SPRING 2008    

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

 

MEG 746 Experimental Design and Analysis of Digital Control Systems

TR 4:00 - 4:15  pm                                                          TBE - B 176

Text: Franklin, Powell, Workman: Digital Control of Dynamic Systems, buy the book at the UNLV bookstore, or via the web.

 

Note: The lectures of the first two weeks will be based on Franklin's Undergraduate control text: "Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems"  used in MEG 421 last fall semester.

Instructor: Georg F. Mauer

 Week

 

Topic

Chapter

Problems

1

1/22

Review of State Variable Systems

Undergrad Controls Text

Franklin Ch. 7 or similar

2

1/29

Review Cont'd

 

7.1c, d, 7.2 c,d, 7.14, 7.15a

3

2/05

Discrete Systems

2

7.22, 7.24

4

2/12

Discrete Systems

2

From Digital Control Book:

2.10, 2.11, 2.14

5

2/19

TEST #1,Sampled data systems

3

2.4, 2.16, 2.18, 2.19

6

2/26

Discrete Equivalents

4

 

7

3/04

Discrete Root Locus

5

 

8

3/11

State Space Methods

6

 

9

Spring

Spring Break

 

 

10

3/25

Test #2, State Space cont'd

6

 

11

4/01

Optimal Control

9

 

12

4/08

Optimal Control cont'd

9

 

13

4/15

Fuzzy Logic Control

Handout

 

14

4/22

Fuzzy Logic cont'd

 

 

15

4/29

TEST # 3, Identification

8

 

16

5/06

Identification cont'd

8

 

                       

FINAL EXAM:  Tuesday         May     13        6:00 PM 

Policies: Homework is due weekly each Monday BEFORE class. Late homework is NOT accepted. Make-up tests will NOT be given. Exceptions are made only if student provides a valid reason for absence PRIOR to the test date.

The course will be heavily oriented towards computer applications. We will devote one third of the class time to interactive work and experiments. All students must sign up for an account on the college network. The main software tool is Matlab. Matlab is available on networked computers in the Engineering college. PC-versions of Matlab are also installed on two machines in the MEG control lab. Make‑up tests will NOT be given. Exceptions are made only if student has participated in all prior exams and provides physician's statement PRIOR to the test date. Students are expected to attend class regularly.  Students with less than 90% attendance rate will be dropped. Students with disabilities may request accommodations through the disability resource center. Please see http://www.unlv.edu/studentlife/les for more information. Students requiring accommodations with regard to religious holidays must request these from the instructor in writing no later than Friday, 01/25/2008.

 

Grading:

 Homework/Reports

20

Tests

50

Final Exam

30

 

100 %