BCT3103 Control Systems

This course provides an introduction to model-based control system design. That is, how to design feedback control systems using mathematical models of the system/process to be controlled. Mathematical modeling for electric circuits and electromechanical systems will be reviewed and following that more complex feedback systems will be studied. 

Course Objectives
The objectives of this course are to:

• Enable students carry out analysis of properties of control systems, such as sensitivity, stability, controllability in time and frequency domains
• Enable students understand the modeling of electric, mechanical and electromechanical systems using transfer functions, block diagrams, and state variables 
• Enable students to design feedback controllers, such as PID, lead and lag compensators 

Learning Outcomes 
Upon the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Learn various systems exhibiting control mechanisms and understand their operation.
• Relate Mathematical representations in Feedback Control Systems
• Understand the definition of a system and learn system-level thinking
• Model simple feedback control systems;
• Design controllers for feedback control systems;
• Use CAD packages to model and design control systems;
• Choose appropriate analysis and design techniques or control systems.