Control Theory
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Control Theory Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Control Theory (subject code 3142407) as prescribed for PE · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 47 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 (3142407)Unit 1 Introduction to Control Systems
- Historical development
- terminology of control system
- examples of Control Systems
- Closed-Loop Control Versus Open-Loop Control
- concept of design and compensation of Control Systems
Unit 2 Mathematical Modeling of Control Systems
- Transfer Function and Impulse- Response Function
- Automatic Control Systems
- Modeling in State Space
- State-Space Representation of Scalar Differential Equation Systems
- Transformation of Mathematical Models
- Linearization of Nonlinear Mathematical Models
- Mathematical Modeling of Mechanical Systems
- Mathematical Modeling of Electrical Systems
Unit 3 Transient and Steady-State Response Analyses
- Type and Order of systems
- First-Order Systems
- Second-Order Systems
- Higher-Order Systems
- Transient-Response Analysis
- Routh’s Stability Criterion
- Concept of Integral and derivative controls and their Effects on System Performance
- Steady-State Errors in Unity-Feedback Control Systems
Unit 4 Root-Locus Method of Control System Analysis and design
- Root-Locus Plots
- Root-Locus Plots of Positive Feedback Systems
- Root-Locus Approach to Control-Systems Design
- Lead Compensation
- Lag Compensation
- Lag–Lead Compensation
- Parallel Compensation Subject Code: 3142407 w.e.f
Unit 5 Frequency-Response Methods of Control System Analysis and Design
- Bode Diagrams
- Polar Plots
- Log-Magnitude-versus-Phase Plots
- Nyquist Stability Criterion
- Stability Analysis
- Relative Stability Analysis
- Closed-Loop Frequency Response of Unity-Feedback Systems
- Experimental Determination of Transfer Functions
- Control Systems Design by Frequency- Response Approach
- Lead Compensation
- Lag Compensation
- Lag–Lead Compensation
Unit 6 Controllers and Tuning
- Introduction and classification
- Ziegler–Nichols Rules for Tuning PID Controllers
- Design of PID Controllers with Frequency-Response Approach
- Design of PID Controllers with Computational Optimization Approach
- Modifications of PID Control Schemes
- Two-Degrees-of-Freedom Control
- Zero-Placement Approach to Improve Response Characteristics
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