NIRMA UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
B. Tech. Semester - III (Instrumentation and Control)
2IC201: CONTROL THEORY
LESSON PLANNING
SR.
NO.
TOPIC HOURS
1. Introduction to Control System. 4
1.1 Introduction, examples of control systems 2
1.2 closed loop control versus open-loop control 2
2
Mathematical Modeling of Dynamic Systems
15
2.1 Introduction, differential equations for mechanical systems for translation
motion, determination of transfer function.
2
2.2 Differential equations for rotational motion, determination of transfer
function.
2
2.3 Transfer function of electrical system. 1
2.4 Transfer Functions of mechanical systems & electrical systems with
examples.
2
2.5 Analogues systems: Force (Torque) - voltage analogy and
force (Torque) - current analogy, problems.
2
2.6 Block diagrams algebra, rules of block diagram reduction techniques,
problems.
2
2.7 Signal flow graph, definitions, construction of signal flow graph. 2
2.8 Mason's gain formula, use of masons gain formula to determine the
transfer function.
2
3 Feedback characteristics of control system 5
3.1 Feedback and non-feedback systems, reduction of parameter variation by
use of feedback.
3
3.2 Disturbance reduction using feedback control. 2
4 Time response analysis. 10
4.1 Introduction
Time response of first order systems
2
4.2 Time response of a second order control system, Response of second
order system a unit step input.
2
4.3 Time response specifications. Derivation of specification. 2
4.4 Problems on above topics. 2
4.5 Steady state errors and error constants types of feedback control systems. 2
5 Stability 6
5.1 Concept of stability, absolute stability, absolute stability and relative
stability, necessary conditions for stability.
2
5.2 Hurwitz stability criterion, Routh stability criterion. Special case of Routh
stability criterion.
2
5.3 Application of Routh criterion to linear control system. Relative stability
analysis using Routh criterion, Limitation of Routh criterion.

2



6

Root locus analysis

9
6.1 Introduction to root locus plots 2
6.2 Summary of general rules for constructing root loci, root locus plots with
MATLAB
2
6.3 Special cases, root locus analysis of control systems
root loci for systems with transportation lag, root contour plots
3
6.4 Stability using root locus 2
7 Frequency Response Analysis. 11
7.1 Introduction, bode diagrams, plotting bode diagrams with MATLAB 2
7.2 polar plots, drawing Nyquist plots with MATLAB 2
7.3 log-magnitude versus phase plots 2
7.4 Nyquist stability criterion, stability analysis, relative stability, closed loop
frequency response
3
7.5 experimental determination of transfer functions 2
TOTAL 60