UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL

School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

CONTROL SYSTEMS 1 - ENEL3CS
Course Outline for 2007 (26L-7T-2P-13W-8C)
1)
Engineering systems and preliminary ideas about feedback
1.1) Block diagrams, feedback and feedforward systems
1.2) Algebraic notions on the purpose of feedback
1.3) System specifications in the time and frequency domain
2)

Linear system stability and design tools

2.1) Ruth-Hurwitz criterion
2.2) Nyquist stability theorem
2.3) Relative stability
2.4) The root locus

3)

System compensation
3.1) Differential sensitivity and relative stability
3.2) Nichols chart and inverse Nichols chart
3.3) Disturbance rejection design
3.4) PID controllers
3.5) Tracking design

Laboratories
1)
CO1 - PID Control of an Air Heater
2)
CO2 - Control System Modelling and Simulation
Lecture times
Monday 2nd (08h40-9h25) Sh1
Monday 3rd (09h35-10h20) Sh1

Tutorials
Thursday 5th (11h25-12h10) Sh1 Electrical etc
Friday 3rd (09h35-10h20) Sh1 - Mechanical

Test times (Subject to confirmation)

Thursday 23th August at 11h20-12h00
Thursday 4th October at 11h20-12h00

Venue: TBA
Venue: TBA

Recommended books (Any standard control textbook will do)

1) Ogata K, Modern Control Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1990. (Closest to material.)
2) Franklin and Powell, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Addison Wesley. (Also
good, especially for root-locus.)
3) Dorf R C, Modern Control Systems, Addison Wesley, 1986.
4) Dazzo and Houpis, Linear Control System Analysis & Design: Conventional and
Modern, McGraw Hill, 1981.
5) Kuo B C, Automatic Control Systems, Prentice Hall, 1982.
6) Schaum Outline Series, Feedback and Control Systems, McGraw Hill. (Good frequency
domain & stability exercises.)
7) Blanger P R, Control Engineering - A Modern Approach, Saunders College, 1995.

Course Assessment
Final mark = 0.75 Exam Mark + 0.25 Class mark.
Class Mark = 0.30 (Test 1 + Test 2) + 0.2 Lab mark + 0.2 Tut mark.
Tutorial mark will be spot tests (in lecture period) and hand-in tutorial
Duly Performed Requirements
1) Satisfactory performance in the laboratories and tutorials is required before a DP certificate
will be issued.
2) A sub-minimum test mark average of 30% is required.
Contact details: Prof. E. Boje, Room 1-04, boje@ukzn.ac.za
Please note. The class is very big and you should keep this in mind when seeking individual
consultation. Preferred consultation times are during the tutorials and optional tutorial
session. At other times, I will endeavour to see any student seeking an appointment within a
week.