EML 4312

AUTOMATIC CONTROL

Florida International University, Mechanical Engineering Department

Summer A, 2003

 

Syllabus

 

INSTRUCTOR:                Wei-Yu Bao, Room: CEAS 3420, Phone: 305.724.1098, Email: baow@fiu.edu

CLASSROOM:                EAS 1107

SCHEDULE:                14:40 – 17:25 M W            

TEXT BOOK:                Modern Control Systems, by Richard C. Dorf and Robert H. Bishop, ISBN: 0-13-030660-6

Recommended:                Automatic Control Systems, by Benjamin C. Kuo, ISBN: 0-13-304759-8

 

TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE:

Date                        Topics

May 7                     Introduction

May 12                   Mathematical Foundation

May 14                   Transfer Function, Block Diagrams and Signal-Flow Graphs

May 19                   Stability of Linear Control Systems, State-Variable Analysis

May 21                   Time-Domain Analysis of Control Systems

May 28                   Midterm Exam, Time-Domain Analysis of Control Systems

June 2                     Root-Locus Method

June 4                     Frequency-Domain Analysis of Control Systems

June 9                     Modeling of Mechanical Systems

June 11                   Design of Control Systems, Review

June 16                   Final Exam

 

GRADING:           

Quizzes                                  30%

Midterm Exam                       30%

Final Exam                             40%