Fundamentals of Control Engineering is a core course for mechanical engineering majors, aimed at cultivating students' ability to grasp the basic theories, analysis methods, and design skills of automatic control systems. The course content encompasses fundamental concepts of automatic control, mathematical models of control systems, time-domain analysis, root locus method, frequency-domain analysis, and correction methods for control systems. Through studying this course, students can understand and analyze the stability and dynamic performance of automatic control systems, and master methods for system design and optimization. This course is widely applied in industries such as manufacturing, aerospace, and transportation, serving as essential basic knowledge for engineering and technical talents.
Overview
Syllabus
- Chapter One
- 1.1 Course Introduction
- 1.2 History of control engineering
- 1.3 The basic concept of automatic control system
- 1.4 Open-loop control system and Closed-loop control system
- 1.5 Typical feedback control system
- Chapter Two
- 2.1 Eletrical Network Transfer Functions
- 2.2 Translational mechanical systems
- 2.3 Laplace transform and inverse transformation
- 2.4 Transfer function
- 2.5 The key component of the transfer function
- 2.6 common topologies for interconnecting subsystems
- 2.7 Block diagrams
- 2.8 Signal flow graph and Mason's Rule
- Chapter Three
- 3.1 Transient response and steady-state response are mainly discussed
- 3.2 The typical input signals
- 3.3.1 Unit step response of a second-order system
- 3.3.2 The unit impulse response of a second-order system
- 3.4.1 Time domain performance index of control system
- 3.4.2 Problems
- 3.5 Transient response of higher order system
- Chapter Four
- 4.1 Basic Concepts of frequency characteristics
- 4.2.1 Frequency characteristics of the control system
- 4.2.2 How to determine the open-loop transfer function of the system
- Chapter Five
- 5.1 Routh stability criterion
- 5.2 Sufficient and necessary conditions for stability of linear time-invariant systems
- 5.3 The Routh criterion
- 5.4 The stability of the system is judged by the Bode diagram
- 5.5 Use Routh criterion to look at the relative stability of the system
- Chapter Six
- 6.1 Error analysis and calculation of control systems
- 6.2 Steady-state error due to input
- 6.3.1 Method to reduce systematic errors
- 6.3.2 Example number three
- Chapter Seven
- 7.1 Synthesis and calibration of the control system
- 7.2 Series correction
- 7.3 PID regulator
- 7.4 Feedback corrections
- Chapter Eight
- 8.1 The introduction and definition of root locus
- 8.2 Root locus
- 8.3 Sketching the root locus
- 8.4 Refining the Sketch（1）
- 8.5 Refining the Sketch（2）
- Final exam
Taught by
zhangshuai
