Lecturer: Giancarlo Ferrari Trecate   Davide Martino Raimondo  

Course name: Dynamic Systems & Control
Course code: 502462
Degree course: Ingegneria Industriale
Disciplinary field of science: ING-INF/04
L'insegnamento è caratterizzante per: Ingegneria Industriale
The course relates to: Ingegneria Industriale
University credits: ECTS 9
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

The goal of this class is to teach methods for analysing fundamental properties of dynamical systems and design basic control schemes on the basis of given requirements. Lectures will focus on methodological tools, while in lab students will learn computer-based control design using MATLAB and Simulink, which are standard platforms in the industrial context.

Course programme

System theory
Introduction to control problems. Mathematical modelling of physical systems. Definition of dynamical systems. State-space models. Trajectories and equilibria. Stability. Stability of linear time-invariant systems. Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion. Transfer functions. Block diagrams. Step response. Frequency response. Bode and Nyquist diagrams.

Analysis and design of control systems
Feedback control schemes. Control specifications. Nyquist and Bode stability criteria. Static, dynamic and robust performance. Sensitivity functions. Control design in the frequency domain. Loop shaping. PID controllers. Root locus.

Course entry requirements

Linear algebra, complex numbers, basics of circuit theory and physics.

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 44
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 32
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 22

Suggested reading materials

Gene F. Franklin, J. David Powell, Abbas Emami-Naeini. Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems. Prentice Hall.

Testing and exams

Closed-book, closed-note written exam. Both knowledge of theory and skills in solving simple exercises will be tested.