ME 366 Automatic Control

1. Introduction to Control Systems;
2. Mathematical modeling of dynamic systems;
3. The Laplace transform;
4. Solving linear, time-invariant, differential equations;
5. Transfer functions,
6. Open and closed loop systems;
7. Block diagrams and Signal flow representation;
8. Response of second order system;
9. Stability (Routh's-Hurwitz stability, Transient response specifications criterion, Nyquist stability);
10. Root locus, Root locus analysis;
11. P, PD, PI and PID controllers;
12. Frequency response analysis, and Bode plots;
13. Term project.