MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Engineering Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


ECS4332

Modern control systems

C S Berger, K P Dabke and M F Conlon

4 points + 24 lectures, 18 laboratory hours + First semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: ECS3331, ECS3311 + Corequisites: ECS3312

Objectives The student is expected to gain an appreciation of the behaviour of the dynamic systems listed below and acquire a knowledge of methods for controlling their performance: multivariable systems, stochastic systems, non-linear systems and discrete time digital systems.

Synopsis Multivariable control. State space design: pole-placement, observers, stochastic disturbances, optimal and suboptimal control. Digital control systems: control design using the z-transform, effects of sampling rate and finite word length. Non-linear systems: classification of non-linear behaviour, stability for small perturbations, describing function analysis of limit cycles.

Assessment Examination (2 hours): 75% + Laboratory work: 25%

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