ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DEP’T OF ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Course Syllabus
1. Instructor Information
Instructor (s) Name Name: Bereket W.
and Contact Office: College of electrical and mechanical Building 305
Information Office Hours:
2. Course Information
Course Title Regulation and Control Engineering
Course Code MEng5272
Credit Hrs. 3(5)
Pre-requisite Basic electricity and electronics, applied mathematics III
Target Group: Year V Mechanical students
Academic Year: 2018/2019
Semester: II
3. Objective of the course
After the completion of this course students will be able to:
 Develop basic skills of utilizing mathematical tools needed to analyze and design classical linear
dynamic control systems.
 To implement controllers and are aware of standard industrial practices
 Design basic controllers to enhance the performance of systems in both the frequency domain and
the time domain
 Demonstrate how to analyze a system based on the stability and the response characteristics.
 Design a controller for a system by using conventional control design and modern control design
methodologies
4. Course Description
UNIT 1 Introduction
 Definition of Control Systems
 Basic terminologies
 Open loop and Closed loop Systems

UNIT 2 Mathematical modeling of physical system

 Modeling of Mechanical Systems
 Equation of Electrical Networks
 Transfer Functions
 Block Diagram and Signal Flow Graph
 Feedback and its properties
 Types of Feedback Control Systems
 Importance of feedback
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COLLEGE OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DEP’T OF ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING
UNIT 3 Time Response Analysis of Control Systems
 Test Signals
 System Response of 1st and 2nd Order System
 Time Domain analysis of 1st and 2nd Order System
 Time Response Specifications
 Steady State Error

UNIT 4 Stability of Control Systems

 The Routh-Hurwitz Stability Criterion
 Root-Locus Techniques
 Nyquist Plot
UNIT 5 Frequency Response Method of Control Systems
 Frequency Response
 Frequency Response from Pole-Zero Plot
 Frequency Response for series elements
 Bode Plot
 Experimental Determination of Transfer Functions

UNIT 6 Control system design and compensation techniques

 Types of Controllers
 Ziegler-Nichols method for tuning PID
 Lead/Lag controllers
 controller design Using Root-Locus and Frequency-Response methods

5. Reference
1. Nagrath, I.J., and Gopal, M., Control systems Engg, New Age International ltd. publishers 4ed., 2005
2. Ogata, K., Modern control Engg, PHI, 4ed., 2004.
3. Gopal, M.control systems-Principles & Design, 4ed., PHI, 2002
4. Dorf, Bishop, Modern control systems,12th edition, Prentice hall, 2010

6. Course policies and Evaluation

Lecture and tutorial attendance (at least 80% of the classes
should be attended)
Course Policies
 Laboratory exercise reports (all should be submitted)
 Case study reports (all should be submitted)
Written Examination
 tests 20%
 quiz 10%
Evaluation
 Final examination 50%
 Case study reports 10%
 Presentations 10%
ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DEP’T OF ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING