Details - Fall 2001

Course: MAE 141A - Linear Control

Web Site: http://mae.ucsd.edu/research/krstic/krstic/teaching/141a/141a.html

Instructor:

Prof. Miroslav Krstic, 1808 EBUI, 822-1374, krstic@ucsd.edu

Teaching Assistants:

Olga Koroleva, koroleva@mae.ucsd.edu, (discussion sessions and office hours).

Lawrence Yuan (grading assistant).

Reader:

Mahir Abrahim

Text:

Franklin, Powell, and Emami-Naeni, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Addison-Wesley, 1994.

Prerequisites:

MAE 105 and 163

Time and Place:

Lecture (Krstic): Tu/Th 2:20-3:40, 216 CENTR
Discussion (TA): M 2:30-3:20, 001 CSB

Office Hours:

Krstic: M 3:30-4:30, Tu 4-5, 1808 EBUI
TA (Koroleva): Th 11-12, F 3-4, 105 EBUII

Grading:

Homework: 15%
Midterm: 30%
Final: 55%

Topics:

• Modeling.
• ODEs.
• Linearization.
• Laplace transform.
• Transfer functions.
• Time response specifications of performance.
• PID controllers and Ziegler-Nichols tuning procedure.
• Stability via Routh-Hurwitz.
• Frequency response--Bode and Nyquist diagrams.
• Root locus.
• Design of dynamic compensators.
• Actuator saturation and integrator wind-up.

Note:

Students with planned absences and special requirements should contact Prof. Krstic.