Control Theory Tutorial : : Basic Concepts Illustrated by Software Examples.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Series
• Author: Frank, Steven A.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (112 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Précis -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Control Systems and Design -- 1.2 Overview -- 1.2.1 Part I: Basic Principles -- 1.2.2 Part II: Design Tradeoffs -- 1.2.3 Part III: Common Challenges -- Part I Basic Principles -- 2 Control Theory Dynamics -- 2.1 Transfer Functions and State Space -- 2.2 Nonlinearity and Other Problems -- 2.3 Exponential Decay and Oscillations -- 2.4 Frequency, Gain, and Phase -- 2.5 Bode Plots of Gain and Phase -- 3 Basic Control Architecture -- 3.1 Open-Loop Control -- 3.2 Feedback Control -- 3.3 Proportional, Integral, and Derivative Control -- 3.4 Sensitivities and Design Tradeoffs -- 4 PID Design Example -- 4.1 Output Response to Step Input -- 4.2 Error Response to Noise and Disturbance -- 4.3 Output Response to Fluctuating Input -- 4.4 Insights from Bode Gain and Phase Plots -- 4.5 Sensitivities in Bode Gain Plots -- 5 Performance and Robustness Measures -- 5.1 Performance and Cost: J -- 5.2 Performance Metrics: Energy and H2 -- 5.3 Technical Aspects of Energy and H2 Norms -- 5.4 Robustness and Stability: Hinfty -- Part II Design Tradeoffs -- 6 Regulation -- 6.1 Cost Function -- 6.2 Optimization Method -- 6.3 Resonance Peak Example -- 6.4 Frequency Weighting -- 7 Stabilization -- 7.1 Small Gain Theorem -- 7.2 Uncertainty: Distance Between Systems -- 7.3 Robust Stability and Robust Performance -- 7.4 Examples of Distance and Stability -- 7.5 Controller Design for Robust Stabilization -- 8 Tracking -- 8.1 Varying Input Frequencies -- 8.2 Stability Margins -- 9 State Feedback -- 9.1 Regulation Example -- 9.2 Tracking Example -- Part III Common Challenges -- 10 Nonlinearity -- 10.1 Linear Approximation -- 10.2 Regulation -- 10.3 Piecewise Linear Analysis and Gain Scheduling -- 10.4 Feedback Linearization -- 11 Adaptive Control -- 11.1 General Model -- 11.2 Example of Nonlinear Process Dynamics.

11.3 Unknown Process Dynamics -- 12 Model Predictive Control -- 12.1 Tracking a Chaotic Reference -- 12.2 Quick Calculation Heuristics -- 12.3 Mixed Feedforward and Feedback -- 12.4 Nonlinearity or Unknown Parameters -- 13 Time Delays -- 13.1 Background -- 13.2 Sensor Delay -- 13.3 Process Delay -- 13.4 Delays Destabilize Simple Exponential Decay -- 13.5 Smith Predictor -- 13.6 Derivation of the Smith Predictor -- 14 Summary -- 14.1 Feedback -- 14.2 Robust Control -- 14.3 Design Tradeoffs and Optimization -- 14.4 Future Directions -- References -- -- Index.