Department of Electrical Engineering

Spring 2019

Course Outline

Subject: EE-333 Linear Control Systems

Prerequisites: EE – 231 Signals and Systems

Credit Hours: 3-1

Contact Hours: (3, 3)

Text Book(s):
 Katsuhiko Ogata, “Modern Control Engineering”, 5th Ed.
 Norman S. Nise, Control Systems Engineering, 6th Ed.

Reference Book(s):
 B.C. Kuo, “Automatic Control Systems”, 9th Ed.
 R. C. Dorf and R. H. Bishop, “Modern Control Systems”, 12th Ed.
 Steffani, Savant, Shahian & Hostetter, "Design of Feedback Control Systems", 4th Ed.

Grading: As per DUS Grading Policy

Course Learning Outcomes:

S. No. CLO Statement Domain Taxonomy Level PLO

Model physical systems using classical and modern
1. control methods & apply standard mathematical Cognitive C3 1
tools used in control system design.

Analyze the stability and response of control

systems in time domain and frequency domain
2. Cognitive C4 2
using various standard methods like State Space
Analysis, Bode plots, Nyquist and others.

Design basic compensators and controllers used to

3. meet design specification for closed loop systems Cognitive C5 3
using standard methods like Root Locus and state
space.

Major Course Content:

 Fundamental concepts of linear control systems

 Representation of feedback systems mathematically using differential equations
 Model linear dynamical systems and understand their state space representations
 Analyze the stability of feedback control systems using various approaches
 Analyze the time response of first and second order control system
 Analyze the frequency response of linear systems using methods like Bode and Nyquist.
 Design basic compensators and controllers using design approaches like Root Locus and state space methods
like state feedback controllers.
 Department of Electrical Engineering
Spring 2019

Tentative Teaching Plan:

Week No. Lecture No. Topics

1 Introduction to control systems, basic terminologies, definitions and examples
1 2 Feedback, its effects and types of feedback control system
3 Review of Laplace Transform and Inverse Laplace Transform
4 Solving Differential Equations through Laplace Transformation
2 5 Solving Differential Equations through Laplace Transformation (contd…)
6 Block diagram fundamentals
7 Block Diagram Manipulations & Reduction techniques
3 8 Signal Flow Graph Algebra
9 Mason Gain Formula and its application
10 System Modeling
4 11 Modeling of Mechanical Translational Systems
12 Modeling of Mechanical Rotational Systems
13 Modeling of Electromechanical Systems
5 14 Dynamic Systems and their State Space representation
15 State Differential equations and their solution for linear systems
16 State variable modeling of dynamical systems
6 17 State variable modeling of dynamical systems
18 Eigen values and their significance
19 Introduction to the s-plane
7 20 Relation between characteristic equation roots and stability
21 Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion
22 Types of standardized inputs to linear systems
8 23 Time response (transient +steady state) of first order system
24 Time response (transient +steady state) of second order system
25 Time response (transient +steady state) specifications
9 26 Introduction to Root Locus
27 Basic properties of Root Loci
28 Procedure and rules for construction of Root Locus
10 29 Qualitative analysis of Root Locus
30 Dominant poles and zero approximations
31 Frequency response of closed loop systems
11 32 Bode Plot and its analysis
33 Procedure of Bode Plots
34 Drawing Bode Plots
12 35 Sketching Nyquist Diagrams
36 Nyquist stability criterion
37 Relative stability analysis: Gain & Phase margins
13 38 Introduction to Nichols chart analysis
39 Design of Lead Compensators
40 Design of Lag Compensators
14 41 Design of Lead-Lag Compensators
42 Design of PID controllers
43 Design of PID controllers
15 44 Design of state feedback controllers using pole placement
45 Design of state feedback controllers using pole placement
46 Introduction to Optimal Control and Robust Control
16 47 Introduction to other horizons of Control
48 Introduction to Nonlinear systems