Department of Physics

18208  Control Systems Ι   

Course Webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS321/ 

Course Content

• Course Description and Introduction:   System Modeling: Electrical & Mechanical Components, Electromechanical Systems;   Current-Force Analogy, Gears and Levers; Linearization
• System Descriptions and Manipulation:   Transfer Function Descriptions; Simulations of Systems; Block Diagram Algebra,  System Identification and Frequency Response; State-Space Representation; State Transition Matrix; Mason's Gain Formula
• Feedback System Characteristics:   Sensitivity; Initial Value Theorem; Tracking; Steady-state Error
• System Performance and Stability:  Specifications (rise time, overshoot, steady-state error, and settling time); Pole locations and Time Response (2nd Order Systems); Routh-Hurwitz Test; Reative Stability; Time-domain Stability
• Root Locus Analysis and Controller Design:  Root Locus Construction Rules; Root Locus Phase Lead Design and Lag Design
• Bode Analysis and Controller Design
• PID Controller Design
• State Feedback Design