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Control engineering ................................................................................................................................ 2
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Types of Control Engineering ............................................................................................................ 4
Classical Control Engineering ....................................................................................................... 4
Modern Control Engineering ......................................................................................................... 5
Robust Control Engineering........................................................................................................... 5
Optimal Control Engineering ......................................................................................................... 6
Adaptive Control Engineering ....................................................................................................... 6
Nonlinear Control Engineering .................................................................................................... 7
History ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
Control theory ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Classical SISO System Design ..................................................................................................... 11
Modern MIMO System Design .................................................................................................... 12
Control systems .................................................................................................................................. 13
Control engineering education ................................................................................................. 14
Control engineering careers ....................................................................................................... 15
Recent advancement ....................................................................................................................... 16
Functions of Automatic Control .................................................................................................... 18
Elements of Automatic Control...................................................................................................... 18
References ............................................................................................................................................. 19
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Control engineering
Introduction
input are called automatic control systems (such as cruise control for
systems.
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Control systems play a critical role in space flight
Overview
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available technology. A system can be mechanical, electrical, fluid,
and controller design uses control theory in one or many of the time,
problem.
include:
Game Theory
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Optimal Control Engineering
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Nonlinear Control Engineering
(i.e. they are not linear control systems). This system will exhibit
History
applications
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Automatic control systems were first developed over two thousand
the ancient Ktesibios's water clock in Alexandria, Egypt around the third
century B.C.E. It kept time by regulating the water level in a vessel and,
therefore, the water flow from that vessel. This certainly was a
successful device as water clocks of similar design were still being made
in Baghdad when the Mongols captured the city in 1258 A.D. A variety
dancing figures that would repeat the same task over and over again;
and the centrifugal flyball governor used for regulating the speed of
In his 1868 paper "On Governors", James Clerk Maxwell was able to
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mathematical control and systems theory. Elements of control theory
Maxwell's analysis.
Control theory made significant strides over the next century. New
processes.
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option of less efficient and slow responding mechanical systems. A very
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Control theory
There are two major divisions in control theory, namely, classical and
applications.
rejection using a second input. The system analysis is carried out in the
Modern control theory is carried out in the state space, and can deal
come under this division. Matrix methods are significantly limited for
modern control theory has many areas yet to be explored. Scholars like
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Control systems
systems) and the design of controllers that will cause these systems to
automobiles.
continuously monitored and fed back to the system, which adjusts the
This is known as open loop control. A classic example of open loop control
engineering may start with a linear control system course dealing with
theory. In linear control, the student does frequency and time domain
continue through the college process. Control engineer degrees are well
engineers usually get jobs in technical managing where they typically lead
and Goodrich. Control Engineers can possibly earn $66k annually from
Lockheed Martin Corp. They can also earn up to $96k annually from
There are not very many careers that are classified as "control
engineer," most of them are specific careers that have a small semblance
control engineers that took the survey in 2019 are system or product
Recent advancement
components.
into the continuous domain and the design is carried out in the continuous
design is carried out there. The first of these two methods is more
controllers.
control scheme.
In any automatic control system, the four basic functions that occur are:
Measurement
Comparison
Computation
Correction
In the water tank level control system in the example above, the level
transmitter measures the level within the tank. The level transmitter
e level control device then computes how far to open the supply valve
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References
November 2014.
Retrieved 2019-10-30.
https://www.controleng.com/wp-
content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Control-Engineering-2019-Career-
and-Salary-Study.pdf
http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/3807/
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Journal of Automation and Computing, 1(1). pp.76-88. ISSN 1751-8520,
http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/3818/
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5091051&i
snumber=5090940
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