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Automatic Control Systems - Part I:
Block Diagrams and Transfer Functions
Shih-Min Hsu, Ph.D., P.E.
Course Outline
In recent years,
control systems have gained an increasingly important role in the development
and advancement of modern civilization and technology. This course should provide
a brief review for readers in the control/system engineering profession or serve
as an introductory material for readers in a non-control/system engineering
profession.
This course begins with the basic tools utilized extensively in Control Systems
- block diagrams and transfer functions. Mason's rule, a systematic and algorithmic
for solving transfer function of a given system described by its block diagram,
is discussed. Part I is concluded with Routh-Hurwitz Stability Criterion (Routh
Test). Part II consists of Laplace Transforms and Time-Domain Analysis. A list
of Laplace Transform Table is provided for quick reference. The course continues
with Root Locus Technique, Nyquist Stability Criterion and Body Plot Technique
for determining the system stability.
This course includes
a multiple choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding
of the course materials.
This course is part one of a five-part course on automatic control systems.
The course content is in a PDF file Automatic Control Systems - Part I: Block Diagrams and Transfer Functions. You need to open or download this document to study this course.References
[1] Gene F. Franklin,
J. David Powell and Abbas Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems
- 2nd Edition, Addison Wesley, 1991
[2] Benjamin C. Kuo, Automatic Control Systems - 5th Edition, Prentice-Hall,
1987
[3] John A. Camara, Practice Problems for the Electrical and Computer Engineering
PE Exam - 6th Edition, Professional Publications, 2002
[4] NCEES, Fundamentals of Engineering Supplied-Reference Handbook - 6th
Edition, 2003
Once you finish studying the above course content you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
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