AFC – Chapter 8. Feedback control systems.

Learning Purposes

1. Recognize the main problems discussed in control theory, the most important issues to consider in control theory, the main strategies for solving control problems, and other topics to consider in control theory.
2. Describe the main structures used for control systems: feedforward control, feedback control, feedforward / feedback control.
3. Discuss in a comparative way the advantages and disadvantages of the main structures used for control systems: feedforward control, feedback control, feedforward / feedback control.
4. Identify the stages to design a control system.
5. Formulate the design specifications of a control system in terms of stability, steady state, and transient performance in the time domain, requirements in the frequency domain, and performance indices.
6. Apply the concepts studied to various cases of first and second order systems with classical proportional (P), proportional-derivative (PD), and proportional-integral (PI) controllers.

Learning Activities

• Watch the video. Lecture 23. Feedback control systems. Introduction to control theory.
• Watch the video. Lecture 24. Feedback control systems. Control system structures: design specifications, steady state specifications.
• Watch the video. Lecture 25. Feedback control systems. Transient behavior specifications.
• Watch the video. Lecture 26. Feedback control systems. Examples.
• Work on the problem set 8.
• Participate in synchronous meetings of attention to students and solutions to concerns.

Resources for chapter 8

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