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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

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

    ENS5253

  • Year

    2015

  • 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 ENS5341

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse basic control systems.
  2. Design PI, PD and PID controllers to meet specific performance expectations.
  3. Design basic controllers and compensators.
  4. Evaluate control system characteristics.
  5. Model basic control systems.
  6. Research new developments in the field of control systems and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.
  7. Simulate static and dynamic characteristics of control systems.
  8. Test static and dynamic characteristics of control systems.

Unit Content

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

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

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 tests20%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports10%
Case StudyA case study on an approved topic10%
Examination ^End of semester examination60%

^ 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.

ENS5253|2|1

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

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

    ENS5253

  • Year

    2015

  • 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 ENS5341

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse basic control systems.
  2. Design PI, PD and PID controllers to meet specific performance expectations.
  3. Design basic controllers and compensators.
  4. Evaluate control system characteristics.
  5. Model basic control systems.
  6. Research new developments in the field of control systems and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.
  7. Simulate static and dynamic characteristics of control systems.
  8. Test static and dynamic characteristics of control systems.

Unit Content

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

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

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 tests20%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports10%
Case StudyA case study on an approved topic10%
Examination ^End of semester examination60%

^ 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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