Control Systems
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The official GTU curriculum for Control Systems (subject code BE04000041) as prescribed for EC-CS · Semester 4 divides the course into 10 units, covering 57 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 (BE04000041)Unit 1 Introduction to Control Systems
- Brief History of Automatic Control
- Examples of Control Systems
- Engineering Design
- Mechatronic Systems
- The Future Evolution of Control Systems
Unit 2 Mathematical Models of Systems
- Differential Equations of Physical Systems
- Linear Approximations of Physical Systems
- The Laplace Transform
- The Transfer Function of Linear Systems
- Block Diagram Models
- Signal-Flow Graph Models
Unit 3 Feedback Control System Characteristics
- Error Signal Analysis
- Sensitivity of Control Systems to Parameter Variations
- Disturbance Signals in a Feedback Control System
- Control of the Transient Response
- Steady-State Error
- The Cost of Feedback
Unit 4 The Performance of Feedback Control Systems
- Test Input Signals
- Performance of Second-Order Systems
- Effects of a Third Pole and a Zero on the Second-Order System Response
- Transient Response
- The Steady- State Error of Feedback Control Systems
- Performance Indices
- The Simplification of Linear Systems
Unit 5 The Stability of Linear Feedback Systems
- The Concept of Stability
- relative stability analysis
- Routh-Hurwitz criteria
- Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Subject Code: BE04000041 Subject Name: Control Systems
Unit 6 The Root Locus Method
- The Root Locus Concept
- The Root Locus Procedure
- Parameter Design by the Root Locus Method
- Sensitivity and the Root Locus
- Three-Term (PID) Controllers
Unit 7 Frequency Response Methods
- Frequency Response Plots
- Frequency Response Measurements
- Performance Specifications in the Frequency Domain
- Log Magnitude and Phase Diagrams
Unit 8 The Design of Feedback Control Systems
- Approaches to System Design
- Cascade Compensation Networks
- Phase-Lead Design Using the Bode Diagram
- Phase-Lead Design Using the Root Locus
- System Design Using Integration Networks
- Phase-Lag Design Using the Root Locus
- Phase- Lag Design Using the Bode Diagram
- Design on the Bode Diagram Using Analytical Methods
Unit 9 Stability in the Frequency Domain
- Mapping Contours in the s-Plane
- The Nyquist Criterion
- Relative Stability and the Nyquist Criterion
- Time- Domain Performance Criteria in the Frequency Domain
- System Bandwidth
- The Stability of Control Systems with Time Delays
Unit 10 State Variable Models
- The State Variables of a Dynamic System
- The State Differential Equation
- Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models
- Alternative Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models
- The Transfer Function from the State Equation
- The Time Response and the State Transition Matrix