Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

University of Central Florida

Spring 2015 (Monday, January 12 Monday, April 27)
EEL 3657 LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS
Days, Time, and Location for Live Class: T & R 10:30-11:45 AM, HEC 117
Prerequisite, EEL 3123C, including diff equations, Laplace transform techniques, circuit transfer
functions, network theory
Note: Understanding how to draw Nyquist diagrams, Bode diagrams, and root locus plots depends on
your ability to manipulate complex numbers and complex functions. Doing well in this course depends
a lot on how comfortable you are with complex functions.
INSTRUCTOR:

Michael G. Haralambous

TELEPHONE/EMAIL:

823-2548 (W), michaelh@mail.ucf.edu or

Michael.Haralambous@ucf.edu, or through Webcourses

OFFICE AND HRS:

HEC Room 336; M & W 1-3 PM; T & Th, 3-4 PM; or by appointment.

HOLIDAYS:

Martin Luther King Day, Monday January 19, Spring Break, March 9-14

WITHDRAWL DEADLINE:

Monday, March 24

TEXT: Modern Control Engineering, by K. Ogata, Prentice-Hall, Fifth Edition, 2010.

REFERENCES:
Control Systems Engineering, N.S. Nise, John Wiley
Feedback Control Systems, by C.L. Phillips and J.M. Parr, Prentice-Hall
MODERN CONTROL SYSTEMS, R. Dorf and R.H. Bishop, Addison-Wesley
MODERN CONTROL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN, R.H. Bishop
FEEDBACK AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, Schaum's Theory and Problems.
Signals and Systems Laboratory with MATLAB, A. Palamides and A. Veloni, CRC Press, 2011
Engineering Computation with MATLAB, D. M. Smith, Addison-Wesley, 2010
Several other references on control systems can be found in the library.
Webcourses@ucf online for this course contains a current syllabus
HOMEWORK:

Due at the beginning of the class

Print your name using UPPERCASE letters and HW #
Staple it together
Homework by email is not accepted
To receive credit for any homework problem, you must show clearly how your
answer is obtained.

Faculty are required to document students academic activity at the beginning of each course. In order
to document that you began this course, please complete the HW 1 by January 16 (see the Assignments
page of Webcourses). Failure to do so may result in a delay in the disbursement of your financial aid.
This homework is to be submitted online as a pdf.
EXAM POLICY AND DATES:
Exams will cover material from homework as well as notes. Closed book/closed notes unless otherwise
specified. I will consider modifying your exam grade up to one week after your graded exam has been
returned. There are no breaks during any exams. Incidents of cheating will be permanently recorded on
your university record.
Tentative exam dates, February 24 and March 26.
The final exam will be in this classroom on Monday, April 27.
No make-ups on any exams will be given unless you have a documented reason.
GRADE:
0.1(Homework Average) + 0.3(Exam 1) + 0.3(Exam 2) + 0.3(Final Exam)
Letter Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF

Percentage
Points
100 93
92.9 90
89.9 87
86.9 83
82.9 80
79.9 77
76.9 73
72.9 70
69.9 67
66.9 63
62.9 60
Below 60

CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE: Please do not walk in and out of the classroom during the lecture.
SOFTWARE: The textbook makes use of MATLAB. MATLAB, as well as the associated Control Systems
Toolbox and Simulink exist on computers in the Harris lab located in Engineering II.
The student version of MATLAB can be purchased from Mathworks, Inc.
See http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_version/

Useful links:
http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/
http://www.mathematics.jhu.edu/matlab/Default.htm
http://www.engin.umich.edu/group/ctm/
www.ieeecss.org Control System s Society of IEEE (receive the e-mail newsletter free by checking under
"Publications")
www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/extras/Virtual_Library/Control_VL.html Control Engineering Virtual Library
(links to societies, journals, research groups, ...)
www.jhu.edu/~signals Demonstrations of systems & control concepts (from Johns Hopkins University)
www.mathworks.com/products/control Control Systems Toolbox, part of the MATLAB products from
Mathworks
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/eControlHTML/start.html
Topics to be covered:
Dynamic system representation in terms of transfer functions
Block diagram reduction and Mason's rule for transfer function determination
Linearization
The response of first and second order systems
System bandwidth, rise time, settling time
Control system characteristics (speed of response, disturbance rejection, steady state accuracy,
and sensitivity to parameter variations)
Root locus analysis
Routh and Nyquist stability criteria
Relative stability (gain margin and phase margin) from Nyquist and Bode diagrams
Design of lead and lag compensators for control systems.
Objectives and Outcomes:
The ability to analyze and design feedback control systems using transfer function techniques

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