In-class Powerpoint presentations (in pdf and .ppt formats),  Mathcad files, and lecture notes. Notes will be posted weekly.
 Introduction and State Variables  pdf   or   ppt-format
  (PDF file) If you can't view the file in your browser, download the file (right mouse click, select "save Target as"  and view the downloaded file.
 Chapter 2        single page web file, works best in IE
421-F10-CH1-2.mht
Chapter 3           
421 chapter 3notes.pdf
Mathcad 12 file Laplace_stepresponse.xmcd
Mathcad 12 file  Laplace example 2.xmcd
Mathcad 12 file  Laplace_sin-input.xmcd
Mathcad 13 file  Laplace2ordPole-zero Effect of gain K on closed loop stability and damping
 
 
Chapter 4                            
  421 chapter 4notes.pdf
Chapter 5 Root Locus 
 Basic Powerpoint 421Chapter 5basics and Mathcad 14 Root locus example  RLocusIntro
  421 chapter 5notes.pdf
 Root Locus Construction Rules, posted Oct. 2003
Chapter 6 Frequency Response
     Chapter 6 Powerpoints    421Chapter 6slides.ppt

 

Chapter 6 Mathcad Files:  Polar and Bode Plots

Frequency response visualization: Bode plots and time domain frequency response

Sample Matlab M-file for  root locus analysis (txt format)
                    Bode lead compensator design (Matlab M-file)
                    Bode lag compensator design  (Matlab M-file)
Chapter 6 

There are several tutorials on Nyquist Stability on the web which explain the process in more detail than the book.. See for instance: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/eControlHTML/Freq/Nyquist3.html

Chapter 6 Lecture notes

 

In-class Powerpoints

 Control_Intro.pdf  chapters 1 and 2 slides, or   ppt-format

421Chapter3_NQ.ppt
421Chapter 6slides.ppt
 
 

 

 

 

Homework Solutions in PDF Format.

 
 
 
 


Note: Exam files will be posted approx. 3 days after each exam.

MEG 421 Control current semester, Exam 1.

MEG 421 Control current semester, Exam 2.  


MEG 421 Control current semester, Exam 3. Version B: click here.


 


 

Sample Control Exams

MEG 421 Control: sample Midterm exam #1 in PDF Format

MEG 421 Control: sample Midterm exam #2 in PDF Format

MEG 421 Control: sample Midterm exam #3 in PDF Format

MEG 421 Control: sample final exam in PDF Format

MEG 421 Control: sample final exam key in .mhtml Format (use of IE is recommended)

 

 

Using Mathcad for Polar and Bode Plots: Draw Polar plots and Bode Plots using Mathcad (Pdf File) I am also posting the Mathcad source files here: File: polar.mcd Polar and Bode plot examples , File: polarplt.mcd in Mathcad 2000 format, and File: polarpl7.mcd in Mathcad 7 format.

Format for Lab Reports