Assignment No.

1: Curriculum Review
Date: 09.03.2015
Program: B.E. Semester-IV (Electronic s and Communication Engineering)
Subject: Control System Engineering (2141004)
1. Course Rationale: Its mentioned and requires no change.
2. Timing Allocation: Its mentioned and requires no change.
3. Clarity of the content:
a. Topics related to P controllers, PI controllers and PID controllers should not be included because B.E. Semester IV students are unaware about
basic microcontrollers like 8051.
b. The topic mentioned as design of feedback control systems should be removed since students are not having any exposure about designing a
circuit in lower semesters. The topic seems to be very advanced and requires much more pre-requisites which are not mentioned.
4. Instructional Strategies/Methods: It is not mentioned and should be included.
5. Assessment and Evaluation: Its satisfactory, but can be improved.
6. Resource required: Its mentioned and is good enough for undergraduate students.
7. Competence Expected of Faculty: Regular training of the faculties teaching the above mentioned subject is required.
8. Learning Outcomes: Its mentioned and is good enough for undergraduate students.

Assignment No.2: Curriculum Analysis

Date: 10.03.2015
1.

Name of Trainee

: GAURAVKUMAR RAVINDRA ASARI

2.

Name of Institute

: GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MODASA (GUJARAT)

3.

Name of Subject/Course

: CONTROL SYS. ENGG.

4.

Details of Unit Planning (Please Attach Extra sheets if required):

Uni
t
No.

Title

1.

1. Introduction to Control
Systems:
1.1. What is control system
1.2 Components of control
system
1.3 Categorizing of control
system based
1.4 Examples of open loop
and closed loop system

2.

1. Mathematical Modeling of
Control Systems:
1.1. Need of mathematical
modeling.
1.2 Types of mathematical
modeling
1.3 Laplace transformation
1.4 Transfer function
2. Block Diagram Method:

Allocated
time in
curriculum
(in hours)
02

16

Year/Semester : 02/04

Broad category of learning

(Please Tick () at appropriate
places)
Knowledge Skills Attitude

Discipline: ELEC. & COMM. ENGG.

General Objectives

Teaching
Method

Teaching
Aids

1. Students would be 1. Lecture

able to identify the with
different components media
of a system and will
be able to categorize
them

1. LCD
projector

1. Students would be
able to develop a
mathematical model
for a control system
2. Students would be
able to analyze a SISO
system
3. Students would be
able to analyze a

1. LCD
projector

1. Lecture
with
media
2.
Simulatio
ns using
MATLAB

2. Chalkboard

2. Chalkboard

Uni
t
No.

Title

Allocated
time in
curriculum
(in hours)

Broad category of learning

(Please Tick () at appropriate
places)
Knowledge Skills Attitude

2.1 Components of block

diagram
2.2 Block diagram reduction
rules
3. Signal Flow Graph
Method:
3.1 Components of block
diagram
3.2 Masons Gain formula
4. Analogus Sytems:
4.1 Introduction to electrical
systems
4.2 Introduction to
mechanical systems
4.3 Force-Voltage method
4.4 Force -Current method
5. State space analysis:
5.1 Advantages of state space
method over block diagram
and signal flow graph method.
5.2 Parameters of state space
method
3.

1. Time Domain analysis:

6
1.1 Introduction- Transient
and steady state
1.2 Steady state errors
1.3 Types of test signals
1.4 First order system analysis

General Objectives

Teaching
Method

Teaching
Aids

1. Lecture
without
media

1. Chalkboard

MIMO system

1. Students would be
able to approximate a
higher order system to
a second order system
and will be analyze its
various parameters

Uni
t
No.

4.

5.

Title

1.5 Second order system

analysis
1.6 Time domain
specifications
1. Stability analysis (Time
Domain):
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Routh-Hurwitz criteria
2. Root Locus Method
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Magnitude Condition
2.3 Angle Condition
2.4 Direct root locus
2.5 Inverse root locus
1. Stability analysis
(Frequency Domain):
1.1 Disadvantages of stability
analysis in time domain
1.2 Methods of frequency
domain analysis
2. Bode Plot
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Gain Margin
2.3 Phase Margin
3. Nyquist Plot

Allocated
time in
curriculum
(in hours)

