CONTROL SYSTEM ENGINEERING SYLLABUS
Module I (11 Hrs)
Introduction: definition, control system, open loop, close loop, automatic control, modern
control, properties of transfer function Mathematical Modeling: translational, rotational
systems and their electrical analogy, mechanical coupling, liquid level systems, servo motors,
sensors, magnetic amplifiers, stepper motor, synchros, block diagram, signal flow graph, gain
formula.
Feedback characteristics of Control Systems: Feedback and non-feedback systems, Reduction
of parameter variations, Control over system dynamics, Effect of disturbance signal by use of
feedback, Linearizing effect of feedback, Regenerative feedback, Sensitivity of control system,
parameter variation and disturbance of signal.
Module II (10 Hrs)
Time Domain Analysis: typical test signals, transient analysis of second order systems,
overshoot, damping, settling time and rise time, Analysis of multi-order control system with
dominant poles, steady state error analysis, error confidents, generalized error series, transient
analysis with derivative control, integral control and proportional control, rate feedback
control, Routh Hurwitz stability criteria.
Root Locus Technique: Basic conditions for root loci, rules for construction, stability and
conditional stability on root locus.
Module III (12 Hrs)
Frequency Response Analysis: Polar plot, Bode-plot, frequency domain behaviour of control,
gain margin and phase margin, WpandMp for second order system, stability criteria. Nyquist
Criteria: Stability criteria, conformal mapping, Cauchy’s theorem, Nyquist stability criteria,
conditionally stable system.
State variable Technique: state variable for continuous system, transfer function to state
variable, state variable to transfer function, state transition matrix, time domain solution of
single input single output system. Derivation of Transfer Function for State Model.
Diagonalization: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, Generalized Eigenvectors. Solution of State
Equations: Properties of the State Transition Matrix, Time domain solutions of multi-input and
multi- output systems