Skormin V. Introduction to Automatic Control. v. 1

Deer Park: Linus Publications, Incorporated, 2010. — 264 p.Principles of automatic control
Role of feedback
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Educational Objective: understanding the feedback and feedforward control principles
Mathematical description of dynamic systems
Time-domain description
S-domain description
Frequency-domain description
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Educational Objective: ability to obtain a mathematical description of a dynamic system in the appropriate form
Mathematical description of control systems
Typical dynamic blocks
Block diagrams
Signal-flow graphs
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Example Test
Educational Objective: ability to utilize existing methods of describing a control system as a combination of particular modules
Common control engineering techniques
Numerical simulation
Loop and closed-loop transfer function
Computation of system poles and zeros
Frequency-domain techniques: Nyquist procedure
Frequency-domain techniques: Bode plots
Root locus techniques
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Educational Objective: ability to utilize existing analytical and numerical techniques and software tools developed in control engineering
Analysis of continuous-time control systems
Stability analysis
Relative stability
Analysis of system statics
Analysis of system dynamics
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Example Test
Educational Objective: ability to assess properties of an existing control system
Design of continuous-time control systems
Design considerations and problem definition
S-domain design
S-domain design Pole placement
Frequency-domain design
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Example Test
Educational Objective: ability to design a control system compliant with design
specifications
Introduction to digital control
Discrete-time representation of continuous signals
Discrete-time domain description of dynamic systems
Analysis of discrete-time control systems
Z-domain design of control systems
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Educational Objective: ability to apply Z-domain techniques for assessing properties of the existing and design of new digital control systems