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IIT Madras Control Engineering Lectures

EE310254 lectures12 weeks

Weeks

  1. Week 15 lecturesIntroduction to control | concept of feedback · Static & dynamic systems explained by real examples · Linear & nonlinear systems · Time invariant & causal systems · Modelling basic components & examples form different domain
  2. Week 24 lecturesSignals in control · Recall of the convolution integral · Laplace transforms · Solving odes using laplace transform
  3. Week 33 lecturesTransfer function representation of systems · Deriving transfer functions · Stability of systems
  4. Week 44 lecturesResponse of first order systems · Response of second order systems · Time response specifications of second order systems · Steady state analysis
  5. Week 55 lecturesEffects of feedback · Lecture2: Proportional control · Lecture2: basics of pid control · Practical aspects of pid control · Integral windup phenomenon
  6. Week 65 lecturesRouth Hurwitz stability criterion · Motivation for root locus plots · Rules for plotting root locus: part 1 | gain, angles & root locus basics · Rules for plotting root locus: part 2 | reakaway points, asymptotes & stability · Rules for plotting root locus: Part 3
  7. Week 76 lecturesFrequency domain specifications of systems · Polar plots | visualizing frequency response & stability margins · Nyquist stability criterion · Relative stability · Bode plots | frequency response stability analysis poles zeros & design · Stability analysis using bode plots | transfer functions, margins & steady state
  8. Week 84 lecturesIntroduction to design via root locus | method for transient response shaping · Design of lead compensator using root locus | pole-zero placement · Design of lag compensator via Root Locus to improve steady state accuracy · Design of lead-lag compensators via Root Locus
  9. Week 93 lecturesDesign insights in the frequency domain · Lead & lag compensators using bode plots for system performance · Lead-Lag compensator using Bode plots
  10. Week 103 lecturesIntroduction to state space · The state transition matrix · Linearization of nonlinear systems
  11. Week 116 lecturesState space canonical forms & key linear algebra tools for control systems · Controllability in linear systems: state-space & control input · Pole placement | design & servo systems for controllable systems · Observability in control systems: state estimation & duality explained · State observers · Kalman filter - An optimal state estimator
  12. Week 126 lecturesIntroduction to controllers & control modes · Discontinuous control modes | on-off, floating & integral control · Multi-position control modes | on-off, floating & integral control · Continuous control modes: p-Control explained with water level example · Continuous control modes: I & D-Control | integral & derivative control explained · Composite control modes-PI, PD & PID

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