Rice University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MECH 420 / ELEC 436 Spring 2004
Fundamentals of Control Systems
T TH 10:50 AM -- 12:05 PM
HB 227
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Fathi H. Ghorbel, Room 205, ext. 3738, e-mail:
ghorbel@rice.edu
COURSE CONTENT: This course deals with the fundamentals of feedback control and is intended to provide the student with an approach to the analysis, design, and synthesis of linear
control systems. In addition, it gives the student the opportunity to design and implement control laws using laboratory computer-controlled system.
- Main Topics of the Course:
- Linear systems and the fundamental principles of classical feedback control.
- State variable analysis of linear dynamic systems.
- Stability of linear control systems.
- Time-domain analysis and control of linear systems.
- Root-locus analysis and design and pole-zero synthesis.
- Frequency domain techniques for the analysis and design of control systems.
- Introduction to discrete-data control systems (time permitting).
- Laboratory Experiments: Design and implementation of control laws using several systems housed in the Dynamic Systems and Control Laboratory at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Room 117). These include the computer controlled Industrial Emulator, the Control Moment Gyroscope, and the Magnetic Levitation systems. Laboratory control systems residing at the Institute of Automatic Control, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL) will also be used for control experimentation over the web.
TEXTBOOKS:
- B.C. Kuo, and F. Golnaraghi, Automatic Control Systems (8th Edition), Prentice Hall (required).
- K. Ogata, Solving Control Engineering Problems with MATLAB, Prentice Hall (optional).
COURSE ACTIVITIES:
- Class attendance is expected.
- There will be approximately five (5) Problem Sets, two (2) Exams and a (1) Final Exam, and about three (3) Laboratory Sessions.
- The night before the homework is due, there will be a TA Session (total of five (5) sessions) from 7:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. in Room 117. Attendance of TA Sessions is optional.
- Problem Sets and Laboratory Reports are due in the Homework Drop Box placed next to the Lab Room (MEB 117) no later than the due date/time indicated in the Problem Set.
LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
GRADING: Exams (50 %), homework (25 %) and laboratory projects (25 %).
OFFICE HOURS:
- Instructor: T 1:15 PM -- 2:15 PM.
- TAs : TA Sessions as scheduled above, and by appointment.
TEACHING AND LABORATORY ASSISTANTS
Note: Any student with a documented disability needing academic adjustments or accommodations is required to speak with me during the first two weeks of class. Additionally, students should contact the Disabled Student Services office in the Ley Student Center.
Please send reports of problems and suggestions for changes to
ghorbel@rice.edu.