MECH&AE 172 · MAE 172Control System Design Laboratory
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to loop shaping controller design with application to laboratory electromechanical systems. Power spectrum models of noise and disturbances, and performance trade-offs imposed by conflicting requirements. Constraints on sensitivity function and complementary sensitivity function imposed by nonminimum phase plants. Lecture topics supported by weekly hands-on laboratory work.
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Enforced requisite: course 171A.
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MECH&AE 172
- MECH&AE 171AIntroduction to Feedback and Control Systems: Dynamic Systems Control I
- MECH&AE 107Introduction to Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems
- COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
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