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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Control Systems

  • Unit Code

    ENS4251

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit presents the analysis and design of feedback control systems. The unit covers modelling of dynamic systems, properties of feedback systems, stability and compensation, and design of feedback control systems using the three approaches of root locus, frequency response and state variable equations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS3341, ENS3553

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse basic control systems.
  2. Conceptualise static and dynamic characteristics of control systems.
  3. Design basic controllers and compensators.
  4. Develop mathematical models ofbasic control systems.
  5. Evaluate static and dynamic characteristics of control systems.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis of control systems.
  2. Automatic controllers.
  3. Control system concepts.
  4. Design of controllers and compensators.
  5. Frequency response characteristics.
  6. Modelling of physical systems.
  7. Root locus method.
  8. Stability of control systems and stability criteria.
  9. Static error coefficients.
  10. Using MATLAB to verify design solutions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and laboratory activities

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestIn-semester tests15%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports15%
Examination ^End of semester examination70%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Golnaraghi, F., & Kuo, B.C. (2010). Automatic control systems (9th ed.). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
  • Seborg, D.E., Edgar, T.F., Mellichamp, D. A., & Doyle, F.J. (2011). Process dynamics and control (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
  • Mejhi, S. (2009). Advanced control theory. Singapore: Cengage Learning.
  • Ogata, K. (2010). Modern control engineering (5th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
  • Dong, J., Zhao, C., Xiong, S., & Guo, M. (2009). Introduction to control engineering. Singapore: Cengage Learning.
  • Franklin, G.F., Powell, J.D., & Emami-Naeini, A. (2002). Feedback control of dynamic systems (4th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Control Systems

  • Unit Code

    ENS4251

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit presents the analysis and design of feedback control systems. The unit covers modelling of dynamic systems, properties of feedback systems, stability and compensation, and design of feedback control systems using the three approaches of root locus, frequency response and state variable equations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS3341, ENS3553

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse basic control systems.
  2. Conceptualise static and dynamic characteristics of control systems.
  3. Design basic controllers and compensators.
  4. Develop mathematical models ofbasic control systems.
  5. Evaluate static and dynamic characteristics of control systems.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis of control systems.
  2. Automatic controllers.
  3. Control system concepts.
  4. Design of controllers and compensators.
  5. Frequency response characteristics.
  6. Modelling of physical systems.
  7. Root locus method.
  8. Stability of control systems and stability criteria.
  9. Static error coefficients.
  10. Using MATLAB to verify design solutions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and laboratory activities

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestIn-semester tests15%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports15%
Examination ^End of semester examination70%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Golnaraghi, F., & Kuo, B.C. (2010). Automatic control systems (9th ed.). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
  • Ogata, K. (2010). Modern control engineering (5th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
  • Franklin, G.F., Powell, J.D., & Emami-Naeini, A. (2002). Feedback control of dynamic systems (4th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
  • Dong, J., Zhao, C., Xiong, S., & Guo, M. (2009). Introduction to control engineering. Singapore: Cengage Learning.
  • Seborg, D.E., Edgar, T.F., Mellichamp, D. A., & Doyle, F.J. (2011). Process dynamics and control (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
  • Mejhi, S. (2009). Advanced control theory. Singapore: Cengage Learning.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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