WELCOME TO

LINEAR SYSTEMS THEORY

ME 3253

Prof. Nejat Olgac nejat.olgac@uconn.edu

UTEB 380 (6 2382) , Office hrs: Tu, Th 9:30 -11 am or by appointment

Web page for the course : HuskyCT

TA : Yuqian Liu yuqian.liu@uconn.edu

EII – 201A, Office hrs: Wed, Fri 12:00 – 1:30 pm or by appointment

Textbook: Katsuhiko Ogata System Dynamics (Fourth Edition)

Prentice Hall, 2004 ISBN 0-13-142462-9

SYLLABUS

 Introduction and review - ODE solutions - linearity 1 wk

 MATLAB/SIMULINK introduction 1 wk
 Laplace domain representation of dynamic systems (Chapter 2) 3 wks
 Mathematical modeling of dynamic systems (Chapters 3, 4, 6 and 7) 3 wks
a) Differential equations representing systems, transfer function
b) Linearization of nonlinear functions
c) Modeling of
o mechanical systems
o electrical systems
o fluid and thermal systems
 Time domain analysis of systems (Chapter 8) 4 wks
a) Block diagram
b) Stability
c) Routh-Hurwitz criterion
 Frequency response of systems (i.e., the frequency domain analysis) (Chapter 9)
a) Magnitude and phase concepts
b) Bode and Nyquist plots 2 wks
GRADING

1) HW's – Project (s) 30 %

Midterm............................. 30 %
Final................................... 40 %

2) There will be about 6 HW assignments.

All HWs must be delivered on the due date. The solutions to the HWs will be posted
on the website soon after the class on the due date. Only a selected number of the
HWs will be corrected and the grade will be established by extrapolation. Due dates
of HWs will be strictly enforced.

Please NOTE:

1. All communication related to this course will be through HuskyCT. Please visit it
frequently.
2. Class attendance is strongly advised but not compulsory.
3. You will need a close affinity with simulation and modeling software (MATLAB and
SIMULINK) as well as symbolic manipulation packages (such as MAPLE or others
you may have). They are available in the ENG II network. You can also purchase
the student versions of the software which will be sufficient for this course.

HAVE A GREAT SEMESTER !!!