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Gujarat Technological University: W.E.F. AY 2018-19
Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3172007
Semester – VII
Subject Name: Modern Control Systems
Type of course: Engineering (Programme Elective - I)
Rationale: The course intends to provide foundations related to control engineering to graduate students. The
course should enhance their ability to analyze and control multiple domain systems using techniques and tools
related to control systems.
Total
Sr. No. Content
Hrs
Introduction to Modern Control Systems – Need and requirements of Modern Control
1 Systems, Various Modern Control Systems Techniques, Performance Measure for Control
10
Systems, Time & Frequency Domain Compensator Design, Outline of various compensation
techniques: Phase-Lead, Phase-Lag, Phase-Lead-Lag, P/PI/PD/PID controllers.
State Space Analysis – Limitations of conventional control theory, Introduction to State-
Space, State Variables, and State Vectors; State variable representation including Electrical,
2 Mechanical, Electro-mechanical system; Conversion of state variable Models to Transfer
10
function via direct, cascade, parallel decomposition, Solution of Homogeneous and Non-
Homogeneous State equations in time-domain and frequency-domain, State-Transition
Matrix, Concepts of Controllability and Observability.
Nonlinear Control System Analysis – Introduction to Nonlinear systems, Standard
nonlinearities in control systems, Describing function analysis of nonlinear control systems,
3
stability of sustained oscillations or limit cycle. Concepts of phase plane analysis, phase 8
plane portraits, Phase Plane analysis of linear and nonlinear control system, Lyapunov
stability theorems, Lyapunov functions for nonlinear systems.
Digital/Discrete Time Control Systems Analysis – Introduction to discrete time systems,
Analog and Digital controllers, Z-transform, Derivation of z-transform of standard
4 functions, Difference equation and its solution by the z-transform method, initial and final
9
value theorem, Inverse z-transform using infinite series and partial fraction methods, pulse
transfer function, pulse transfer function of closed-loop system using signal flow graph
technique, Stability analysis in z-plane.
Intelligent Control Systems – Adaptive Control System, Model reference Adaptive
5
Control, Fuzzy Control System, Neural Control System, Reinforcement Learning Control, 5
Embedded Control System.
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Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3172007
Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory):
Distribution of Theory Marks
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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3172007
Major Equipment’s:
1. All these experimental study with Software Tool: MATLAB.
2. MATLAB contains Control Systems Toolbox, Digital Signal Processing Toolbox, Fuzzy Toolbox, and
Neural Toolbox.
3. Control Experiment Equipment: PID Control, Non-linear Control Systems, Discrete-time Control
Systems.
List of Open-Source Software/learning website:
- Demo versions of MATLAB and other control theory related soft wares are available free of cost
for limited periods.
- NPTEL Swayam Courses may be utilized for additional learning.
- Python based Control Application Development.
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