Control Systems: ITCE 470
Control Systems: ITCE 470
Control Systems: ITCE 470
# List of Equipment/Software
MATLAB
Category Soft-Experiment
Deliverables
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CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ,FIFTH EDITION ,NORMAN S.NISE
PROCEDURE AND RESULTS : Automatic cruise control
The cruise control system of a car is a common feedback system encountered in everyday life. The system attempts
to maintain a constant velocity in the presence of disturbances such as changes in the slope of a road. The controller
compensates for these unknowns by measuring the speed of the car and adjusting the throttle appropriately.
Under certain assumptions, we can model the cruise control system for a car in a simple way. The car is modeled as
a translational mass m where the rotational inertia of the wheels is neglected. The input to the system is the applied
engine force u that produces horizontal motion x, at a speed v=ẋ and acceleration a=ẍ. The frictional force bv, which is
proportional to the speed, opposes the car’s motion. The model of the car’s cruise control system is then reduced to
For this example, let's assume that the parameters of the system are:
𝒅𝒙(𝒕) 𝒅𝟐 𝒙(𝒕)
𝒇(𝒕) = 𝒇𝒗 +𝑴
𝒅𝒕 𝒅𝒕
The transfer function is defined as the ratio of the Laplace transform of the output to
the Laplace transform of the input. This relationship is algebraic and also adapts itself
to modelling interconnected subsystems.