5 ECTS credits
130 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4016288ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
The course starts with a survey of the standard analog control circuits and the standard digital control algorithms (P, I, PI, PID, PD2). Prof.Lataire pays attention to the periferal functions related to the controllers: initialisation, limiting, anti-wind-up and non linear functions. Specifically for the digital controllers he pays attention to the implementation, in particular for the algorithm processing time. In its second part the course deals with tuning the controllers according with optimal damping or symmetric optimum. Prof. Lataire illustrates these ways with the tuning of the current and speed controllers of a DC motor. In its third part the course deals with the use of state feedback, pole placing and observers. These methods are illustrated with active damping of structural resonances. In the fourth part particular control engineering situations are studied: the smith predictor, dead-beat controllers, control in case of non linear behaving plants.
The software needed for this course is available in the faculty PC-rooms.
The students must have acquired knowledge and understanding in the structure, the operation and the characteristics of electronic circuits developed for the material realization of controllers. They must have acquired knowledge and understanding in tuning these controllers according to standard rules. They must have acquired knowledge and understanding in the control principles based on state feedback, observers, smith predictors and in case of non linear plant behavior.
The students must be able to apply this knowledge and understanding to design controllers for an industrial application by using the software packages Matlab™ Simulink™ and Matlab™ Control Systems Toolbox.
The students must be able to communicate the results of the previous in a written report. They must be able to communicate verbally for a peer audience about intermediate results and about the organization of the design procedures.
The students must must be able by self learning to acquire knowledge about other Control Engineering principles and applications.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
First exam session:
An interview like examination is provided during which the students can use all documentation they feel usefull. The students must analyse a control engineering problem, which has not been discussed during the lectures or the practical sessions, and present their results. A minimum of two hours of preparation time is made available.
Second session: Oral exam similar to first session.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Electromechanical Engineering: Aeronautics and Aerospace (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Electromechanical Engineering: Vehicle Technology and Transport (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Electromechanical Engineering: Mechatronics-Construction (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Electromechanical Engineering: Energy (only offered in Dutch)