Level:
Undergraduate
Instructors:
Prof. Eric Feron
Prof. James Paduano
Reduced degree-of-freedom helicopter apparatus, used during lab assignments for this course. (Image courtesy of OCW.)
Course Features
Course Highlights
This course site features a
fully downloadable classic textbook on nonlinear control systems,
Multiple-Input Describing Functions and Nonlinear System Design, written by Arthur Gelb and Professor Wallace Vander Velde.
Course Description
This course focuses on the design of control systems. Topics covered
include: frequency domain and state space techniques; control law
design using Nyquist diagrams and Bode plots; state feedback, state
estimation, and the design of dynamic control laws; and elementary
analysis of nonlinearities and their impact on control design. There
is extensive use of computer-aided control design tools.
Applications to various aerospace systems, including navigation,
guidance, and control of vehicles, are also discussed.