MECH-3221
Control Theory
Course Description
Control system concepts, linear modelling and analysis of response and stability of physical systems, complex variables and Laplace transforms, frequency, and transient response analysis and performance specifications.
Class and lab information
Lecture: 3 hours/week
Laboratory or tutorial: 1.5 hours/week
Additional, approximate study hours: 5 hours/week, as student requires
Estimated division of Learning hours
hands-on labs and activities: 0-10%
group work: N/A
lecture: 40%
individual work (including homework, project, and tutorials): 40-50%
class discussion (during lecture time): 10%
Credit weight: 3.5
Course format: face-to-face content summaries, examples, and questions with online and textbook-based readings, videos, tutorials, etc.
Pre-requisites
Resources
Course Blackboard site: available via student Blackboard login
Interactive in-class activities via tools discussed at the beginning of the course.
There should be no costs to students for using these interactive tools.
Primary text
Additional resources
MATLAB help files
Control Systems Academy http://www.controlsystemsacademy.com
As alternatives to MATLAB, you can use Octave or Julia, both free with similar syntax to MATLAB, however, neither include a Simulink alternative. There is an online free compiler for Octave that you can use if none of the other options work for you. There is a simple FREE Simulink Simulator online as well.
Web resources
Keywords: modelling, analysis, control
Organizations: Leddy Library, Knovel