Control Systems is the study of the analysis and regulation of the output behaviors of dynamical systems subject to input signals. The concepts and tools discussed in this course can be used in a wide spectrum of engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, aerospace, manufacturing, and biomedical engineering. The emphasis of this course will be on the basic theories and feedback controller design methods of linear time-invariant systems.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Define and explain feedback and feed-forward control architecture and discuss the importance of performance, robustness and stability in control design
- Interpret and apply block diagram representations of control systems and design PID controllers based on empirical tuning rules
- Compute stability of linear systems using the Routh array test and use this to generate control design constraints
- Use Evans root locus techniques in control design for real world systems
- Compute gain and phase margins from Bode diagrams and Nyquist plots and understand their implications in terms of robust stability
- Design Lead-Lag compensators based on frequency data for an open-loop linear system.
Other Information
Professional Skills Mapping:
Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment and Professional Competencies
Indicative Assessment
- Weekly problem sets (15) [LO null]
- Lecture insight reports (10) [LO null]
- Laboratories (10) [LO null]
- Design project (25) [LO null]
- Final exam (40) [LO null]
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Workload
12 x 2-hour lectures, 1 x 1-hour & 11 x 2-hour tutorials/computer labs/tutor consultation time.
Inherent Requirements
Inherent requriements for this course is currently not available.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Karl J. Åström and Richard M. Murray, Feedback Systems -- An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers, Princeton University Press, 2008.
Assumed Knowledge
Mathematics including differential equations, complex numbers and Laplace transforms, matrices, Physics including classical mechanics and electrical circuits.Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $4860 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $6180 |
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Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7412 | 24 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Aug 2023 | 27 Oct 2023 | In Person | View |
