Course

code	EE418
credit_hours	3
title	Automatic Control Systems
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prequisites	EE218
credit hours	3
description	Introduction to open loop and closed loop control system. Control system classification. Block diagram. System transfer function and signal flow graph. Standard input signal. Time domain specifications. Modeling of some physical systems. Time response of first and second order systems. Importance of feedback, sensitivity to parameter variations. System stability and effect of disturbance. Error analysis and error constants. Root locus techniques. Frequency domain analysis (Nyquist- Bode) Analog controllers. Controller tuning.
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objectives	To study controller units, their type analysis and tuning. Modeling and analysis of simple physical system are investigated. Stability concept and time domain analysis using time and frequency response.
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Course Content

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1	Week Number 1: Introduction to control system. .
2	Week Number 2: Differential equation of physical systems. .
3	Week Number 3: Block diagram models using MATLAB. .
4	Week Number 4: Signal flow graph models using MATLAB. .
5	Week Number 5: Test input signals. .
6	Week Number 6: Performance of 1st and 2nd order system. .
7	Week Number 7: 7th week + Effect of 3rd pole and a zero on the 2nd order system. .
8	Week Number 8: Stability concept Routh- Hurwitz stability criterion. .
9	Week Number 9: Root locus techniques. .
10	Week Number 10: Bode plots. .
11	Week Number 11: Nyquist plots. .
12	Week Number 12: 12th week + Approaches to system design, advantage of feedback. .
13	Week Number 13: Approaches to system design, advantage of feedback. .
14	Week Number 14: Analog controllers. .
15	Week Number 15: Analog controllers (2). .
16	Week Number 16: Final Exam. .