General Information
Lectures
Three sessions per week. One hour each session.
Instructors
Prof. John Deyst
Prof. Karen Willcox
Recitation
One session per week. One hour per session.
Lab
Lab 1: the week beginning four days after lecture 8.
Lab 2: the week beginning same day as on lecture 25.
Schedule: TBD (several time slots will be offered).
Reading Material
Required
Vegte, John Van de. Feedback Control Systems. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 1994.
Supplementary
The following texts are on reserve in the Aero Library and in the Barker Engineering Library:
Ogata, K. Modern Control Engineering. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1990.
Kuo, Benjamin. Automatic Control Systems. 6th ed. Prentice Hall, 1991.
In Addition
While not on reserve, one of the following texts may come in handy:
Ogata, K. Solving Control Engineering Problems with MATLAB®. Prentice Hall, 1994.
Kiev, B. C., and D. C. Hanselman. MATLAB® Tools for Control System Analysis and Design. Prentice Hall, 1994.
Saleh, J. Introduction to Simulink®. 1998. (Handout)
Math Resources
An online math resource available at Aero/ Astro Mathematics Pages revisits relevant math material. Other math resources will be made available throughout the semester as necessary. If you find that you are struggling with a particular math concept or skill, please communicate your difficulties with one of the faculty or TA's so that appropriate resources can be provided.
Laboratory
There will be two lab assignments during the term. Each laboratory will be preceded by a pre-lab assignment issued with the corresponding problem set. The pre-lab assignment must be turned in before doing the laboratory work. No late pre-labs will be accepted and no lab credit will be given without the pre-lab. All laboratories will be carried out by teams of two students. A lab report is required for each lab. This report is due one week after your laboratory session.
Quizzes
There will be two exams during the term: first on same day as lecture 17 and the second one on same day as lecture 31. These will be designed as one-hour exams.
Final Exam
A three-hour examination will be scheduled during the final exam period.
Problem Sets
These will be issued on Thursday in lecture and due at the beginning of lecture on the following Thursday. Late problem sets will not be accepted, except in extenuating circumstances.
Course Learning Objectives
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To obtain a basic understanding of feedback control systems theory.
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To obtain the ability to perform analysis and design of linear feedback control systems, using both time and frequency domain techniques.
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To gain hands on experience analyzing and designing controls for an aerospace-like laboratory system.
Grading Policy
| Home Problems |
25% |
| Laboratories |
15% |
| TA Evaluation |
5% |
| Quizzes |
30% |
| Final Exam |
25% |
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MIT's grading policy can be found at MIT Course Catalogue: Academic Procedures.