ASE3093: Automatic Control

Prof. Jong-Han Kim, Inha University, Spring 2024

Announcements

Lecture videos from several years back are here.
Welcome to ASE3093: Automatic control.

Course Info.

Course descriptions

Undergraduate entry level control course covering dynamic system modeling, Laplace transform and transfer functions, frequency domain analysis, state space descriptions, classical control design techniques, stability margins, and so on.

Instructors

Instructor: Jong-Han Kim (Rm.507)
Head TA: Jiwoo Choi (Rm.502)
TA: Seungyeop Lee (Rm.502)
TA: Hyeon Jun Gu (Rm.502)

Lectures

Tue/Thr 10:30-11:45 (Rm.217 @aerospace campus)

Office hours

JHK: Tue/Thr 16:00-17:30 (Rm.507), or by appointments.

Reference textbooks

Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, by Franklin, Powell, and Emami-Naeini, 8th ed.

Grading policy

Final exam (40%)
Midterm exam (30%)
Homework assignments (30%)

Course contents and reference notes

Feedback and closed-loop systems
Dynamic modeling of mechanical systems
Dynamic modeling and linearization
Linear dynamical systems and Laplace transform
Describing linear dynamical systems
Impulse response
Time domain responses and stability
Block diagrams and feedback interconnection
Block diagram algebra
Poles and eigenvalues
Steady state error and system types
Steady state error rejection
Effects of pole locations on time domain responses
Root locus and design examples
Frequency response
Frequency domain analysis
Bode plots
Stability margin
Nyquist stability criteria
Summary

Computational exercises

The link directs to the associated Jupyter notebook file, which opens on Google Colaboratory when the “Open in Colab” button is clicked.

Assignments

Homework #1 (due 4/9)
Homework #2 (due 4/19)
Homework #3 (due 4/30)
Homework #4 (due 5/7)

Sample exams