ECE 67500 - Introduction to Analysis of Non-Linear Systems
Course Details
Credits: 3
Areas of Specialization:
- Automatic Control
Counts as:
Normally Offered:
Spring - even years
Campus/Online:
On-campus only
Catalog Description:
An introduction to modeling of dynamic control systems. State plane and numerical methods for solving modeling equations. Linearization and describing function techniques. Stability concepts. Controller and state estimator design for nonlinear systems. Variable structure sliding mode control. Vector field techniques. Introduction to chaos.
Required Text(s):
None.
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Lecture Outline:
| Weeks | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamic System Concept |
| 2 | Formulation of the control problem |
| 3 | Modeling |
| 5 | Numerical integration |
| 4 | State plane methods |
| 6 | Linearization |
| 7 | Describing function techniques |
| 8 | Stability concepts |
| 9 | Variable structure sliding control mode; Conditions for existence of a sliding mode; Switching surface design and construction of switched feedback gains |
| 10 | Vector field techniques |
| 11 | State estimation of nonlinear systems |
| 12 | Combined controller-estimator compensators |
| 13 | Neural network based controllers |
| 14 | Introduction to chaos |
Assessment Method:
none