inf209 - Control Theory (Complete module description)

• Differential Equations
• Analysis II
• Fundamentals of electrical engineering

Instruction on theoretical and mathematical basics of control engineering
Professional competence
The students:

• describe the core principles of steering and control of technical systems
• discuss the modelling core concepts of systems and their controllers
• name methods to determine the quality of controlled systems
• model technical systems with differential equations and their transfer functions
• develop control structures, evaluate their stabilty and determine their optimal control parameters

Methodological competence
The students:

• are aware of the technical challenges and solve them by including the implementations of other disciplines and methods

Social competence
The students:

• present solutions for specific questions

Self-competence
The students:

• get used to the specific challenges of the development of controlled systems

Basics
analog transfer elements: 

• linear time invariant (LTI-) systems;
• simulation and modeling;
• step response;
• frequency response;
• frequency response locus;
• differential equations and transfer function; control loop stability;
• types of controlled systems;
• types of linear controllers;

linear control loops: 

• reference and disturbance reaction of the controlled system;
• rules for control loop optimization;
• methods of analysis and synthesis, implementation;
• computerbased control MATLAB/Simulink

• Unbehauen, H.:Regelungstechnik I, Klassische Verfahren zur Analyse und Synthese linearer kontinuierlicher Regelsysteme
• Lutz, H. und Wendt, W.:Taschenbuch der Regelungstechnik
• further reading will be announced at lecture

At the end of the lecture period

Hands-on exercises and written or oral exam