Indicative contents

• Introduction to Control Systems and its Classification
  Examples of Control Systems implementation in Automobiles
  a. Engine Temperature Control
  b. Fuel injection system in petrol engines
  c. Antilock braking system
  d. Suspension Control
  e. Active vibration control system
  f. Electronic transmission control
  g. Steering Control
• Components
  Analog:
  Actuator : Servo Motor, D.C Motor, Armature control, Field Control
  Error Detector : Synchros, Bridges
  Amplifiers : Operational Amplifiers, Hydraulic Actuator, Gear Trains, Schmitt Trigger, Timers, Filters
  Digital:  A/D Converter, D/A Converter, Sample and Hold Circuit, Low pass Filter, Stepper Motor
• Classical Control systems
  System Modeling: Mathematical Modeling of Control Systems Mechanical, Translational, Rotational, Gear Trains, RC and RLC Circuits. (Transfer function Approach and State Space Approach)
  Force Voltage and Force Current Analogy, DC Motor Modeling – Field Controlled and Armature Controlled, Liquid Level Control Systems, Hydraulic Control Systems, Pneumatic Control Systems, Relays, Thermal Systems, Introduction to Block Diagrams & Signal Flow Graphs,
• Controllers
  Proportional, integral, derivative controllers, P, PI, and PID Control Actions and Mathematical models,
• Time Response Behavior
  First Order, Second Order Control System response for typical inputs like Step, Ramp and impulse inputs, Behavior of Controllers
• Error Analysis
  Type number, Characteristic Equation, Poles and Zeroes concept, Error Analysis and performance criterion
• Stability Analysis - Routh Hurwitz
  Root Locus Analysis
  Frequency response - Bode Plot,  Nyquist Plot
• Discrete control systems
  Discrete Time systems, Sampling and Reconstruction, System time response, characteristics, Stability analysis techniques
  Digital controller design: From analog to digital design, State space design Methods
   

Module Resources

• Essential reading
  1. Course notes
• Recommended Reading
  1. Katsuhiko Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, Pearson Education
  2. Nagrath and Gopal, Control System Engineering, TMH