Control of Mechanical Systems

3 Units

An introduction to automatic control theory with emphasis on mechanical and electromechanical systems. Review of Laplace Transforms, mathematical modeling of mechanical systems, state variable models, feedback control characteristics and performance, stability analysis; root locus techniques; Bode plots and Nyquist diagrams for stability analysis in frequency domain; transient and steady-state response and design of closed loop control systems. Prereq: EMAE 181 , EMAE 252 , EMAE 350 , and ENGR 210 .