ENGR 328 Control Systems (3)

 

Required course for chemical, environmental, industrial and mechanical engineering specialties.

 

Catalog Description:

Classical feedback control systems for continuous time systems. Block diagrams and performance criteria. Root locus, frequency methods and state space approach. Fall and spring. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisites: ENGR 224 or 225, 270, 271 with grades of C or better. Corequisite: ENGR 329.

 

Prerequisites:

ENGR 224 or 225, 270, 271 with grades of C or better.

 

Corequisite:

ENGR 329 (lab)

 

Textbook/References:

Smith & Corripio, Principles and Practice of Automatic Process Control, 2nd ed., Wiley.

Web site with complete assignments and schedule: http://chem.engr.utc.edu/328

 

Course Objectives: (numbers in parentheses indicate the relationship to engineering program outcomes)

Familiarize students with the analysis and design of closed-loop feedback control systems.

·         Students will be able to apply mathematics and computer applications to analyze the dynamic behavior of engineering systems (1). 

·         Students will be able to use engineering principles and modern engineering tools to identify, analyze, and solve engineering problems involving the dynamic behavior of engineering systems (2).

·         Students will be able to design systems, components, or processes to meet customer specifications using a structured design process involving a feedback control system (4).

·         Students will be able to work in multi-disciplinary teams and to communicate effectively (5). 

 

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Lecture either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at 75 minutes per class.  (Corequisite laboratory meets weekly, either face-to-face or at a distance.)

 

Topics Covered:

1.               Introduction

2.               Schematic diagrams

3.               Block Diagrams, Block Diagram Algebra

4.               Laplace Transform Applications:  Initial Value Theorem, Final Value Theorem and ODEs

5.               First Order plus Dead Time model

6.               Step Response Analysis

7.               Frequency Response Analysis

8.               Bode Plots

9.               Closed Loop Feedback Systems

10.            Root Locus

11.            Proportional control: 1st order system, 2nd order system, FOPDT system

12.            Proportional-Integral control: 1st order system, 2nd order system, FOPDT system

13.            Routh, Direct Substitution

 

Contribution to Professional Component:

Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences.

 

Relationship of course to program outcomes

This course supports engineering outcomes 1, 2, 4 and 5.

 

Prepared by:         Dr. Jim Henry, 04/02/03