Course Code

15UE405

Course Name
Theory of Control systems
75% Analytical & 25% Theoretical

Contact Hours
L T P C
2
2 0 3

1.Course pre-requisites

: Mathematics-II
Partial Differential Equations and Fourier
Analysis

2.Course learning objectives

To impart the basic concepts of control systems components and its feedback control
To Interpret various time domain and frequency domain tools for analysis and design
of linear control systems
To analyze the stability of systems from transfer function forms
To describe the methods of designing compensators

UNIT I-SYSTEMS REPRESENTATION AND MODELLING

9
Basic elements in control systems -Open and closed loop systems -Modeling of Electrical and
mechanical systems -Electrical analogy of mechanical systems -Transfer function: Synchros
-AC and DC servomotors -Block diagram reduction techniques -Signal flow graphs-Laplace
transform
UNIT II -TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS
9
Time domain specifications -Types of test input -First and second order system response
-Error coefficients -Generalized error series -Steady state error -Effect of P, PI, PID
controllers. Need for time domain, analysis and its applications
UNIT III- FREQUENCY RESPONSE
9
Frequency domain specifications -Bode plot -Polar plot-Nichols chart -Determination of
closed loop response from open loop response -Correlation between frequency domain and
time domain specifications. Need for frequency domain analysis and its applications
UNIT IV- STABILITY OF SYSTEMS
9
Characteristicsequation -Location of roots in S plane for stability RouthHurwitzcriterion
-Root locus construction -Effect of pole, zero addition -Gain margin and phase margin
-Nyquist stability criterion.Impacts of stability and its important methods
UNIT V- COMPENSATOR DESIGN AND STATE SPACE ANALYSIS
9
Compensator Design and State Space Analysis Performance criteria -Lag, lead and lag-lead
networks -Compensator design using bodeplot introduction to digital control
Total hours: 45
3. Course outcomes:

Imparting the knowledge on basic components of control systems

Interpreting various time domain and frequency domain tools for analysis and design
of linear control systems
Analyzing the stability of systems from transfer function forms
An ability to design a compensators.

TEXTBOOK
A.A.J. Nagrath and M. Gopal, Control System Engineering, New Age International
Publisher,New Delhi, 2011
B.D.SmarajitGhosh, Control Systems: Theory and Applications, Pearson Education, India,
2012.
REFERENCE BOOKS
C. B.M. Gopal, Control System Principles and Design, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company Ltd, New Delhi, 2008.
D. C.S. Palani, Control System Engg, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd, New
Delhi, 2009.
E.Katsuhiko Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, Prentice Hall of India LearningLtd., New
Delhi, 2010
WEB RESOURCES
nptel.ac.in/courses/108103008/PDF/module1/m1_lec1.pdf
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108101037
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/ElectricalEngineering/controlsystem/IITDelhi/webcourse-contents