply methods of systems and control for specific applications beyond topics covered in this lecture.

Assessment
The exam covers topics of MODULE 1 and MODULE 2 ab and has the following form: • MODULE 1 (50% of the final exam): Written: 180 minutes; ILOs assessed: 1-5. • MODULE 2 (50% of the final exam): Written: 120 minutes; ILOs assessed: 1-5.

Evaluation criteria
The final mark is computed as the average of the two module marks. The exam is considered passed when both marks are valid, i.e., in the range 18-30. Otherwise, the individual valid marks (if any) are kept for all 3 regular exam sessions, until also all other parts are completed with a valid mark. After the 3 regular exam sessions, all marks become invalid. • MODULE 1: The written exam consists of several mathematical tasks to be solved, which are distributed among the various topics covered. Judged will be: o the correctness of the approach and the mathematical steps of the solution, the calculation of numerical results; o the correctness of the provided answers and arguments presented and the terminology used. • MODULE 2: The exam comprises tasks that are to be solved with Matlab and Simulink and requires knowledge of the handling of the simulation software as well as knowledge of methods of control theory of linear systems in the frequency domain from Module 1. The formal and methodological correctness of the answers will be evaluated as well as the calculations and the graphical representation of the results.

Required readings

Course slides and Control Systems Engineering – Global Edition, Norman S. Nise, Wiley, 2017 (based on 7th edition from 2015).



Supplementary readings

Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems – Global Edition, Gene F. Franklin, J. D. Powell, A. Emami-Naeini, Pearson, Global Edition, 2015 (based on 7th edition from 2015)

 

Modern Control Engineering – International edition 5/E, Katsuhiko Ogata, Pearson, 2010.

 

Automatic Control Systems, Farid Golnaraghi, Benjamin C. Kuo, 10th Edition, Mc Graw Hill Education, 2017.

Modern Control Systems, Global Edition 13/E, Dorf & Bishop, Pearson, 2018.

 

A MATLAB Primer for Technical Programming in Materials Science and Engineering - Leonid Burstein -Woodhead Publishing Elsevier – 2020

 

MATLAB A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving - Stormy Attaway - Second Edition - Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier – 2012

 

MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow - Angermann, Rau, Beuschel, Wohlfarth -De Gruyter (in German) 9th ed. 2017



Further information
Software used: Matlab/Simulink.


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Modules

Semester 2 · 42188A · Bachelor in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering · 6CP · IT

Module A — Systems and Control

1. Dynamic system modelling in frequency domain
2. Dynamic system response
3. Stability of linear control systems
4. Root-locus analysis and design methods
5. Frequency-response analysis and design methods
6. Digital control systems (time permitting).

Lecturers: Marco Frego

Teaching Hours: 36
Lab Hours: 24

Course Topics
The first module includes 36 hours of frontal lectures and 24 hours of classroom exercises in systems and control theory of linear systems in the frequency domain.

Teaching format
The lessons are divided into theoretical classroom lessons and in-class exercises.

Required readings

Control Systems Engineering – Global Edition, Norman S. Nise, Wiley, 2017 (based on 7th edition from 2015)

Course Slides



Supplementary readings

Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems – Global Edition, Gene F. Franklin, J. D. Powell, A. Emami-Naeini, Pearson, Global Edition, 2015 (based on 7th edition from 2015)

 

Modern Control Engineering – International edition 5/E, Katsuhiko Ogata, Pearson, 2010.

 

Automatic Control Systems, Farid Golnaraghi, Benjamin C. Kuo, 10th Edition, Mc Graw Hill Education, 2017.

Modern Control Systems, Global Edition 13/E, Dorf & Bishop, Pearson, 2018.

A MATLAB Primer for Technical Programming in Materials Science and Engineering - Leonid Burstein -Woodhead Publishing Elsevier – 2020

 

MATLAB A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving - Stormy Attaway - Second Edition - Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier – 2012

 

MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow - Angermann, Rau, Beuschel, Wohlfarth -De Gruyter (in German) 9th ed. 2017



Semester -1 · 42188B · Bachelor in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering · 6CP · DE

Module B — Systems and Control Laboratory

1. Introduction to Matlab
2. Introduction to Simulink
3. Simulation of dynamic systems in the frequency domain with the Control System Toolbox
4. Computer-aided analysis and design in Matlab/Simulink
5. Real experiments of control in the lab

Lecturers: Marco Frego

Teaching Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 60

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