MCE441/541 Course Materials - Fall 2011

Dr. Richter

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-The final exam is scheduled for Tuesday, 12/13/11 at 1PM.
-MCE541 students: Bring your designed controller to the lab (SH25) between 10:00 AM and noon or between 1:00 and 3:00 PM on Thursday for real-time deployment.

Reading Materials:

Dorf CH1 (link to ECR)
Outrigger as a feedback mechanism

Feedback+Feedforward Vibration Dampening of Cranes
Who owns the field of Mechatronics?
The end of the ME?

Syllabus

Lecture handouts: 

1: Introduction. Motivation and History of Automatic Control
2: Engineering Dynamic Systems and Modeling. I/O Differential Equations: Electrical Systems
3: I/O Differential Equations: Mechanical Systems
4: I/O Differential Equations: Electromechanical Systems
5: The Laplace Transform
Laplace Transform Table
6: The Transfer Function. Poles, Zeroes and PFE
7: Time Response of 1st and 2nd order systems. Pole dominance criterion (updated)
8: Final Value Theorem. Block Diagram manipulations.
9: Steady-State Errors
10: PID Control Actions. BIBO Stability
11: Root Locus Method
Mars Rover Example
12: Frequency Response Concepts
13: More About Frequency Response
14: Nyquist Stability Criterion
15: Frequency Domain Performance and Loopshaping Design
Case study: Loopshaping Control Design for Engraving Machine
16: State-Space Representations. Linearization
17: Implementation Issues
18: Digital Implementation of Continuous-Time Controllers

Matlab Guide


Homework Assignments:
HW1
HW2
HW3
HW4/Midterm Project
HW5

Recommended Exercises:

Exercises for the first midterm

Fall 2007 midterm
Fall 2007 midterm solution


Exercises for the second midterm
Exercises for the final exam


Final Project:

Final Project Statement

Experimental Frequency Response Data


Homework Solutions:

HW1
HW2
HW3

HW4/Midterm Project

Exam Solutions:

MT1
MT2

Interesting Links:

Sample control engineering jobs

Drive-by-Wire and Unintended Acceleration

Electronic Throttle Control System

Honda Humanoid Robots

NASA Dynamics and Control Branch













Last changed: 08/24/2008, 14:15:54