Basic control theory
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Basic control theory Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Basic control theory (subject code 3160104) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 6 divides the course into 7 units, covering 61 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3160104)Unit 1 Introduction
- Types of control system
- Natural & Man made control systems
- Open Loop & Closed Loop systems
- MISO and MIMO system
- Examples of control systems
Unit 2 Mathematical Models of Systems
- Introduction to Mathematical Modeling
- Modeling of mechanical systems
- Modeling of electrical systems
- Modeling of Electro- Mechanical Systems
Unit 3 Block Diagrams & Signal Flow
- Properties of block diagrams
- Block diagram reductions
- Construction of SFG, Mason’s Gain Formula
Unit 4 Time Domain Performance Analysis
- Excitation functions
- First Order
- Second Order and Higher Order Systems
- Types of the system
- Transient response
- Steady State Error
- Error constants
- s- plane root location and transient response
- Time response of second order system
Unit 5 Stability Analysis of Control Systems
- Bode’s Plot
- Polar plots
- Hurwits Criterion
- Routh- Hurtwitz criterion
- Nyquist Plot
- Nyquist Stability Criterion
- Stability analysis
- Relative Stability
- Closed Loop Frequency response of Unity feed Back System
Unit 6 Root Locus Method
- Root Locus plots
- Rules for construction of root loci
- Feedback systems
- Stability Conditions
Unit 7 State Space Analysis
- Comparison between modern control theory and conventional control theory
- concepts of State
- State Variables and State models
- State Space Equations
- Linear time-Invariant systems
- State model for single input single output linear system
- State space representation
- Examples. 5 10 8 Unit 8: Composite Controllers Introduction
- Discontinuous Controller: ON-OFF Controller
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- AY 2018-19 OFF controller with dead zone
- Multi-Position Controller
- Continuous Controller: Proportional control
- Derivative control
- Integral control
- Proportional – Integral (PI) control
- Proportional – Derivative (PD) control
- Proportional – Integral – Derivative (PID) control
- Special terminology
- (proportional band
- repeats per minute
- rate gain
- direct action
- desired features of a feedback control algorithms
- Proportional mode
- integral mode
- derivative mode
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