Course: Automatic Control

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Course title Automatic Control
Course code KEEZ/YAAUR
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mašek Zdeněk, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Novák Jaroslav, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Introduction, basic terminology of control theory, basic structure of control circuit, feedback. 2. Dynamic and static properties of linear continuous systems and circuits, transfer function. 3. Frequency characteristics, frequency transmissions. Zeros and poles. 4. Basic types of dynamic systems and their characteristics. 5. Completion of characteristics of basic types of dynamic systems. Block algebra. 6. Basic types of controllers (P, I, PI, PD, PID). 7. Control circuit - open, closed, control accuracy, steady state accuracy, setpoint following. 8. Stability of systems and control circuits, stability criteria - algebraic, frequency domain. 9. Methods of synthesis of control circuit - goal of synthesis, quality of control process, setting of controller from transient response, Ziegler-Nichols method, integral criteria. 10. Root locus method. 11. Digital control circuit - sampling, basics of Z-transform, difference equations, transfer function. 12. Description of the discrete circuit, Z-transfer function of continuous system. 13. Digital PID controller, stability of discrete systems, synthesis of discrete control loop.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Home preparation for classes - 22 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 8 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of the theory of automatic control and regulation. The course mainly deals with the theory of linear control of one-dimensional control circuits, description of control circuit members in continuous and discrete domain (use of Laplace and Z-transform), properties of members, basic types of industrial controllers (P, I, D and their combinations, discrete PSD version continuous PID controller), solution of control circuit stability, basic methods of control circuit synthesis.
After completing the course, you understand the basic control theory. You can derive the model of the regulated system and find out its basic characteristics (response to the input signal, frequency characteristics), create block diagram of a control circuit and derive the transfer fucntion. According to the quality requirements of the control process, you can select the correct type of controller (P, I, D and their combinations) for the given system and set the parameters of the controller correctly with regard to the quality requirements and stability of the control circuit. You have also has basic knowledge of the theory of discrete control (description of discrete control circuit, stability of discrete systems, digital PSD controllers).
Prerequisites
Complex numbers, matrix calculus, integral calculus, Laplace transform, Z-transform.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

During the semester and in the final exam, the student must demonstrate an understanding of the problems and the ability to independently solve tasks in the scope of the subject. The student solves a semester project. The teacher will communicate the specific requirements to the students in the first week of the semester.
Recommended literature
  • Automatizace a automatizační technika.. Brno: Computer Press, 2014. ISBN 978-80-251-4106-9.
  • Balátě, Jaroslav. Automatické řízení. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2004. ISBN 80-7300-148-9.
  • DORF, R. C., BISHOP, R. H. Modern control systems. 2008. ISBN 9780132270281.
  • Ogata, Katsuhiko. Modern control engineering. 1997. ISBN 0132273071.
  • STUBBERUD, A., WILLIAMS, I., DiSTEFANO, J. Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems. 1994. ISBN 978-0070170520.


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