ISU AERE 331 Spring 2020 Home Page

MESSAGES

This website was updated 7 January 2020. 

Course Grading:
Homework:25%
Exam 1 : 25%
Exam 2 : 25%
Exam 3 : 25%

Syllabus:
Book: Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems (7TH ed.) 
           By Franklin, Powell & Emami-Naeini

        WEEK    	TOPIC	                CHAPTER READING (in addition to posted lecture notes)

	1-2	Dynamic Response	        Ch.3 ; Ch.6.1
	3	Feedback Control (PID)	        Ch.4
	4	System Type Number		Ch.4
	5	Review ; EXAM 1
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	6	Root Locus Concepts	        Ch.5
	7	Pole Placement	                Ch.5
	8	Lead/Lag Compensation 	        Ch.5
	9	FRF: Gain & Phase Margins	Ch.6
	10	Review ; EXAM 2
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	11	State Space Formulation		Ch.7
	12	State Feedback			Ch.7
	13	Sampled Systems			Ch.8
	14	Digital Control			Ch.8
	15	Course Review



 HOMEWORK SOLUTION FORMAT ***IMPORTANT*** 

The homework will be posted at this website in the 'Homework' folder. The procedure for turning in homework is the following:
1. Download the Word document to your pc.
2. Modify the document to leave enough space DIRECTLY BENEATH EACH PART OF EACH PROBLEM to insert your solution,
3. Your solution can be typed, hand-written, or a mix of the two. If it is hand-written and the grader finds it to be illegible, 
   it will not be graded (i.e. that part will receive a grade of zero).
4. Homework will be collected during the class at which it is due (as stated at the top of the homework.
5. Pages should be stapled, and your name should be on every page.

NOTE: Homework turned in that does not adhere to the above procedure (esp. 2) will NOT be graded (i.e. given a grade of zero).

RATIONALE: The rationale for requiring that this procedure be strictly followed is twofold. First, it makes the grader's life 
MUCH easier. Second, it will be more amenable to review as preparation for an exam.

Course Outcomes: 

At the completion of this course the average student should:

1. Have a firm understanding of Laplace and Z-transforms and their relation to differential equations.

2. Have a firm grasp of linear system transfer functions, frequency responses, and related differential equations.

3. Have a good practical understanding of dynamic paramters including time constants, natural frequencies, damping ratios, resonances, and bandwidths.

4. Be able to design PID feedback control systems to achieve well-defined closed loop performance specifications, including dynamics and steady state error.

5. Have a firm understanding of the root locus and Routh arrays, and their relation to polynomials, with emphasis on closed loop stability.


In addition to items 1-5, the above-average student should:


6. Be able to design lead/lag compensators using the method of root locus and the Nichols chart.

7. Be able to design digital controllers for both analogue and digital systems.

8. Have a firm grasp of multi-input/multi-output open and closed loop systems.

9. Be well-prepared to take further related courses (e.g. modern control, digital control, optimal control, and Kalman filtering).




NOTE: If you have a documented disability and anticipate needing accommodations in this course, 
please make arrangements to meet with me soon. Please request that a Student Disability 
Resource staff send a SAAR form verifying your disability and specifying the accommodation you will need.







COE PREREQUISITE POLICY:
It is the policy of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and the College of Engineering to require all students enrolled in this course 
to have satisfied all of the course’s prerequisite requirements. If it is discovered that a student has not met any applicable prerequisite 
requirements, he/she will be required to immediately drop the course. The failure to drop the course will result in a final course grade of  
‘F’, regardless of course performance. Students who discover they have improperly enrolled in a course without meeting the applicable 
prerequisite requirements are strongly encouraged to meet with advising staff to promptly drop the course and make alternative scheduling 
arrangements or discuss if an official waiver of the pre-requisite requirements may be applicable.