Course: Introduction to Automatic Control

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Course title Introduction to Automatic Control
Course code KRP/ZAC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Macháček Miloslav, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Honc Daniel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction - steady-state and dynamic behaviour. Mathematical models of engineering systems. Fundamentals laws - material balances - energy balances - equation of motion. Experimental identification. Time domain dynamics - linearization. Laplace transform and inversion of Laplace transforms. Initial and final value theorems. Frequency domain dynamics - Nyquist plots - Bode plots - Nichols plots. Feedback control. Stability amd performance of conventional feedback control system. Controller tuning.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Skills training
Learning outcomes
Introduction to automatic control theory and application.
Knowledge about first-principles modeling, experimental identification and control design.
Prerequisites
Differential and integral calculus.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Attending lectures and seminars, examination in form of oral and written test.
Recommended literature
  • DORF, R.C., BISHOP, R.H. Modern Control Systems, Addison - Wesley, Berkeley, 1998.
  • LUYBEN, W.L. Process Modeling, Simulation and Control for chemical engineers, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1973.


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