Broad category of learning

(Please Tick () at appropriate
places)
Knowledge Skills Attitude

General Objectives

Teaching
Method

Teaching
Aids

1. Students would be
able to comment on
the stability of the
system using root
locus method

1. Lecture
with
media
2.
Simulatio
ns using
MATLAB

1. LCD
projector

1. Students would be
able to comment on
the stability of the
system using Bode
and Nyquist method

1. Lecture
with
media
2.
Simulatio
ns using
MATLAB

1. LCD
projector

2. Chalkboard

2. Chalkboard

5. Student Learning Activities: Preparation of power-point slides, which include videos, animations, pictures, graphics for better
understanding theory and practical work The faculty will allocate chapters/ parts of chapters to groups of students so that the entire
syllabus to be covered.
6. Student Evaluation: MATLAB based assignments and simulations covering design, analysis and modeling of control systems
relevant to curriculum.
7. Resource Material:
a. Books:
1. Modern Control Engineering by Katsuhiko Ogata, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall of India.
2. Automatic Control Systems by Benjamin C.Kuo, 8th Edition, Farid Golnaraghi, John Wiley & Sons.
3. Control Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Gopal New Age Publication
b. List of Open Source Software:
1. MATLAB

Assignment No.3: Project Work

Date: 11.03.2015
1. Title of the project: To obtain the speed and position response of a dc motor.
2. Rationale of the project: To give hands-on experience in analyzing the system components and experimenting with various
feedback control schemes.
3. Objectives of project:
a. To provide an in-depth description of dc motor speed response, speed control, and position control concepts.
b. To provide preliminary instruction on how to identify the parameters of a system.
c. To show how different parameters and nonlinear effects such as friction and saturation affect the response of the motor.
d. To gain practical knowledge of MATLAB software.
4. Problem description/specification(if any):

5. Resource/material required:
a. A dc motor.
b. A power supply and amplifier to power the motor.
c. Interface cards to monitor the sensor and provide a command voltage to the amplifier input and a PC running MATLAB and
Simulink to control the system and to record the response.
6. Methodology/procedure/approach (Step by step):
a. To control the position of the motor shaft, the simplest strategy is to use a proportional controller with gain K. The block diagram
of the closed-loop system is shown in figure.

b. The system is composed of an angular position sensor (usually an encoder or a potentiometer for position applications).
c. For simplicity the input voltage can be scaled to a position input Tin(s) so that the input and output have the same units and scale.
7. Suggestive format for report preparation:
8. Assessment of project:

Assignment No.4: Case Study

Date: 11.03.2015
PART I:
Consider the system in figure 4.1.

Figure 4.1
The purpose of the system considered here is to control the positions of the fins of a modern airship. Due to the requirements of improved
response and reliability, the surfaces of modern aircraft are controlled by electric actuators with electronic controls. Gone are the days when
the ailerons, rudder, and elevators of the aircraft were all linked to the cockpit through mechanical linkages. The so-called fly-by-wire control
system used in modern aircraft implies that the attitude of aircraft is no longer controlled entirely be mechanical linkages. Figure 4.1
illustrates the controlled surfaces and the block diagram of one axis of such a position-control system. Figure 4.2 shows the analytical block
diagram of the system using the dc-motor model. The system is simplified to the extent that saturation of the amplifier gain and motor
torque, gear backlash, and shaft compliances has all been neglected. However, when you get into the real world, some of these nonlinear
effects should be incorporated into the mathematical model to come up with a better controller design that works in reality. The objective of
the system is to have the output of the system, follow the input.

Figure 4.2
Questions for discussion:
a. What is the total inertia and viscous-friction coefficient seen by the motor?
b. By how many different ways the transfer function of the above mentioned system can be obtained.
PART II: After going through the case study given by Dr. S.K. Saxena, our group came up with following answers
Answer 1: Patient listener, Appreciating and encouraging the ideas given by team members, Mentoring team members, Creating warm and
friendly environment, Collective responsibility for any failure, Democratic style of leadership
Answer 2: To discuss for the probable solution with other team members and then try to approach and convince the boss
Answer 3: Assigning proper work to a proper person, Concern for employees, Proper guidance, Less hindrance, Good perks like promotion
and salary hike, Management by exception, Participative decision
Answer 4: Stagnation, Lesser exposure, Lack of training, Responsibility without authority, Unfriendly and non-co operative behavior

Assignment No.5: PBL and Group Discussion

Date: 12.03.2015