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FACULTY OF HEALTH, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
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UNIT TITLE Control Systems
UNIT CODE ENS5253
CREDIT POINTS 15
FULL YEAR UNIT No
PRE-REQUISITES ENS5341 - Signals and Systems
MODE OF DELIVERY On-campus
DESCRIPTION

This unit presents the analysis and design of feedback control systems. The unit covers modelling of dynamic systems, properties of feedback systems, stability and compensation, and design of feedback control systems using the three approaches of root locus, frequency response and state variable equations.
 
LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of this unit students should be able to:


  1. analyse basic control systems;
  2. model basic control systems;
  3. simulate control system static and dynamic characteristics;
  4. test control system static and dynamic characteristics;
  5. design basic controllers and compensators; and
  6. demonstrate the ability to research a core topic of the unit at an advanced level appropriate for a Masters unit.
 
UNIT CONTENT
  1. Control system concepts;
  2. Modelling of physical systems;
  3. Analysis of control systems;
  4. Automatic controllers;
  5. Static error co-efficients;
  6. Stability of control systems and stability criteria;
  7. Frequency response characteristics;
  8. Root locus method;
  9. Design of controllers and compensators;
  10. Using MATLAB to verify design solutions.
 
TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES
Lectures and laboraties.
 
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES

The following graduate attributes will be developed in this unit

  • Critical appraisal skills
  • Ability to generate ideas
 
ASSESSMENT
Grading Schema 1
 
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
 

Item

On-Campus Assessment

Value

  

Test

In-semester tests

15%

Laboratory Work

Laboratory work and reports

15%

Examination

End of semester examination

60%

Research Paper

A research paper on an approved topic

10%

 
Note: To be eligible to pass the unit, students must:
1) attend all laboratory sessions, complete all assigned tasks, and obtain a pass mark for the laboratory component of the assessment,
2) pass the end-of-semester examination, and
3) acheive a pass mark for the research paper.
 
TEXTS
Ogata, K. (2002). Modern control engineering (4th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
 
SIGNIFICANT REFERENCES
Franklin, G. F., Powell, J. D., & Emami-Naeini, A. (2002). Feedback control of dynamic systems (4th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Dorf, R. C. (1992). Modern control systems (6th ed.). Reading, Massachusetts: Addison Wesley.
Kuo, B. C. (1991). Automatic control systems (6th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Nise, N. S. (1992). Control systems engineering Redwood City: The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company Inc.
Shinners, S. M. (1992). Modern control system theory and design. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity
 
 


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