Module Descriptors
CONTROL SYSTEMS
ELEC70315
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: David Dyke
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • EXAMINATION (2HRS) weighted at 50%
  • COURSEWORK weighted at 50%
Module Details
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Review of transfer function techniques and feedback.
Frequency response methods
Process Control and transportation delay
Digital Control Systems and the Z-Transform
Nonlinear systems analysis
Transfer function parameter estimation
State space representation

ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
1) One coursework 50%, learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
2) Two hour written examination 50%, learning outcomes 1 and 2.
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Class attendance
- Directed learning and reading
- Use of software packages
- Lectures (24 hours)
- Laboratory/tutorial (12 hours)
TEXTS
Nise, N. S., Control Systems Engineering, 6th Ed, Asia: John Wiley & Sons (2011), ISBN/ISSN: 978-0470646120

Dorf, R. C and Bishop, R. H., Modern Control Systems, 12th Ed, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson (2010), ISBN/ISSN: 978-0131383104

Golnaraghi, F. and Kuo, B. C., Automatic Control Systems, 9th Ed, Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, (2009) ISBN: 978-0470048962
RESOURCES
Matlab, Simulink and Control toolbox
SPECIAL ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
None.