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Automatic Control
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The book is used in the course "Control theory" ("Reglerteori", TSRT35) given in the fourth year of the Electrical Engineering program at Linköping University. The course consists of 30 h lectures, 30 h problem solving sessions and 16 h laboratory sessions. The lecture plan is given below.
Lecture plan:
Each lecture is 2 hours.
| Contents | Chapter | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction. The control problem | 1 |
| 2 | Properties of linear systems | 2, 3 |
| 3 | Disturbances and the Kalman filter | 5 |
| 4 | Limitations and conflicts in control design | 6, 7 |
| 5 | Limitations and conflicts, cont'd. | 7 |
| 6 | Controller structure and control design | 8 |
| 7 | LQG-methods | 9 |
| 8 | Modern design methods | 10 |
| 9 | Nonlinearities, stability | 11, 12 |
| 10 | Phase plane analysis | 13 |
| 11 | The describing function, Control design | 14, 15 |
| 12 | MPC, Exact linearization | 16, 17 |
| 13 | Optimal control | 18 |
| 14 | Optimal control | 18 |
| 15 | Conclusions | 19 |
Laboratoy sessions:
The laboratory sessions are devoted to the following subjects:
- Multivariable systems I
- Multivariable systems II
- Multivariable Design (JAS 39 Gripen)
- Nonlinear systems (Oscillations, Stability)
More information:
Official course description (partly in Swedish)
Course homepage (in Swedish)
Last updated: 2012-02-27