Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives The student is expected to understand basic concepts of control systems and acquire the knowledge for system descriptions and analysis.
Synopsis Control systems: closed loop systems and feedback control, Laplace transforms, transfer functions, block diagrams and signal flow graphs and their reduction, systems modelling and state equation descriptions. System analysis: stability, transient response and specifications, steady state errors, sensitivity, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, root-locus and frequency response methods.
Assessment Examination (3 hours): 60% + Practical and laboratory work: 40%