Control of Mechanical Systems

Graduate Course (taught yearly during the 1st semester), MEC2358 - CONTROLE DE SISTEMAS MECANICOS, 2019

Master the skills necessary to design closed-loop systems tipically found in mechanical applications such as servomechanisms and vibration mitigation.

Goals

The goals of the course are to get proficient with

The design of linear control loop systems using frequency and time domain methods
Model predictive control for nonlinear systems and its hyerarchical formulations

in applications typical of Mechanical Engineering, such as servomechanisms and vibration mitigation.

Syllabus

Representations for linear and nonlinear dynamic systems
Analysis of dynamic systems
Root locus
Pole placement
Model predictive control
Mechanical Engineering applications of feedback systems

Evaluation

The evaluation will be

Written exams
Final project (presentation + report)

References

ASTROM, K.; WITTENMARK, B. Computer-controlled systems. 3rd Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997.

DORF, R. C.; BISHOP, R. H. Modern Control Systems, 12th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2011.

FRANKLIN, G. F.; POWELL, J. D.; EMAMI-NAEINI, A. Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems. 8a Ed. New York, NY: Pearson, 2019.

NISE, N. S. Control Systems Engineering. 7th Ed. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2015.

OGATA, K. Modern control engineering. 5th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2010.

RAWLINGS, J. B.; MAYNE, D. Q.; DIEHL, M. M. Model Predictive Control: Theory, Computation, and Design. Nob Hill Publishing, LLC, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 2nd edition, 2017.