ME - 446 Automatic Controls
| Instructor - Dr. Neil Duffie Instructor Directory Information |
Instructor - Erick Oberstar Instructor Directory Information
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Summary: Introduction to SISO closed-loop control theory and design. Includes modeling review; linearization using Taylor's Series; transfer function; state-space system descriptions; controllability and observability; Laplace transforms; partial fraction expansion; system type analysis; Routh-Hurwitz Stability Criterion; gain and phase margins and their limitations; controller design; loop shaping for command following/disturbance and noise rejection; z transforms; stability and system response in the z domain; A/D and D/A conversion; and discrete implementations of continuous designs.
Topics include:
 | Discrete system modeling |
| Discrete controller design |
| Transformation methods |
| Control computer technology |
| Sensors |
| Sequential logic control |
Course Outline/Syllabus/Grading- ME446 Course Outline, ME446 Policies, Formatting & Grading(Updated)
Lecture Videos - ME446 Course Videos Page (Requires a CAE username & password)
Lecture Notes - ME446 Lecture Notes (.pdf) & (web)
Homework & Projects - Due Dates, Homework Assignments(Updated)
Labs: - Lab 1 Handout
Exam's & Quizzes - Due Dates - Exams/Quizzes will be e-mailed out
Equation Fields in MS Word - .doc format (working equation fields)
Text Book Companion Website - Contains Figure, M-files & Appendices
Additional Reading (Requires a CAE username & password for off campus):
| H&B Chap. 2: Differential Equations for Physical Systems - This is a scanned copy of Chapter 2 of the out-of-print textbook Introduction to Automatic Controls by Harrison & Bollinger. It presents a good, practical perspective on obtaining differential equations representing a variety of physical systems. It is in pdf format and currently can be downloaded only to UW-Madison sites. If you are an off-campus outreach student, please contact Helene Demont to obtain this document by an alternative method. |
| H&B Chap. 7: Block Diagrams and Transfer Functions - This is a scanned copy of Chapter 7 of the out-of-print textbook Introduction to Automatic Controls by Harrison & Bollinger. It is in pdf format and currently can be downloaded only to UW-Madison sites. If you are an off-campus outreach student, please contact Helene Demont to obtain this document by an alternative method. |
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